Mozambique
Mozambique’s military chief has said the ongoing offensive in the restive northern region of Cabo Delgado has faced little resistance because militants based there have likely discarded their weapons and disguised themselves as civilians.
“That’s why we continue to pursue them and do the screening of any arrivals of people, particularly those who claim to be coming from Palma, which for a long period until recently was deserted,” Brig Chongo Vidgal told state TV on Sunday night.
Nigeria
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law an oil bill first introduced in parliament nearly 20 years ago.
The Petroleum Industry Act – which amalgamates some 16 previous laws – overhauls nearly every aspect of oil and gas production.
Ghana
Survivors of the Tulsa massacre, one of the worst racist killings in US history, that occurred 100 years ago, are in Ghana for a week-long visit.
Viola Fletcher, 107, known as “Mother Fletcher”, and her brother Hughes Van Ellis, 100, known as “Uncle Red”, were children in 1921 when a mob of armed white people descended on Greenwood, a district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known then as Black Wall Street, one of the most prosperous predominantly black areas in the US.
Kenya
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a cash reward for all participants in the Tokyo Olympics. The four gold medallists will each receive one million Kenyan shillings ($9,100; £6,500) while silver medallists will be given $6,800.
The two bronze medallists will receive $4,500 while everyone who took part in the games and the technical team members will each receive $1,800.
Uganda
The Ugandan constitutional court has annulled the controversial anti-pornography law passed in 2014.
The law was quashed by a unanimous decision from five judges, following a 2014 petition by several women’s rights organisations and human rights lawyers.
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