[allAfrica] As of June 18, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,131,085 while over 30,803,242 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[HRW] Switzerland and Liberia Should Build on Important Progress

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES had reported the attack by bandits in Yauri, which led to the abduction of some students and teachers at a federal government school by suspected bandits.

[FAO] Tips from FAO's Goodwill Ambassador chefs on how you can buy, cook and eat food that respects the planet

[Nation] As MPs investigate the high costs of electricity, distributor Kenya Power has yielded to pressure from lawmakers and provided them with copies of the contracts it has with 18 independent power producers.

[Nation] The High Court has dismissed a request by the Attorney-General to suspend a judgment that shortened the jail terms of prisoners who first spent time in remand before being sentenced.

[This Day] After scorching to her eighth national sprint title with an incredible 10.63secs yesterday, Blessing Okagbare has announced her readiness to battle for a silverware at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games next month.

[Monitor] Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday launched a 223km road project linking the two countries, with the project envisioned to boost cross border trade, improve security and connectivity between the two countries.

[VOA] Dar Es Salam, Tanzania -- Tanzania has asked to join the COVAX global vaccine sharing facility and start its first coronavirus immunization campaign - more than 15 months after the start of the pandemic. The new policy is a major departure from...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) Gen Mohamed Hamdan 'Hemeti' Dagalo was informed on the progression of the Joint Border Commission talks between Sudan and South Sudan, held in Khartoum sinc...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Counter-Terrorism Judicial Pole will initiate an investigation into recent reports of " alleged" attempts to assassinate the President of the Republic, said spokesperson for the Tunis court of first instanc...

[AIM] Maputo -- Unknown assailants made an apparent attempt on the life of the Mozambican international football star, Reinildo Mandava, on Thursday in the central province of Zambezia, according to a report on the independent television station, STV...

[AIM] Maputo -- Seven of the 16 cement companies operating in Mozambique have called on the government to keep the price of cement high.

[The Herald] A 29-year-old man who admitted to using crystal methamphetamine, commonly referred as "Mutoriro" in street lingo has been jailed for two and half years.

[New Era] Clips were circulating on social media this week of an 'After Tears' party in northern Namibia, where mourners, most clad in black, were seen partying under the guise of celebrating the life of the deceased.

[New Era] Windhoek High Court Judge Christie Liebenberg set 12 July as the date for the hearing of an application by the State to join the two Fishrot matters - Namgomar and Fishcor - to be tried as one case.

[263Chat] Hwange Magistrate Barbra Phiri has ordered Hwange Colliery Company (HCC) to allow a 29-year-old woman re-occupy her house after she had been evicted by the state-run coalminer.

[This Day] The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that the mass abduction of school children, particularly girls in Nigeria, is posing a serious threat to the future of children and development of education in the country.

[Namibian] AN APPLICATION by the state to have the two Fishrot fishing quotas corruption cases now pending in the Windhoek High Court joined into one matter is due to be heard on 12 July.

[Namibian] THE issue of genocide reparations has received much necessary public discussion recently.

[Namibian] SHELLEYGAN PETERSEN, ARLANA SHIKONGO and CHARMAINE NGATJIHEUE

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Swiss Court hearing war crimes case of Alieu Kosiah, a former ULIMO commander, is expected to give a verdict in the case today.

[East African] The World Bank has approved a $292 million fund for infrastructure projects in Zanzibar.

[Nation] The 2015 World 10,000m silver medallist Geoffrey Kamworor shrugged of the challenge from National Cross Country champion Rogers Kwemoi to win the men's 10,000 metres race during the Kenyan trials for Tokyo Olympic Games on Friday at the Moi ...

[The Herald] Farmers have so far sold 152 million kilogrammes of tobacco worth US$415 million, which is 40 percent higher than the volume of tobacco sold over the same period last year.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE international midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, says he is honoured to have met President Mnangagwa, at State House, yesterday.

[The Herald] Fungi Kwaramba -- PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described the death of Roman Catholic cleric Father Emmanuel Ribeiro, the man who saved him from the gallows during the liberation struggle, as a great loss to the nation as he distinctively serv...

[The Herald] PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, after a tribunal set up to inquire into her suitability to hold a judicial office recommended that she be removed from the bench for gross incompetence.

[Monitor] Police in Masaka District in central Uganda are holding five people suspected to have some information about the murder of a 70-year-old casual laborer in suspected ritual sacrifice.

[Monitor] Ever since the government announced that Uganda was experiencing the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic early this year, the number of infections has been increasing. As a result the number of deaths also increased.