[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Fifteen African countries--nearly a third of the continent's 54 nations--have fully vaccinated 10% of their people against COVID-19.

[VOA] New York -- The U.N. secretary-general expressed "shock" Thursday after the Ethiopian government announced the expulsion of seven senior U.N. humanitarian officials working in the country.

[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday said directed a conditional suspension of the ban placed on the operations of Twitter, a microblogging site, in Nigeria.

[AIM] London -- The international NGO, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Wednesday denounced the use of child soldiers by the Islamic State linked terrorist group in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

[New Zimbabwe] Ten journalists covering a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial consultative meeting in Harare and nine members of MDC Alliance were arrested Thursday outside the electoral body's offices in central Harare.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- A former high-ranking lawmaker in Malawi committed suicide Thursday afternoon in the country's parliament building.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Voters in Somali regional state are casting their ballots today as part of the general elections in the regional state which was delayed from original schedule on June 21.

[VOA] Washington -- The fragile nature of the security situation in Sudan was exposed by a deadly gunfight in Gabra earlier this week. Authorities arrested 11 alleged terrorists following the battle in which five Sudan General Intelligence Service me...

[WCC] The city of Geneva is renaming a street for Annie Jiagge (1918-1996), who was the first African woman to be a World Council of Churches (WCC) president (1975-83). She was also moderator of the WCC's commission on the Programme to Combat Racism.

[Daily Maverick] Covid-19 lockdown restrictions have been eased as President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announced a move to Level 1. Further freedoms and an estimated 20,000 lives depend on whether millions more people decide to get vaccinated.

[Premium Times] The minister says "work was being concluded on the enhanced salary structure" for teachers.

[The Conversation Africa] As Nigeria marks its 61st anniversary of independence, its citizens are stuck in a general anomie of despondency. This is as a result of general insecurity in the country, rising unemployment and high-cost of living.

[The Conversation Africa] Studies have shown that terrorism does not end with only a military approach. A coercive counter-terrorism strategy has often produced negative outcomes by promoting more violence and creating humanitarian crisis.

[Monitor] Uganda has withdrawn from the International Coffee Treaty, with effect from February 2022, raising market concerns from stakeholders.

[JusticeInfo.net] Banjul -- The final report of Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission was expected today, but may be further delayed. After nearly three years of transitional justice, the country remains divided, and reconciliatio...

[Premium Times] Lawyers identify the merits and demerits of states creating their own anti-corruption agencies.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- As COVID-19 has spread in Nigeria, Africa's most populated country, so have myths about the virus, especially among children. A Nigerian author has written a children's book to help them understand the pandemic and ways to avo...

[Premium Times] We must act now to accelerate equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, Mr Buhari said.

[Premium Times] The postponement came a day after a firm (ENaira Payment Solutions Limited) filed a suit before the Federal High Court against the CBN over the name "eNaira".

[New Zimbabwe] THE High court has ordered a total of 35 congregants of Ngezi Baptist Church, to vacate the church's property in Kadoma after ruling that they have ceased to be members of the church.

[New Zimbabwe] Mutare -- One of Zimbabwe's largest tobacco farmers, Graeme Chadwick was recently fined US$9 300 by the Department of Research and Specialist Services (DRSS) for planting the golden leaf before stipulated dates.

[New Zimbabwe] CHINA and Zimbabwe will continue to work together to advance bilateral cooperation despite criticism from Western detractors, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said Thursday.

[New Zimbabwe] THE HARARE City Council has announced a 25% hike in on street parking charges with effect from 1 October.

[Nyasa Times] Mkango Resources Limited, a rare earth element and associated minerals exploration and development company, has disclosed that it has successfully completed ground breaking of the project to recycle rare earth magnets from loudspeakers ...

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE National Water Authority (ZINWA) awarded water pre-paid water meter tenders without following due process, Parliament unearthed Thursday.

[New Zimbabwe] RWANDA President Paul Kagame wants his government to recruit thousands of teachers from Zimbabwe to boost that country's education system.

[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF's Harare deputy chairperson Godwin Gomwe Thursday appeared in court facing charges of assaulting the province chairperson Goodwills Masimirembwa with a chair Wednesday at the Zanu PF headquarters.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE's current account is projected to register a stronger surplus position of about US$1, 091 billion this year, higher than the initial projection of US$611,5 million, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).

[The Herald] THE ruling party Zanu PF Commissariat Department is set to preside over the setting up of four party districts in Epworth after their dissolution yesterday.

[The Herald] PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has fulfilled the pledge to provide computers to Cyclone Idai-ravaged Ndima High School in Rusitu, as 20 laptops were handed over to the school during the International Day of Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) c...