[New Zimbabwe] The Health Ministry of Health has allayed fears there was an outbreak of cholera in Chinhoyi.

[New Zimbabwe] Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has been dragged to court for enacting a Statutory Instrument (SI), which permits monitoring, recording, and storing of communications data between persons where at least one of the communicators ...

[Nation] The tourism sector shed more than Sh71 billion in 2020 under the weight of the Covid-19 containment measures, representing a 43.9 per cent decline compared to 2019.

[Nation] When the government started mobilising Kenyans to get vaccinated against Covid-19, Mr Martin Fundi, 34, didn't waste time.

[Nation] "Guinea is beautiful. We don't need to rape Guinea any more, we just need to make love to her."

[Nation] Tanzania on Thursday ratified the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), effectively joining a pact connecting countries with a total gross domestic product $3.4 trillion.

[VOA] The World Health Organization's regional director for Africa said Thursday the number of new COVID-19 cases on the continent fell by 23 percent last week, the steepest drop in eight weeks since a peak in July.

[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization says genomic sequencing capability is being improved in Africa to better detect, monitor and respond to COVID-19 mutations.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Flood incidences registered between April and July in Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Harari, Oromia, Somali and SNNP Regions left some 616,714 individuals affected, 214,124 others displaced, and 28 dead. Flooding also caused ...

[Vanguard] The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday said only two of its eight demands have so far been met by the Federal Government in the last nine months.

[Premium Times] The state's commissioner for education, Shehu Makarfi, disclosed this while taking part in a virtual workshop organised by the Education Writers' Association of Nigeria.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has projected that at the end of his eight-year tenure as civilian president in May 2023, issues evolving around Nigeria's security and economy would have been effectively addressed.

[The Conversation Africa] The UN has announced that Madagascar is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine". Tens of thousands of people are suffering "catastrophic" levels of hunger. Climate hazard scientist, Chris Funk,...

[The Conversation Africa] On September 5, officers of an elite special forces army unit overthrew the 83-year-old Guinean President Alpha Condé in a coup. The nation of 13 million is now under the control of junta leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, wh...

[This is Africa] Climate justice and queer rights activism can at first glance seem to exist as separate movements, but further insight shows that they are deeply aligned and are driven by the same values. Queerness thrums with the same harmony that ...

[ISS] Many African states are digging their heels in at Israel's return to the African Union as an observer.

[Nation] Kisumu County has recorded a higher number of discordant couples over the past five years due to increased access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a new report shows.

[ENA] Ethiopian artifacts looted during the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 are to be returned to Ethiopia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed.

[Nation] A total of 16 countries have confirmed participation in the inaugural Africa Deaflympics Ball Games qualifiers slated for September 11-25 in Nairobi.

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20%--the sharpest seven-day decline in two months - as the third wave pandemic tapers off. However, the rate of deceleration is slower than the previous waves owing to the im...

[Nyasa Times] United States (US)-based United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation has donated ultra-cold chain equipment to support the Government of Malawi's preparedness to receive, store, and distribute the Pfizer vaccine across the nation.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has found top Kwekwe-based lawyer, James Magodora guilty of misconduct after he allegedly falsely claimed to have represented a client in a property dispute.

[New Zimbabwe] A 51-year-old Harare motorist caged one year for smashing his vehicle into the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, Phillip Valerio Sibanda's car has been granted bail pending appeal by the High Court.

[New Times] The Central Bank on September 9, updated the country on the state of the economy in the first half of the year during the twice-yearly Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Statement. During the update led by Governor John Rwangombwa, t...

[Namibian] DESPITE dining with president Hage Geingob following their brave performance at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Paralympians are still not impressed with the treatment they receive from the government in comparison to their able-bodied co...

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE United Passengers Company (ZUPCO)'s incapacitation has forced the government to reintroduce the unpopular old and dilapidated commuter train system.

[263Chat] Current jostling for positions in the ZANU PF Manicaland Provincial leadership is getting tense amid indications that Nyanga North legislator, Chido Sanyatwe is emerging as the preferred candidate for the women's league top post as the incu...

[GroundUp] Rand Water has been forced to reduce supply to Johannesburg, causing water outages in parts of Johannesburg.

[The Herald] Africa Moyo -- Deputy News Editor

[The Herald] Nearly 90 percent of Covid-19-related deaths in Zimbabwe are of people who had not been vaccinated, a development that underlines the importance of vaccination against the pandemic, legislators have heard.