[allAfrica] As of April 30, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,547,351 while over 12,401,980 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Nation] The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has registered its biggest victory yet in the ongoing standoff with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) over distribution of HIV drugs, after the government sent home the entire bo...

[Premium Times] In 2020 alone, natural gas valued at $1.24 billion was burned by oil companies, one which could generate the annual electricity use of 804 million Nigerian citizens.

[Namibian] THE Ministry of Finance has identified a list of 84 doctors who are accused of stealing millions of dollars through the government's medical aid scheme.

[AI London] New Lukonde Government Should Set Transitional Justice Roadmap

[Nation] Kenya wants Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps closed by June 30 next year, six months earlier than the date proposed by a UN agency's roadmap.

[This Day] A bill that seeks to create 111 additional special seats for women in the National Assembly has passed second reading in the House of Representatives.

[East African] The desert locust swarms are on the decline in the East African region largely due to large-scale control operations mounted by governments and supported by FAO over the past 14 months and poor rains.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his sincerest condolences to the royal family and the Zulu nation at large following the unexpected passing of Her Majesty Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu, Regent of the Zulu nation.

[Premium Times] The disease is now prevalent in 14 states and across 52 local governments.

[Daily Maverick] Amid chuckles and bonhomie, President Cyril Ramaphosa, over two days, took control of the optics to do some damage control for the governing ANC at the State Capture Commission. Staying on message, Ramaphosa played the reasonable man...

[Nyasa Times] Civil Servants buys water in buckets for toilet use

[WFP] Antananarivo -- The unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink of famine, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). With acute malnutrition rates continuing to rise, urgent acti...

[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

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[ISS] In March 2020, Somalia suspended flights to its capital due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, at least two planes supposedly bringing humanitarian aid and medical supplies for the pandemic were intercepted, smuggling tons of khat. These flight...

[SAnews.gov.za] Professor Salim Abdool Karim has been appointed to the newly formed World Health Organisation (WHO) Science Council.

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[UNEP] Near Omar Gona's house in Djibouti's Tadjourah city stands a wall three metres high and five metres thick. What might be an eyesore for some is a godsend for the city because the wall holds back the monsoon rains that have decimated people's l...

[HRW] Kinshasa -- New Lukonde Government Should Set Transitional Justice Roadmap

[Radio Dabanga] Gadir / Kadabar / Dibebad -- Dozens of people were killed or injured during tribal clashes that lasted for five consecutive days in the El Hamid district of Gadir, South Kordofan. Nil Hussein, the mayor of Abu Jubaiha, told Radio Daba...

[New Era] The safety and security ministry is expected to intensify its war against crime after treasury allocated N$3.6 billion towards the programme in the new financial year. The N$3.6 billion represents a large chunk of the ministry's N$5.7 billi...

[The Herald] Government is accelerating efforts to manufacture drugs locally for ailments such as cancer through implementation of the triple helix model and is emphasising early treatment seeking behaviour.

[New Zimbabwe] Nyamandlovu -- George Silundika High School in Matabeleland North has become the latest learning institution to be hit by a Covid-19 outbreak after more than 40 students have tested positive.

[New Zimbabwe] Bulawayo High Court judge, Evangelisto Kapada Wednesday granted bail to nine Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists who have been languishing at Khami Remand Prison for more than a month.

[East African] The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will return to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) a total of 1.3 million doses of the 1.7 million it received, for redistribution to other African countries.

[New Zimbabwe] A Mhangura drug dealer, who admitted in court he grew dagga for sale, has been slapped with a $50 000 fine.

[New Era] Sudden price stabilisation in international oil prices after almost five months of continuous increases has resulted in the mines and energy ministry keeping Namibian fuel prices unchanged for the month of May. This means fuel pump prices i...

[This Day] Nigeria is a multi-lingual society made up of six regional geo-political zones namely, South-South, South-East, South-West, North-Central, North-East and North-West. Nigeria may be described as having no specific, well formulated, clear re...

[Premium Times] FBN Holdings woes were compounded as the release of its first quarter earnings report showed a 39 per cent profit drop.