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1. Sudan: Sudan Grassroots Aid Groups Awarded 2025 Chatham House Prize

   [Chatham House] London -- The prize is presented to 'the person, persons, or organization deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations'.

2. Tanzania: Investigation Links Tanzanian Police to Deadly Post-Election Crackdown, Possible Mass Graves

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tanzanian police used live ammunition against protesters and may have buried victims in unmarked graves following a disputed presidential election in October, according to an exclusive investigation by CNN.

3. East Africa: Macron Ramps Up Indian Ocean Strategy With Renewed Mauritius Partnership

   [RFI] The leaders of France and Mauritius have reaffirmed plans to revive relations and deepen cooperation, pointing to their "historic and friendly ties" and a "strong commitment to the Indian Ocean" as President Emmanuel Macron began his five-day Africa tour on the island.

4. Nigeria: How Nigeria Is Reintegrating Repentant Former Boko Haram Fighters

   [RFI] Tens of thousands of voluntary or forced members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa have surrendered over the past 10 years. Nigeria is drawing on transitional justice - a set of mechanisms used to confront legacies of mass violence in the interest of accountability, reconciliation and lasting peace - to help former fighters return to their communities and live alongside victims of the jihadist groups.

5. Kenya: Kenyan President William Ruto Says He Has 'A Story to Tell'. Do the Facts Agree?

   [Africa Check] Ruto was accurate about inflation slowing down and the hiring of tens of thousands of teachers. He was also mostly correct about the growth of the education budget. But his claim that Kenya was on par "in nearly every measurable way" with Singapore, Malaysia and other Asian countries in 1963 when Kenya gained independence does not hold up. The president's figures on maize production, sugarcane acreage, sugar production and imports, and tea earnings were also incorrect.