[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- Over 2,000 people have died since the first attack by an Islamist armed group in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado. These attacks started in October 2017 when a local jihadist group, now generally referred to ...

[allAfrica] As of April 8, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   4,299,710   while over 7,938,436 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Nation] Kenya has rejected a United Nations agency roadmap for the closure of refugee camps that stretches to December 31 next year.

[African Arguments] The late Magufuli had open contempt for women. President Suluhu has the power and political capital to change course.

[New Times] The High Commissioner for Rwanda to the United Kingdom (UK), Yamina Karitanyi, has called on the UK to bring to book the five genocide suspects who have been roaming freely in the European country for the last 13 years.

[Nairobi News] Nairobi has been ranked as the most innovative city in Africa, according to the Knight Frank Horizons Report.

[Premium Times] The 46-page book with 10 chapters is a memoire of the first lady from childhood to date.

[Premium Times] The regulator warns operators to stop trading "unregistered" securities that are based in other countries.

[VOA] Juba, South Sudan -- Hundreds of commercial trucks carrying goods bound for South Sudan have stopped at the borders this week, with drivers refusing to complete deliveries because of insecurity. A series of armed attacks on vehicles in South Su...

[East African] The US government has retained its highest travel advisory on Nairobi initially indicated by the Centers for Disease Control, and which asks Americans not to travel to Kenya due to Covid-19 cases.

[VOA] Geneva, Switzerland -- The World Health Organization says Africa's rollout of COVID-19 vaccine is being hampered by supply shortages and delays in planned deliveries. To date, the WHO reports 4.3 million cases of COVID-19 in Africa, including 1...

[East African] Juba -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) during Easter reunited 58 abducted women and children with their families.

[UN News] The UN and partners are "following with deep concern" new reports of violations against civilians in northern Mozambique, the UN Spokesperson said on Thursday.

[Nation] Somalia's top leaders are trading blame after the collapse of the much-anticipated talks meant to provide certainty on elections.

[Nation] Health activists have warned that Northern Kenya stands to be hit the hardest by the shortage of life-saving Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that is currently being experienced in Kenya.

[Leadership] Abuja -- The Federal Government in its committed efforts towards exploring diplomatic and institutional channels in retrieving stolen priceless artifacts, on Thursday, received one of such stolen artifacts intercepted in Mexico City, Mex...

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari said this in a letter to the King of Jordan, Abdullah Al-Hussein.

[DW] The US said "large-scale assistance is urgently needed" in order to prevent the humanitarian situation in Tigray from worsening. The area has seen a violent conflict for several months.

[RFI] Voters go to the polls in Djibouti on Friday for elections boycotted by the opposition as incumbent President Ismaël Omar Guelleh stands for a fifth term in office in a country known for its strategic location that hosts several foreign milita...

[DW] Five presidents have conveyed for a crisis summit in Maputo to discuss how to combat rebels in Mozambique. The meeting comes just after 12 people were beheaded following an attack claimed by the "Islamic State."

[The Conversation Africa] United States -- Spring has sprung, and there is a sense of relief in the air. After one year of lockdowns and social distancing, more than 171 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the U.S. and about 19.4...

[ISS] On 11 April, Benin will hold its seventh presidential election since the 1990 national conference that paved the way for the country's peaceful transition from military dictatorship to democracy.

[allAfrica] After 30 years in power, Chad's brutal ruler Idris Déby Itno is just coming into his own.  With elections on April 11 in his oil rich, yet crushingly impoverished country, he is offering a masterclass in how to not just win an election ...

[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Tanzanian authorities not to turn back Mozambicans fleeing over the border in the wake of the terrorist attack against the town of Palma, in the northern province o...

[WHO] The COVAX Facility has now delivered life-saving vaccines to over 100 economies since making its first international delivery to Ghana on 24 February 2021. So far, more than 38 million doses of vaccines from manufacturers AstraZeneca, Pfizer-B...

[JusticeInfo.net] Gambia's Truth Commission is conducting a series of hearings with members of the judiciary, who tell how the former regime of Yahya Jammeh set up a system to control the laws, the courts and hinder lawyer's practice.

[East African] The stalemate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters has made it difficult to resolve a simmering dispute over a dam built by Addis Ababa.

[Radio Dabanga] El Geneina / Khartoum -- The West Darfur Doctors Committee revealed that another 37 people have been killed and another 59 wounded since Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of deaths caused by the recent tribal clashes in the s...

[Premium Times] According to Mr Mamora, the directive became necessary as the country is unsure of when the next batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines will arrive.

[UN News] The failure of Libya to investigate the unlawful arrest and torture of a women's rights activist is a clear rights violation, the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), said on Wednesday.