[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed allies of ODM party leader Raila Odinga and his Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka to top government positions as he seeks to stamp his authority and see through the implementation of his legacy projects...

[Premium Times] The government is to sell or concession 36 of its properties between January 2021 and November 2022.

[The Conversation Africa] Every year in February South Africa's president delivers a state of the nation address. One theme which is never addressed is the state of the nation.

[The Conversation Africa] Located in Tanzania, with a height of almost 6,000 metres, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's tallest mountain. Over the years, there's been extensive urbanisation and development at the base of the mountain, which could change w...

[Monitor] Teachers and the Ministry of Education officials are speaking at cross-purposes over a compressed curriculum, just weeks to reopening of schools for semi-candidate classes on March 1.

[Monitor] Kampala -- One of the country's longest-serving pilots, Capt Charles Karabarinde, has officially retired after 40 years of service

[UN News] Poor rainfall, flooding and desert locusts are contributing to extreme food insecurity in Somalia, threating 2.6 million people, the UN agriculture agency said in a new analysis released on Wednesday.

[UN News] The United Nations Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission called on Somali leaders, on Tuesday, to resume dialogue to resolve outstanding differences concerning elections in the country.

[This Day] Nigeria's former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said her emergence as the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), will open doors of opportunities for women all o...

[Leadership] Nigerians have thrown their weight of support behind Senate's resolution calling on President Muhammadu Buahri to declare a state of emergency on the menace of insecurity bedeviling the country.

[RFI] First Vice President of Zanzibar Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad has died in hospital in Dar es Salaam, according to Zanzibari President Hussein Ali Mwinyi.

[UN News] International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines appealed on Wednesday for the UN Security Council to ensure people caught in conflict have access to these lifesaving treatments.

[Premium Times] Davido is the only Nigerian entertainer on the 'TIME 100 Next' list.

[East African] Sudanese banks are taking steps to re-establish relationships with foreign financial institutions after the US removed Khartoum from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

[Premium Times] The respondents are the 20 banks where the Shell companies operate accounts in Nigeria

[The Conversation Africa] In countries with weak governance institutions, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead of a blessing. Where citizens are relatively powerless to hold ruling elites to account, resource wealth undermines developm...

[Premium Times] The principal mandate of the WTO is to ensure open trade between countries.

[African Arguments] Tshisekedi has outmanoeuvred his predecessor and has now appointed a PM. But is a victory for the president one for the Congolese people?

[New Times] Local and regional exports have recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels following a sharp decline in April 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, TradeMark East Afric...

[IPS] Ibadan and Mexico City -- African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate change: 2020 was the second hottest year on record, while prolonged droughts and explosive floods are directly threatening the livelihoods of millions....

[ISS] More than a year after adopting an action plan to 'eradicate' terrorism in West Africa, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has made little progress. Despite expressions of support by member states, the regional body faces se...

[Premium Times] Suspected bandits abducted some staff and students of Government Science School, Kagara in Niger State on Tuesday.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is pleased with the start of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, which starts in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape, today.

[This Day] The Lagos State Government has announced plans to shut the Third Mainland Bridge from midnight, Friday, February 19 to the midnight of Sunday, 21, 2021 for final rehabilitation works.

[Nyasa Times] Agriculture authorities say cotton production will this year decline by 70 percent which will negatively affect the country's forex,

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Energy Newton Kambala says the government is going ahead with its decision to terminate contracts of Independent Power Producers (IPP)s whose works have stalled for invalid reasons.

[New Times] Several challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic have frustrated plans to roll out a vaccination programme aimed at eliminating cervical cancer causing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for girls aged 12, The New Times can exclusively reveal.

[Nation] The leader of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Raila Odinga has opposed proposed legislation against "hustler" narrative -- a campaign mantra propagated by Deputy President William Ruto and his allies.

[Nation] The collapse of the Ahero-Katito bridge on March 30, 2020 set in motion a chain of events that have now revealed that the Chinese contractor putting up a Sh9 billion road to Kisii forged National Construction Authority (NCA) documents to win...

[Vanguard] Dangote Industries Limited has debunked claims of a fraudulent scheme circulating on social media titled, "2021 Dangote Empowerment", purported to be approved by the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF).