[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Congratulations are in order as the South African rapper AKA just made things official and popped the question to his girlfriend, Nelli Tembe.

[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- The United States needs a top Africa policymaker "who has a high degree of expertise" dealing with African issues and working with Congress and key sectors of American society, a group of U.S.-based Africanists said in a...

[allAfrica] Finland's foreign minister Pekka Haavisto has warned of a "new refugee drama" in the EU after visiting the Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border. Hundreds of people displaced by the Tigray region conflict are fleeing ...

[DW] The World Health Organization's global vaccine-sharing scheme aims to get doses to the world's poorest countries.

[Premium Times] The federal and Niger State governments say they are hopeful of securing the release of the Kagara abduction victims soon and without payment of ransoms

[East African] Regional balance of trade improved in the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with lower imports, as Kenya's manufactured products and demand for Tanzanian minerals held up the economies.

[Monitor] The government has released the first national risk and vulnerability atlas showing parts of the country that are prone to natural disasters.

[Daily News] THE government will buy aircrafts to spray against and control gigantic new desert locust swarms that are hitting the Eastern and Central Africa region, threatening millions with hunger.

[Premium Times] Court documents show how the money will be recovered from Mr Okeke and distributed to three victims.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the gradual return of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Niger and Chad to the country from February 27, 2021.

[East African] South Sudan was among countries most impacted by extreme weather events in recent years according to the global Climate Risk Index 2021. The index ranks countries according to their vulnerability both in terms of fatalities and economi...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nine hundred and twelve Kenyans were wiped out in the rank of dollar millionaires in 2020, reflecting the tough economic environment occasioned by the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, a new data shows.

[UN News] Despite a successful presidential election and other noteworthy progress, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to be plagued by violence and volatility, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.

[RFI] Possible US sanctions against Uganda following alleged irregularities in January's elections and abuse by the security forces would be unfortunate, but are not worrying Ugandan authorities, the foreign minister has told RFI.

[RFI] Monrovia -- Ivorian Ruth Sayne, 33, escaped the post-election violence in Cote d'Ivoire in 2011 and fled to neighboring Liberia with her husband, a farmer. While life was hard in the refugee camp, formerly the site of the Prime Timber Productio...

[Leadership] The Federal Government on Wednesday in Bauchi declared that Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world.

[DW] Despite skepticism, fear about the coronavirus has increased in Tanzania following the death of a prominent politician in Zanzibar. Mourners showed up at public memorials wearing face masks and brandishing disinfectant.

[Premium Times] The reserves record a 3.27 per cent fall within four weeks.

[DW] New studies indicate that COVID infections and deaths in Africa could have been higher than previously reported.

[Premium Times] The Senate confirmation was done after a screening that lasted for over two hours.

[Premium Times] The new Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law stipulates the death penalty for rape convicts who infect their victims with HIV/AIDS.

[Dalsan Radio] A Somali YouTube sensation was on Wednesday shot dead "accidentally" while rehearsing a comedy on set in Garowe Puntland, a colleague confirmed to media.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As Lloyd's embarks on a process of historical repair, the British insurer must include communities directly affected by the legacies of slavery

[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic, and the race to make vaccines and other useful technologies more accessible to people around the world, has once again highlighted the tension between intellectual property rights and the promotion of ...

[ISS] The impacts of COVID-19 on Africa's long-term development have been devastating. The Institute for Security Studies reports that probably up to a decade's worth of human development has been wiped out.

[Daily Maverick] Under the theme of supporting public health and repairing public finances, the 2021 Budget shifts numbers across the balance sheet to make it look good. But it's a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul - dependent on the assumption of no...

[The Herald] Former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Morgan Chombo today appeared in court on allegations involving illegal parcelling out of pieces of land in Harare and Zvimba Rural District during his tenure as the Minister of Local Government, Public Wo...

[HRW] Banjul -- More than 50 West Africans Killed Under Ex-President Yahya Jammeh

[allAfrica] Paris -- On February 17th, 2021, Philip Morris International (PMI) held an online event entitled " Can scientifically substantiated smoke-free products contribute to public health outcomes?". This event was the third of its « Open Scien...

[Nigeria Health Watch] Editor's Note: In today's Thought Leadership Piece, Dr. Okonkwor Oyor of Hygeia HMO explains the looming threat that ACT-resistant malaria poses to the long global struggle to "roll back malaria", and shares insights into what ...