[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican and Rwandan forces on Sunday recaptured the port town of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which had been held by terrorists affiliated to the "Islamic State" (ISIS) network for the past year.

[Nation] About 32 county governments are yet to approve their 2021/22 budget more than a month into the new financial year.

[AIM] Maputo -- For the first time, the US State Department has named two of the leaders of the islamist terrorists operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

[Premium Times] The vaccination exercise was earlier scheduled to commence on Tuesday.

[Premium Times] While it was certain that at least one of the nominated Housemates was going to be evicted, nothing prepared them for the fact that three Housemates would bid the Big Brother House goodbye.

[Nation] Popular Congolese rhumba artist Koffi Olomide is in the eye of a storm in Zimbabwe for chanting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in his latest song.

[Nation] As conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region spills to neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions, two opposition political parties have called for a comprehensive national dialogue to resolve the crisis.

[Nation] Kenya could be staring at a silent pandemic after a new study revealed that a significant proportion of chicken, pork and other meat products stocked in outlets across the country is contaminated.

[Nation] Mogadishu -- Somalia was on Saturday thrown back to square zero after a team it patched up to oversee elections for its northern regions splintered again.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga met in Mombasa this weekend with succession politics said to be top on the agenda exactly a year to the next General Election.

[VOA] Harare -- Women's rights activists, opposition groups and the United Nations are pressuring Zimbabwean authorities to arrest a man who had married a 14-year-old who died last week while giving birth at a church shrine. Zimbabwean police say the...

[Premium Times] "A description of the intervention facility can be found on the CBN website www.cbn.gov.ng and the ministry's website at www.petroleumresources.gov.ng,"

[Premium Times] The new campaign spending ceilings in the bill passed by lawmakers has been jacked up from between 150 per cent to 400 per cent.

[African Arguments] The incumbent is deeply unpopular, but he has a range of strategies up his sleeve that he is hoping will allow him to hang on to power.

[Nation] Tokyo -- Kenya featured prominently Sunday as curtains were drawn on the 32nd Olympic Games, with Tokyo organisers overcoming huge challenges, most significantly rising coronavirus cases and growing opposition to the staging of the world's g...

[Nation] The High Court will start hearing three consolidated cases involving ownership of prime land in Nairobi that former President Moi reportedly sold to three different entities between 1988 and 2016.

[Vanguard] Nigeria's former Minister of Finance and current Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has decried the use of her name for advertisement of events she knows nothing about.

[Vanguard] Failure to establish a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility, MRO, that can carry out comprehensive maintenance and checks on aircraft operating in the country has been identified as a major factor stifling the growth of domestic airli...

[Premium Times] The highlighted athletes won, gold, silver, and bronze medals with their 'adopted' countries.

[Capital FM] Naivasha -- Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed an attempt by Kenyan security forces to link his Turkish ally Harun Aydin to terrorism or other criminal activities.

[RFI] Rwandan forces deployed last month to help Mozambique's army battle jihadists said Sunday they had recaptured control of the key northern port of Mocimboa da Praia from the extremist militants.

[Nation] He's certainly the G.O.A.T. - the Greatest Of All Time!

[Nation] The official death of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) following the withdrawal of four of its key constituent parties has raised questions about the stability and lifespan of coalitions in the country and put into focus future alliance bu...

[Premium Times] The court summons also spells out the consequence of FIFA's failure to comply with the summons.

[This Day] Ruth Pagu, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at a secondary school in Chibok seven years ago yesterday reunited with her parents in company of the two children she bore during her marriage in captivity.

[Daily Maverick] Hopefully, those iconic moments away from the Covid-19 chaos, the ones that transcend the global pandemic, will be the ones we remember most.

[Premium Times] The main opposition PDP has been engulfed in a leadership crisis in the recent months with some of its members demanding the exit of Mr Secondus as national chairman.

[This Day] Abuja -- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in coordinated raids of seven states have seized a total of 8,268.2 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs.

[Daily Maverick] The PSL season is weeks away, but the saga between the league and Royal AM still hovers.

[Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of N 43.57bn in April 2021, representing a 23.64 per cent increase over the N35.24bn surplus it recorded in the previous month of March 2021.