[allAfrica] As of June 3, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,864,308 while over 23,873,360 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[AI London] Sudanese authorities must speed up investigations into the killing of at least 100 protesters outside the military headquarters in the days following the military overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, said Amnesty International today on ...

[This Day] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $50 million commitment to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

[VOA] Harare -- Hundreds of Zimbabweans protested Wednesday about a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as the country awaits more doses from China. The government wants to inoculate at least 60% of Zimbabwe's more than 14 million people by the end of the ...

[VOA] Kambele, Eastern Cameroon -- Cameroonian authorities say they are deporting more than 1,000 illegal gold miners on the country's eastern border with the Central African Republic after 27 miners died in May due to landslides. Those being expelle...

[UN News] A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali's new military authorities should "scrupulously respect human rights" and release all leaders detained in last week's coup.

[DW] Brahim Ghali left Spain for Algeria where he has been taken to a military hospital to continue his recovery from COVID-19. Algeria's president was quick to pay him a visit.

[DW] Thousands of Ethiopians demonstrated against new US sanctions this week. The US announced visa restrictions in response to the ongoing Tigray conflict. Observers fear relations between the countries have hit rock bottom.

[ISS] The compromise decision is unlikely to benefit Chad's citizens or the credibility of the African Union.

[Nation] Kampala. General Katumba Wamala is a veteran soldier of the Ugandan People's Defence Forces. But even he was shaken to the core when assassins on a motorbike opened fire on him, pumping more than 50 bullets into his car.

[Capital FM] Kitui -- Medics in Kitui are investigating an incident where a man was reportedly bitten by a cobra in his car having fallen from above after untangling itself from an eagle.

[Premium Times] "The mission of Twitter in Nigeria is very very suspect. Has Twitter deleted the violent tweets that Nnamdi Kanu has been sending?"

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has sent an executive bill to the Senate seeking to increase the retirement age for teachers in the country from 60 to 65 years.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Oromia Regional Government denied the allegations made by the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), as well as residents of wollega about Eritrean soldiers committing atrocities in the Oromia region. In an interview with B...

[Premium Times] Five months ago, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the upward review of the retirement age of teachers and their years of service.

[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to investigate recent deadly attacks by insurgents in the east and bring the perpetrators to account.

[Nation] Ministry of Health Acting Director-General, Dr Patrick Amoth, has been appointed President of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board based in Geneva, Switzerland.

[Namibian] THE government is facing a critical shortage of lifesaving oxygen at state hospitals due to the collapse of the oxygen generating systems at health facilities countrywide.

[East African] The cost of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa was the highest, averaging 8.17 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with 4.9 percent in South Asia, the lowest average cost.

[East African] Johannesburg,

[RFI] Two US-based Sudanese doctors have created a grassroots programme using a video mentoring system to deploy volunteer medical students across Sudan to help Covid-19 sufferers in their homes.

[FAO] Rome -- Pests destroy up to 40 percent of global crops and cost $220 billion of losses

[Namibian] Botswana's former president, Ian Khama, says the Ovaherero communities in that country should benefit from the N$18 billion offered by the German government to Namibia last week.

[Namibian] Three statehouse employees have succumbed to Covid-19. This was confirmed by press secretary Alfredo Hengari on Wednesday morning.

[Lesotho Times] Opposition Alliance of Democrats (AD) legislator Mooki Sello has tabled a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro.

[Nation] More than 600,000 Kenyans who received the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine will wait longer for the second shot, a senior Ministry of Health official said yesterday.

[East African] More than 230 people have died as a result of gun violence in South Sudan in the past two weeks, raising new concerns for disarmament in the country.

[The Herald] Senior Reporter

[The Herald] Zimbabwe made history yesterday by being the first country in SADC to open a female open prison.

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