[Premium Times] Matthew Page, an associate fellow of Chatham House, London, U.K., says education and real estate sectors provide opportunities for Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in Nigeria to launder money.

[Nation] The government has come under the spotlight for releasing to Kenyans antiretroviral drugs that were phased out years back due to their adverse side effects on patients.

[This Day] President of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria (AMSN), Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, yesterday canvassed an immediate shutdown of international airports in Nigeria for at least two weeks, to allow for a proper assessment of the COVID-...

[Premium Times] TIME reports that the fintech company, Flutterwave, was chosen for its efforts in recharging retailers after the pandemic slowed travel in Nigeria.

[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have heeded the advice from some Nigerians to seek outside help in containing the rising spate of killings and kidnapping in the country by bandits and terrorists.

[The Conversation Africa] The current government's decision on April 12th to seek a two-year extension has thrown Somalia's fragile political process into disarray.

[Lesotho Times] The long-running infighting within the ruling All Basotho Convention (ABC) finally reached its zenith this week with deputy leader, Professor Nqosa Mahao, breaking away to form a new party called the New Dawn.

[The Herald] Upcoming designer and fashionista Phillip Mudzimurega has urged locals to embrace and appreciate Zimbabwean fashion designs as a way of showing a sense of patriotism, national identity, sovereignty and pride.

[The Herald] Those defying Covid-19 national lockdown regulations by going on beer binges and attending braai parties at bars, restaurants and beerhalls are likely to run into legal hot water, the police have warned.

[The Herald] SADC is committed to achieving lasting peace, security, reconciliation and development in Mozambique with the ongoing Extraordinary Troika Summit, which will culminate in the meeting of Heads of State and Government tomorrow, an expressi...

[The Herald] In the trial of nine suspected armed robbers who include Musa Taj Abdul on charges of unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition on Monday, Detective Innocent Dube, the second witness, said the barrel of the firearm recovered in thei...

[The Herald] Popular Gweru socialite, Gamuchirai Mudungwe (30) who was shot and killed in a frenzied gun attack on four people by a local polygamous man, who accused his second wife of cheating was yesterday buried at Senga cemetery in an emotional s...

[New Zimbabwe] Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Tuesday allotted US$36 million towards economic productivity amid notable inflation rates decline since the auction system's inception last year.

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is on the verge of a massive brain drain in the health sector once the Covid-19 pandemic is over, a public health specialist has warned.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Tuesday, issued another threat to errant bar operators warning of "severe penalties" should they continue breaking Covid-19 lockdown regulations by continuing to run their operations.

[New Zimbabwe] SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, son to late Vice President Joshua Nkomo, has resigned from both the Joshua Nkomo Cultural Movement and the Joshua Nkomo Legacy Restoration Project Trust following his decision to contest for the Zapu presidency.

[New Zimbabwe] Former senior MDC Alliance official Lillian Timveos, who in February defected to Zanu PF, has graduated from the ruling party's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.

[New Zimbabwe] The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says Zimbabwe in 2020 recorded a decline in veld fires and the total burnt area by 30,38% due to various initiatives aimed at managing the scourge.

[New Zimbabwe] VILLAGERS from the Zvamahande area in Masvingo have expressed gratitude to media organisations that have taken a bold step to establish news clubs in the area.

[New Zimbabwe] AT LEAST 200 Bulawayo MDC Alliance supporters are reported to have reversed their recent decision to defect to the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T and retraced their footsteps to the Nelson Chamisa-led outfit.

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[Premium Times] "Instead of investigating the facts, where evidence in the public domain would demonstrate the allegations in the complaint to be false, this has become a story of ongoing police harassment and intimidation."

[263Chat] Civil servants will not be intimidated by threats from the government to unleash the no-work, no-pay principle on workers who do not report for duty, senior official of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU)- a ci...

[Citizen] Dodoma -- The government has banned the use of cash in settling fines.

[MSF] Three important developments took place in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province in less than six weeks, all of which will have a significant future impact on human lives.

[New Zimbabwe] The trial of Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe and five other MDC Alliance activists who stand accused of violating Covid-19 regulations has been set for May 13.

[Nairobi News] Award-winning Nigerian musician David Adeleke, popularly known by his stage name Davido, has become the most followed artiste on Instagram after hitting 20 million followers.

[The Herald] Marry Mubaiwa's application to be removed from remand over charges of attempting to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while he was in a hospital in South Africa was dismissed yesterday but Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Ma...

[The Herald] More than 20 cattle and 30 goats have been killed by lions and leopards in Pfundundu area of Hurungwe District this year as growing overpopulation of game in protected areas nearby drive animals into human settlements.

[The Herald] The trial date for MDC Alliance's Joana Mamombe and seven other political activists who are charged with participating in an illegal demonstration sometime in May last year, has been set for next month.