Overview
- Senegal's parliament approved contested reforms that expand parliamentary oversight, create a new Constitutional Court, and bar a sitting president from leading a political party with the government set to send the measures to a national referendum.
- Zimbabwe's National Assembly passed Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 for a second time, approving changes to presidential succession and election oversight that will be forwarded to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for signature.
- At least 13 people died in heavy floods in Accra as rescue teams pulled more than 470 people to safety and authorities warned the death toll could rise while citing blocked waterways, poor drainage and illegal structures as causes.
- Kenya and the United States signed a five-year health framework that channels $1.6 billion directly into Kenyan government health institutions to strengthen disease surveillance, supply chains and emergency preparedness.
- Regional tensions and domestic accountability moves are also rising as Rwanda formally challenged the UN inquiry methodology on eastern DR Congo and Uganda's president removed senior transport officials over poor road delivery, a pattern that could reshape governance and aid arrangements.