AU - Africanews

1. Musk-Trump dispute continues as Musk criticises Trump signature budget bill

   The US president and his former close ally billionaire Elon Musk are once more on the warpath: after Musk criticised Trump's signature spending act, dubbed "the Big Beautiful Bill" by the president, Trump threatened to cut government subsidies to Musk's companies.

2. South Africa: At least 101 dead in Eastern Cape floods as rescue efforts continue

   Victims include 38 children. The youngest fatality is an infant about 12 months old.

3. In Goma, solar power brings light and hope in Ndosho neighbourhood

   Congolese-American company Nuru has set up a 1.3-megawatt solar mini-grid in Goma.

4. Report: US cuts to foreign aid could cause more than 14 million deaths by 2030

   Donald Trump's decision to drastically cut US humanitarian aid is expected to have disastrous consequences, researchers warn.

5. Detained Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra ends hunger strike

   Chadian opposition leader and former Prime Minister Succès Masra, who has been in detention since mid-May, has ended his hunger strike after about a week of fasting, his lawyers announced Monday.