28 June 2024
1. Kenya – Nairobi, Kenyan police on Thursday clashed with protesters in Nairobi before planned protests against a contentious finance bill, despite the president's decision not to sign it after the plans sparked deadly chaos in the capital and saw protesters storming and burning part of the parliament building.
2. Mauritania- Nouakchott, Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has promised to accelerate investments to spur an energy and mining boom as he takes on six challengers in the June 29 presidential election.
3. Nigeria – ECOWAS, Défense chiefs of West Africa has proposed a plan to deploy a 5,000-strong “standby force” to fight the region’s worsening security crises, a measure that analysts say might not work due to challenges of funding and division within the regional bloc.
4.Malawi- Lilongwe, Some renowned human rights activists in the country have differed on the impending national wide demonstrations which some concerned citizens led by some human rights activists have organised next month.
5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 28 June 1995 when three South African provinces were renamed.