25 July 2025

1. South Afrika - Gauteng 

SADC liberation movements will share political economic and cultural notes from today until Sunday - what is the gathering for?

Former Liberation Movements from Southern Africa will gather in Johannesburg from  for a high-level three-day summit aimed at forging a unified response to the region's shifting political and socio-economic landscape. 

2.Central African Republic- Bangui 

Former CAR football chief found guilty of war crimes

The International Criminal Court has found Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, former head of the Central African Republic’s football federation, guilty of 28 war crimes and crimes against humanity.

3.Niger- Human Rights Watch 

Human Rights Watch call on Niger's Junta to release former President, Mohamed Bazoum

Human Rights Watch is calling on Niger’s military junta to release former president Mohamed Bazoum, who has been detained since his government was overthrown in a coup in July 2023. Bazoum has remained under house arrest in the presidential palace for two years without trial.

1. Rwanda - Kigali

 Kagame sacks PM, appoints banker instead

It's an unexpected change: Rwanda's president Paul Kagame sacked Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente.

Ngirente was however promptly replaced, as Kagame appointed deputy governor of the National Bank of Rwanda Justin Nsengiyumva, as new prime minister.

1. In our historical archives , it was on this day 25 July when Alfarita Constantia "Rita" Marley OJ OD (née Anderson; born 25 July 1946) is a Cuban reggae singer. She is the widow of reggae musician Bob Marley.