Climate Resilience in Education: UNICEF and the EU launched a €17m Pacific programme to upgrade schools’ water, sanitation, and renewable energy so classrooms can stay open during cyclones and floods. Civic Tech & Participation: Nigeria’s PROMAD unveiled a 2026–2030 strategy to scale evidence-based civic tech, including participatory budgeting and project tracking. Police Accountability for GBV: Uganda’s SGBV coalition petitioned police and local authorities over alleged extortion and barriers that keep survivors from getting justice. Disaster Early Warning: Nigeria’s Red Cross pushed flood early warnings to 142,915 people in Jigawa and rolled out community emergency response plans. Human Rights Under Pressure: A UN report urged Sri Lanka to curb PTA abuses, end arbitrary arrests, and strengthen accountability amid ongoing surveillance of civil society. Elections & AI Risks: Nigeria’s 2027 election is already being shaped by synthetic political content, raising questions about responsibility when AI-generated media misleads voters. Civil Society vs. State Narratives: A BBC Africa Eye investigation challenged Nigeria’s “Christian genocide” framing, arguing violence is more complex than a single coordinated campaign. NGO & Governance Watch: In Nigeria, a court ordered police and justice officials to grant a detained man access to his lawyers in a case tied to a controversial foreign investment council. Regional Rights Lawmaking: Somalia held its first in-country public hearing on an East African Community bill to eliminate FGM, with civil society urging stronger legal protections.