[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Another sad day for Mzansi as veteran actor Mutodi Neshehe has died.

[allAfrica] When world leaders gather at summits to discuss global issues, do they ever stop to ask how the food was prepared or by whom? We eat every day, yet how food is cooked and the impacts of these methods are largely ignored -- at great cost t...

[allAfrica] As of July 1, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,504,801 while over 34,845,605 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[East African] Zambia will hold a state funeral on Friday, July 2, for founding President Kenneth Kaunda, who died aged 97 after being taken ill.

[The Herald] The on going demolition exercise continued yesterday in Harare's Highfield suburb, with the local authority razing down illegal structures at the famous Machipisa area.

[New Times] Theogenie Mukamusonera, the eighth child in a family of nine, had a tough life growing up following the death of her father. At one point, she had to drop out of school because her mother could not afford her school fees.

[The Conversation Africa] Foodborne diseases are thought to impose a health burden on society comparable to the "big three": malaria, HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis.

[Nation] Tanzania and Kenya remain the region's significant transit points for illicit drugs, facilitating the movement of the multimillion-dollar drug trade to Uganda and Europe because of porous borders and poor policing.

[Premium Times] The senators were divided over funds for host communities.

[VOA] Geneva -- Aid agencies are racing against time to provide temporary shelter for more than 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan whose tents were swept away during violent storm surges over the past few weeks.

[Nation] A bridge over Tekeze River, which has been a crucial gateway to supplying food aid to many parts of Tigray region, has been destroyed.

[Namibian] IN a shocking development, Namibia's athletics sensations Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi have been withdrawn from the 400m for the Tokyo Olympics.

[VOA] Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore has dismissed the country's defense minister in the wake of widespread protests Saturday against insecurity.

[East African] The UK government is seeking clarification on circumstances under which the Nigerian government extradited Nnamdi Kanu, a dual national of both countries, over crimes related to his secessionist movement.

[Premium Times] Dealing with cases like this, only information verified by authorities like Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the World Health Organization(WHO), National Primary Health Care Development Agency, etc. are to be trusted.

[VOA] Abuja -- The Nigerian government's efforts to reintegrate former Boko Haram militants has seen hundreds of fighters go through rehabilitation. But it also gets pushback from the conflict's victims, who want the militants to be held accountable....

[The Conversation Africa] The public has been overwhelmed by a surge in misleading and false information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organisation has decried this "infodemic", which can lead to mistrust in health authorities and un...

[Chatham House] Although President Hassan has overseen a welcome change of tone, a political vision capable of tackling Tanzania's deep-rooted challenges is not yet emerging.

[The Conversation Africa] In many parts of the African continent borders are porous. People cross them to visit their kin and for economic reasons such as herding, farming, fishing, hunting and trading. They are also spaces in which human smuggling, ...

[UN Women] On 1 July 2021, leaders in the world of sport came together to make commitments to the Sport for Generation Equality Principles at the landmark Generation Equality Forum in Paris. The Principles embody the vision of equal rights and opport...

[Daily Trust] The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Social media has been flooded with tributes for South African singer-songwriter Steve Kekana.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Constitutional Court has ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa did not willfully mislead Parliament with regard to donations made to fund his campaign (CR17) for the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC), IOL ...

[Daily Trust] The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, orchestrated the killing of 60 persons and the destruction of property in 55 attacks across the South East and South South within four months.

[East African] The Ethiopian government on Wednesday warned it will cancel ceasefire deal if fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front violate truce.

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan yesterday received a report from the Controller and Auditor General (CAG), which says all transactions issued by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) between January and March, this year, observed procedures.

[Daily News] MINISTER for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr Dorothy Gwajima has called on the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to expand its coverage following the government's plan to table the Bill for Universal H...

[Nyasa Times] Deposed Former President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika says Malawi is creating a million poor people instead of creating one million jobs.

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has dismissed as false and malicious some reports circulating on social media alleging that she was chairing a committee in which some organisations were dist...

[The Herald] Pakistan business tycoon, Ali Mohammad, believed to be part of a syndicate that wanted to smuggle gold out of the country in October last year, has been freed after the court upheld his application for revocation of placement on remand o...