Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deal: Axens and Dragonfly will license Vegan HEFA technology to build modular sustainable aviation fuel plants using local waste feedstocks like used cooking oil and animal fats across Africa and the Caribbean. Biodiversity Roadmap: The African Forest Forum (AFF) backed a continent-wide roadmap for managing forests and biodiversity hotspots, stressing better governance, policy coherence, research and tech to protect livelihoods and climate resilience. AfCFTA Trade Push (Zimbabwe): Zimbabwe moves toward gazetting its AfCFTA tariff offer, aiming to unlock preferential access to a 1.4bn-person market by phasing down tariffs on most products. Nigeria Governance & Land: President Tinubu ordered Abuja land allocation along Airport Road for the Abdulsalami Abubakar African Resource Centre and pledged federal funding. South Africa Anti-Immigrant Politics: Research highlights how “community protection” rhetoric is being used to justify anti-migrant campaigns, raising risks of exclusion and violence as mobilisation intensifies ahead of 30 June. Diplomatic Tension Over Returnees: Nigeria escalates its response to South Africa’s handling of evacuated Nigerians, warning it will use AU and bilateral statutes to prevent repeat treatment. South Africa Impeachment Fight: Ramaphosa filed an urgent court application to halt the impeachment process tied to the Farmgate scandal, seeking to challenge findings before parliament can vote. Human Rights Leadership (West Africa): CHRAJ’s Dr Whittal handed over NNHRI-WA leadership to Dr Anthony Ojukwu, with priorities including democratic governance, migration and reparative justice. Religious Freedom Case (SA): Hindu leaders plan to file hate-speech papers against Pastor Mervin Naidu in South Africa’s Equality Court.