[The Conversation Africa] Accusations abound of vaccine nationalism against states that stockpile vaccines and of vaccine apartheid, as COVID-19 vaccines become concentrated in rich countries. Calls for vaccine equity or justice demand vaccine alloca...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -- Taking simple local solutions to larger scale could drive climate-smart development and jobs on a continent that needs them

[The Herald] The Government yesterday approved the framework for cooperation with the Russian Federation State Atomic Energy Corporation as it explores the feasibility of using nuclear energy as an alternative source of power.

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial measure extending his term in office by two years. Opposition lawmakers have spoken out against the action, along with donors and the international community. Th...

[This Day] Delta State emerged double winners at the Edo 2020 National Sports Festival last night, winning the games with 158 gold, 116 silver and 110 bronze medals. The Big Heart state was also handed the flag as the next host of the NSF in 2022.

[New Times] A few months after the Ministry of Education ordered schools to stop asking for a pregnancy test as a precondition for admission, Riviera High School has defied the directive.

[Unicef] Niamey, Niger -- Statement attributable to Mr. Aboubacry Tall, UNICEF Representative a.i. in Niger

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency reports recent deadly ethnic and tribal clashes in Sudan's West Darfur region have forced nearly 2,000 people to flee for their lives into neighboring Chad.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Health care workers in Cameroon say they are reluctant to take the coronavirus vaccines donated by China because they doubt the drug's efficacy.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Repeal Law, Protect LGBT Rights

[HRW] Government Should Protect Refugees, Not Send People Back to Dangerous Conditions

[AI London] Eritrean forces opened fire on civilians in town of Adwa, killing three people and injuring at least 19 'There was no fighting but just shooting at passersby' - eyewitness 'We demand justice and accountability for war crimes and human ri...

[RFI] Sudan's prime minister has invited his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to a closed-door meeting to discuss the long-running dispute over Addis Ababa's mega-dam on the Blue Nile, his office said.

[This Day] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday lamented that the unabating misrule of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) pushed Twitter to take its African Headquarters to Ghana instead of...

[This Day] The federal government yesterday refused to disclose when President Muhammadu Buhari would return to Nigeria from his medical trip to London, United Kingdom.

[DW] In Central African Republic, the government relies heavily on Russian mercenaries and weaponry to fight rebels. UN experts are now accusing the Russians of gross human rights violations.

[Vanguard] No fewer than 18 persons die of tuberculosis per hour in Nigeria according to a report by the World Health Organization, WHO.

[Daily Trust] Parents of the yet to be released 112 girls kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School Chibok in Borno State said they want to see their missing daughters before they die.

[Africa In Fact] Reviewing the foundation for a meeting of minds

[Crisis Group] Both federal and resistance forces are digging in for a lengthy battle in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Conditions for civilians are dire, with famine a growing danger. Outside powers should urge Addis Ababa to let more aid into the war zo...

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe cricket legend Heath Streak has been banned for eight years after being charged with multiple breaches of the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s anti-corruption code, the world cricket governing body has revealed.

[New Zimbabwe] MDC Alliance MP for Harare East Tendai Biti is heading back to parliament after a High Court judge Wednesday dismissed the top legislator's purported recall and those of five other party legislators who were once members of the People'...

[Nation] Juba -- South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Tuesday afternoon took his first AstraZeneca jab.

[ISS] National and foreign forces deployed to fight terrorism in the Sahel are increasingly harming civilians. Figures from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicate that security forces caused more civilian fatalities in Mali...

[spotlight] After various delays and setbacks, new, less toxic, short-course tuberculosis (TB) prevention therapy is finally being launched in six districts in South Africa - with training of healthcare workers already underway.

[Nation] Kenya has overtaken Somalia as a source and destination of charcoal in the East Africa region despite a ban in its production in 2018, a new report shows.

[The Herald] Fungai Lupande -- Former First Lady Grace Mugabe's son Russell Goreraza has appeared in court facing theft charges after he allegedly ordered the removal of a gold processing plant worth US$130 000 at Tian Bao Mineral Industry in Mazowe.

[Capital FM] Often referred to as Little Italy, Malindi town by the Indian Ocean is one of Kenya's beautiful seaside towns that is at the center of a strip of idyllic tropical beaches offering a wide range of world class resorts and quiet relaxing hi...

[New Zimbabwe] MDC ALLIANCE has hit out at government for alleged double standards in the latter's recent decision to peg passport application fees in US dollars whereas workers providing the services and many more were still being remunerated in loc...

[The Herald] WARRIORS midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, has set himself a target to assist, at least, one million kids in Zimbabwe to have access to education.