[allAfrica] As of March 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,923,942 .

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police in Dakar, Reuters reports.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of March 3, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,913,848.

[This Day] One person was feared dead and others reportedly injured yesterday when a mob invaded the venue of the reunion of the 279 students of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State at the school premises.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced plans to resume direct flights from Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Charles De Gaulle (CDG), France. The direct flights are set to restart from 17th Mar...

[This Day] The governors of the 36 states of the federation will today meet to discuss modalities for the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines that arrived from India on Tuesday.

[RFI] The UN Security Council is expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region on Thursday. But a sense of intransigence amongst African countries towards taking a stronger stance on Ethiopia has so far thwarted efforts to st...

[New Times] Rwanda received her first Covid-19 shots on Wednesday, March 3, from the World Health Organization's (WHO) global vaccine sharing scheme, Covax.

[The Conversation Africa] Early in February former President Jacob Zuma issued a statement defying a Constitutional Court decision compelling him to appear before the judicial commission probing grand corruption in South Africa. He used a war metapho...

[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic has again highlighted the challenges facing public procurement in South Africa. The Auditor-General's reports on COVID-19 related procurement and media coverage have all have flagged opacity, corruption...

[The Conversation Africa] With the arrival of vaccines in the country, Kenya is set to begin its COVID-19 vaccination roll-out. Catherine Kyobutungi, the Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center, provides some insights into t...

[Vanguard] Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu yesterday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to shoot anyone seen with AK-47.

[Premium Times] The 12 senior officers and 89 soldiers deserted the war front after Insurgents attacked Marte and Dikwa.

[Nation] The elite, including politicians, Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries, have been placed on the priority list to receive the Covid-19 vaccine expected in the country tomorrow.

[Nation] The United States has urged Kenya to take a leading role in ending atrocities reported in Ethiopia's Tigray region, suggesting the use of an independent investigation into claims of human rights violations.

[Nation] The Ethiopian government on Tuesday called on the United States to stop interfering with the country's internal affairs.

[Nation] A commercial plane in South Sudan's Jonglei State has left at least 11 people dead, according to eyewitnesses.

[Daily Trust] Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Publicity, says there is a strong suspicion that choppers are being used to ferry arms for bandits.

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa yesterday paid tribute to former Vice President Kembo Mohadi, who resigned from Government but remains Vice President of the revolutionary party Zanu PF, saying the resignation was unexpected.

[Premium Times] "A just transition to net-zero emissions, probably one where gas as a fossil fuel is still supported, especially for those of us in this part of the world, is absolutely important."

[Premium Times] The information the U.S. authorities want to be protected include details concerning victims, yet-to-be-apprehended conspirators, and investigation techniques.

[UN News] South Sudan's transformation from conflict to recovery is underway, but much needs to be done before securing "a peaceful and prosperous future", the UN Special Representative to the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Addis Ababa -- "Many of my clients are sex workers. Usually, they don't talk freely about their job because it's a taboo. But when they come here, they tell their stories."

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Addis Ababa -- Thousands of female migrants returned to Ethiopia from the Gulf last year and some are risking violence and trafficking as sex workers

[DW] Elections in Ivory Coast are a chance for the opposition to regain power, with President Alassane Ouattara ruling with a majority. The outcome could decide the future of Ivorian parties, international observers say.

[Atlantic Council] Ethiopia is at war with itself--and the international community is struggling to respond. In nearly four months of fighting across Ethiopia's Tigray region, more than sixty thousand Tigrayan refugees have fled into neighboring Suda...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The magic that can restore Africa's degraded forests, farms and pastures is in the millions of local champions across the continent, especially youth and women

[African Arguments] Cryptocurrency doesn't have to be a problem. Neither does the Central Bank.

[ISS] When Boko Haram faction leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the December 2020 mass abduction of more than 300 school boys in Katsina State, north-west Nigeria, he wasn't taken seriously - not even by government.

[SAIIA] The adverse effects of the climate emergency mean that it is critical for the world to accelerate the transition to low carbon technologies to reduce emissions.