South Africa searches for answers after the body of a tenth woman is found in just two months, raising fresh questions about why progressive laws and a national disaster declaration have failed to stop the killings around Johannesburg. In Ethiopia, fears of renewed civil war are growing as Tigray rebels warn of a “full-blown war” and fighting spreads into the Afar and Amhara regions. And in Uganda, fertiliser prices are soaring after the Iran war disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on farmers who rely on the Gulf for nearly half of their supply.