[allAfrica] As of April 2, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,237,810 while over 7,407,063 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- If you don't know how to spend your Easter holiday, Who's the Boss may do the trick.

[RFI] Authorities in Niger have confirmed that there was a coup attempt which took place this week in the capital Niamey. Local residents woke to the sound of heavy gunfire at 3am on Wednesday that continued for about half an hour.

[VOA] A man in Africa who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered but suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91 new cases before he died. The report adds to evidence that the deadly virus can lurk in the body long after ...

[MSF] Measles is once again on the rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The recent upsurge in cases - more than 13,000 since January 1st - is a major source of concern for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

[VOA] Paris -- France is rejecting a U.N. report that said a French air strike in central Mali in January killed 19 civilians as part of anti-terrorist operations in the Sahel.

[Daily Trust] Authorities of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH) have given assurance of timely completion of work to beat the 2023 deadline for the rehabilitation of Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road projects.

[This Day] The federal government has threatened to apply "no work, no pay" rule against the resident doctors, who embarked on an indefinite strike yesterday to protest alleged failure by the federal government to fulfill its obligations to them.

[CFR] This is the second half of a two-part interview conducted by Nolan Quinn, a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations' Africa Program, and reviewed by Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow John Campbell. The interview was held on March 19, 2...

[East African] Sudan has received a vote of approval on its transitional plan, including the gradual accommodation of former rebel fighters into the government, after a top security organ of the African Union toured Khartoum this week.

[RFI] Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday dismissed an appeal against Côte d'Ivoire's former President Laurent Gbagbo, confirming his acquittal for crimes against humanity and paving the way for his return to the West Africa...

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday sent an early strong message to her aides with a mini cabinet reshuffle, insisting that there will be no room for underperformers.

[Monitor] At 7:30pm on Monday, President Museveni entered the meeting room at State House and immediately asked the NRM vice chairperson Hajj Moses Kigongo, who also doubles as the chairperson of the NRM disciplinary committee, to explain the agenda.

[East African] The United States has raised the red flag over alleged human rights violations in Zimbabwe, which include torture of government critics by security forces.

[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga is among the three hopefuls seeking the party's presidential ticket in the 2022 polls.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has ruled out tax reliefs to cushion Kenyans and businesses during the partial lockdown affecting five counties that recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections.

[Premium Times] "The cause of the crash as well as the whereabouts of the 2 pilots remain unknown."

[East African] Kenya's decision to halt the movement of interstate buses across its border following a surge in Covid-19 cases has left several Ugandans stranded in the neighbouring East African country.

[VOA] Harare -- Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi says member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will respond in a "meaningful manner" to the deadly Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique. Masisi made the comments We...

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[This Day] Ethiopian Airlines has disclosed that it was recently was honoured with the Best International Award at the just concluded Abuja Jabamah Wonders of Nigeria Expo.

[African Arguments] Southern African writers are publishing books through Facebook and Whatsapp that speak directly to readers' lives . Is this the future or a fad?

[Premium Times] The NPFL statistics for away wins have not exploded in the face of COVID-19 restrictions

[CFR] In the early hours of March 29, an estimated sixty gunmen attacked two small military installations in Kafolo and Kolobougou, both located in Ivory Coast on the border with Burkina Faso. The assailants killed at least three soldiers and wounded...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Civil society activists from Sousse rallied on Thursday morning outside the Italian embassy headquarters in Mutuelleville, near downtown Tunis, to demand that 282 containers of Italian household waste "illegall...

[Nation] Tongues have been wagging Yaounde following the re-election of some ailing octogenarians to the helm of Cameroon's two houses of parliament last month.

[This Day] The World Bank has revised its growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from -5.1 per cent to 3.4 per cent growth for 2021.

[Cosafa] The South African Football Association (SAFA) have fired Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki after the side failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon that will take place early next year.

[GroundUp] Demolition of structures and removal of land occupiers without a court order is unconstitutional, says advocate

[Premium Times] This is the second time in 2021 that Mr Oyakhilome 's church will be found guilty of breaching the UK's COVID-19 broadcasting rules.