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1. South Africa: EFF Leader Julius Malema Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

   [allAfrica] Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and firing it in public.

2. Africa: All of Africa Today - April 16, 2026

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3. Kenya: Chinese Ant Smuggler Sentenced to a Year in Jail by Kenyan Court

   [allAfrica] A Chinese national, Zhang Kequn, has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle thousands of live queen garden ants out of Kenya.

4. Ethiopia: Ethiopian Editor Seized From Addis Standard Newsroom By Unidentified Men

   [CPJ] Nairobi -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken by unidentified men from his newsroom in the capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning.

5. Kenya: Why World Athletics Rejected Bid By Kenyan Athletes to Change Nationality to Turkey

   [Capital FM] NAIROBI -- World Athletics have rejected an appeal by five Kenyan athletes, including former world record holder Brigid Kosgei, to change their nationality to Turkey.