[allAfrica] As of May 6, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,594,886 while over 12,973,899 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] As of May 5, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,585,764 while over 12,757,451 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[The Conversation Africa] Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humankind - the birthplace of our species, Homo sapiens. There is evidence of the development of early symbolic behaviours such as pigment use and perforated shell ornaments in Af...

[USTR] Washington -- United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today released a statement announcing the Biden-Harris Administration's support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines.

[Daily Maverick] International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have agreed on the need for the US and South Africa to cooperate in addressing the Islamist insurgency in Mozambique's northernmo...

[Premium Times] Delay in the issuance of certified true copies (CTCs) of court judgments has become a big problem in the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria and led to denial of justice.

[Premium Times] It is unclear if the Kaduna state government, which had insisted that it would not negotiate with bandits or pay ransom, changed its stance to secure their release.

[Daily News] THE United Nations (UN) has expressed hopes on the leadership of President Samia Suluhu Hassan in progressing regional agenda of the Great Lakes Region in boosting socio-economic development and safeguarding peace and security.

[Daily Maverick] The ANC sent Secretary-General Ace Magashule a suspension notice on Monday. On the same day, Magashule informed President Cyril Ramaphosa that he would also be suspended from the party. Magashule is on the ropes and desperate.

[Daily Maverick] Ethiopia's Covid-delayed elections take place on 5 June 2021. But the country has a fraught history when it comes to democratic elections. A free and fair election will transform Ethiopia's ossified authoritarian political culture, r...

[Daily Maverick] While the burial and the special official provincial funeral for the late regent of the Zulu nation take place over the next few days, it will do little to dampen the royal tiffs about succession and the division of the late king and...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Today's G7 meeting is a potential gamechanger for preventing famine in crisis countries if world powers step up

[Citizen] Dodoma -- Higher education students now have a reason to smile after the government decided to scrap some of the nuisance charges on their education loans.

[VOA] Bor, South Sudan -- Civil society activists and residents in the capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state have accused state officials of stealing food donated by President Salva Kiir that was meant for flood victims.

[AI London] Responding to the news that Danish authorities have signed an agreement with the Rwandan government to enhance cooperation on migration and asylum, potentially to then send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, Amnesty International's Europe Director...

[Nation] Businesses that incur financial losses due to power blackouts will receive compensation from Kenya Power if proposed regulations by the energy regulator are adopted.

[Nation] The Indian Covid-19 variant has been detected in Kenya, Ministry of Health acting Director General Patrick Amoth has said.

[Nation] The Supreme Court in The Gambia on Tuesday declared as "unconstitutional" a decision by the country's lawmakers to award themselves personal loans from the public purse.

[RFI] Survivors and human rights groups have criticised a recommendation by prosecutors in France to drop a 15-year case accusing senior French military officials of complicity in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

[DW] The Sexual Offences Bill seeks to address a wide range of issues from rape to prostitution. But gay rights activists fear the new law amounts to a backdoor reintroduction of the discredited 2013 Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

[The Conversation Africa] The story of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination in Africa is slowly unfolding, as more and more countries across the continent receive shipments of the long-awaited vaccines.

[Nation] Weak agricultural extension services to farmers has been cited as among major barriers to ensuring food safety in the country, according to a recent baseline survey.

[New Zimbabwe] High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi Wednesday granted Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, and MDC Alliance deputy youth secretary Cecilia Chimbiri a $20 000 bail each with strict conditions.

[AIM] Maputo -- Sabotage by the islamist terrorists operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, has deprived much of the province of electrical power, reports Wednesday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais", and the publicly ow...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has suspended its Secretary-General, Ace Magashule, after his indictment on corruption charges.

[SAFA] The South African Football Association (SAFA) has appointed Belgian Hugo Broos as the new Bafana Bafana coach.

[New Frame] Shop customers are threatening migrant traders with violence come the national elections in August, amid a rise in xenophobia that appears to correlate with election periods in Africa.

[ISS] On 23 April, around 100 women protested in Beni, in north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling on the United Nations peacekeeping mission to leave the country. In protests that ran throughout April, Congolese also challenged ...

[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Gambia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, offering hope to other African countries trying to eradicate the painful eye disease.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Uganda's Parliament "quietly" passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019 which reintroduced a ban on homosexuality in the country, Uganda Radio Network (URN) reports.