[The Conversation Africa] South Africa has begun the second phase of its public vaccination campaign, targeting people aged 60 or older. The first vaccinations were given in February to health workers. So far almost 600,000 healthcare workers and mem...

[DW] Nigeria's Air Force said one of its planes crashed in central Nigeria with the country's army chief Ibrahim Attahiru on board.

[Namibian] AN application by Canadian oil and gas company Reconnaissance Africa (ReconAfrica) for occupational land rights in two areas of the Kavango East region has been met with criticism by local communities and environmental activists, who have ...

[HRW] Hague -- Sudan Should Transfer al-Bashir, Other Suspects to International Criminal Court

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique's gas fields cannot be developed if global warming is to be kept to 1.5º above pre-industrial levels, according to a dramatic International Energy Agency (IEA) report published Tuesday (18 May). The...

[Nation] Somali leaders will meet on Saturday in Mogadishu to discuss the electoral calendar.

[GroundUp] The high mortality is partly explained by a shortage of critical care resources and under-use of what's available.

[Nation] The Chinese government has defended a controversial fishing harbour project in Sierra Leone, accusing critics of engaging in a smear campaign.

[ISS] The question of whether to extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang either to his home country or the United States (US) is ticking like a timebomb on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's desk.

[spotlight] Hundreds of cancer patients have missed out on treatment for at least two weeks after an April fire shuttered oncology services at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. The Gauteng health department has warned that radiation tr...

[New Zimbabwe] Former Registrar General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede was Thursday dragged to court to answer to charges of stealing farming equipment and kitchen utensils worth US$10 000 in 2007 after boasting to the complainant he was "untouchable".

[Premium Times] Nigeria has witnessed all forms of insecurity triggered by herders-farmers clashes in the last few years.

[New Zimbabwe] Zvimba -- Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe has been fined five cattle and two goats for violating traditional customs and rites following the burial of her husband, the late ex-president Robert Mugabe at the family rural home's courtyar...

[New Zimbabwe] Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has admitted the country was losing millions of dollars in foreign currency through mineral leakages due to porous national borders and poor security detection equipment at entry and exit poin...

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has assured her Burundian counterpart, Evariste Ndayishimiye of full cooperation and fostering the development of the two countries to ensure all joint projects are implemented as planned.

[Premium Times] By detonating his explosive vest, Mr Shekau killed at least one other person: Bako Gorgore.

[The Conversation Africa] Fish and other aquatic foods are integral to diets for more than 1 billion people worldwide. Most of these people live in low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, close to rivers, lakes or the sea.

[Greenpeace] After German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd was caught in the act of fraud by Senegalese customs, it has since been spotted docked in neighbouring Mauritania. Greenpeace fears that the vessel might try to dump its shipment of plastic waste t...

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government announced on Thursday that work on the Mpanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam on the Zambezi river, in the western province of Tete, will begin in 2024.

[CFR] The Nigerian government has launched Operation Restore Peace, designed to destroy the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group in support of independence for the former breakaway Republic of Biafra, and its security wing, the East...

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] There is still no aid reaching up to 20,000 people not being allowed to leave Quitunda near Palma. Finally Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has spoken out. "Significant restrictions are placed on the scale up of...

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "As soon as Cabo Delgado has peace again, Total will return," the president of the French oil and gas company, Patrick Pouyanee, promised Monday (17 May). President Filipe Nyusi confirmed Tuesday (18 May) that ...

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] IEA cites extensively a report by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which is so detailed that it is possible to estimate the difference between global warming of 1.5º and 2º for Mozambique...

[Daily Trust] Maiduguri, Abuja -- SUB: They reportedly killed many of his fighters and forced him to surrender....

[GroundUp] A memorial has been launched for the victims of the Gauteng health department's negligence in what has become known as the Life Esidimeni scandal.

[263Chat] The mining town of Kwekwe is set to undergo a localized lockdown following reports of the Indian variant being detected and having claimed a life.

[263Chat] Sexual harassment remains rampant despite the awareness interventions done in public spaces to create a safer working environment for women, a new report released by the Transparent International Zimbabwe has revealed.

[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo says the party is completing all ambitious projects it has set itself to undertaking in its 2018 election manifesto and nothing will stop the former liberation movement from winning the 20...

[New Zimbabwe] Only President Emmerson Mnangagwa has a right to determine the future of underfire Ziyambi Ziyambi to continue as Justice Minister because Zanu PF does not appoint ministers.

[Namibian] Two couples challenging the government's refusal to recognise same-sex marriages concluded outside Namibia are now waiting for three judges to announce their decision following a combined hearing of their cases in the Windhoek High Court y...