AU - Africanews

1. Tunisia: President dismisses minister of energy and industry

   Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of energy and industry minister Fatma Thabet Chiboub, ahead of a parliament meeting to review controversial draft laws on renewable energy contracts.

2. Mali's military leader Assimi Goita reappears in Bamako after weekend attacks

   Mali's military leader Assimi Goita, who has not appeared in public since large-scale jihadist-separatist attacks at the weekend, has met the Russian ambassador to his country, his office said on Tuesday.

3. Madagascar expels French diplomat amid rising tensions

   Madagascar has expelled a French diplomat, accusing them of involvement in alleged destabilisation activities, in a move that signals growing tensions between the island nation and its former colonial power, France.

4. Ghana quits US aid deal talks over privacy concerns

   Ghana has pulled out of talks on a multi-year US aid deal after Washington allegedly demanded access to citizens’ personal data.

5. South Sudan community is denied relief supplies amid weaponisation of aid

   Displaced people who took refuge from conflict in an isolated South Sudan village were denied lifesaving aid by the government even as deaths there mounted, eyewitnesses and aid groups said.