[allAfrica] Harare -- As of February 25, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   11,207,688 while over 239,269,406 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] According to the United Nations, World Food Programme (WFP), up to 13 million people living in the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger because of record breaking droughts brought about by dry weather and climate change.  This is pred...

[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on Friday presided over the inauguration of the 2021 / 2022 national tree planting season and simultaneously launched Malawi Green Corps project and National Forest Calendar at Mponela in Dowa District.

[Nile Post] The Chief Magistrates Court in Nakawa, Kampala has remanded to Kitalya prison, the directors of Nile Treasure Gate, a labour export company that took a Ugandan migrant worker whose kidney was removed while working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

[Leadership] Until the airports in Ukraine are opened, Nigerians trapped in the country may not have an easy exit, the federal government has been told by the authorities of Ukraine.

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari signed the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law on Friday.

[Premium Times] The judge said the convicts did not show any remorse for their crimes and had tried to "lie their way out of the charges" during the trial

[The Conversation Africa] Following a decade of consultation and public debates, South Africa introduced a carbon tax in June 2019. Treasury faced strong opposition, especially from energy intensive businesses. But the country's ratification of the P...

[Government of Mauritius] The visit to the Chagos Archipelago was a historic event, stated the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, this afternoon, at the New Treasury Building, in Port-Louis, during his press conference with regard to the key ...

[The Herald] Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Mines Francis Gudyanga has been sentenced to two and half years in jail for corruptly claiming sitting allowances from a dissolved Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe board in 2013.

[Namibian] French energy company TotalEnergies has made a "massive" oil discovery on its block off the Namibian shore - another block in which the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) owns 10%.

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari signed the amended electoral bill into law a few minutes after noon.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed an election reform law that activists hope will improve transparency and promote inclusion.

[TechCrunch] Egyptian proptech startup Nawy, which began life in 2016 as an AI-driven property listing has grown to offer brokerage services, supporting the closing of property deals. It is now looking for its next path of growth after connecting 40,...

[USIP] Washington, DC -- Five military coups around the Sahel show the U.S. needs better policies. Here are three first steps.

[Niwano Peace Foundation] The 39 th Niwano Peace Prize will be awarded to Father Michael Lapsley, SSM of South Africa in recognition of his relentless struggle against apartheid and social discriminations,his support for the liberation movement in So...

[The Herald] Construction of the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, about 25 kilometers north west of the capital, will be completed by the end of next month and be ready for occupation from April 1, a Cabinet Minister said on Friday.

[263Chat] A girl child rights advocacy organisation, Shamwari Yemwanasikana (SYS) has partnered Childline and Bindura University of Science Education to raise awareness on human trafficking at Zimbabwean borders.

[This Day] Abuja -- The House of Representatives has resolved to constitute an ad-hoc Committee to investigate the collapse of automobile assembly plants in the country with the view to making insightful recommendations for the immediate resuscitatio...

[263Chat] Climate change activists have called on the government of Zimbabwe to find ways of promoting the participation of young people in climate change intervention activities so as to tap into their knowledge and innovativeness.

[New Zimbabwe] FLAMBOUYANT Zanu PF legislator and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena's construction company, Mayor Contracting, has had its contract for the rehabilitation of roads in Mashonaland West province terminated over poor workmanship and fa...

[Vanguard] A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi has declared Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) and two others guilty of kidnapping.

[This Day] Nigeria suffered a drop of $3.7 billion in taxes and royalties from Shell Companies in the country as the oil major paid just $900 million in 2020, down from $4.6 billion it paid in 2019.

[Premium Times] The multinational holds 40 per cent in the partnership through MPNU and NNPC the remainder.

[Africa Check] A video of World Trade Organization director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was posted on Facebook, with the claim she accused the Peoples Democratic Party of ruining Nigeria with corruption.

[Africa Check] A Facebook post claims that the government of Benin has said it can no longer keep Sunday Adeyemi, a Nigerian separatist, in detention.

[The Herald] The suspension of Zimbabwe from international football activities by FIFA came as sad news for all the football-loving Zimbabweans.

[Daily News] The government announced on Friday that no Tanzanian living in Ukraine has been harmed since the Eastern Europe country declared a state of emergency.

[Premium Times] Mr Tinubu dismissed concerns over his knee surgery abroad saying he was not aspiring to be a sprinter or a grave digger.

[Premium Times] The Bill would also improve and engender clarity, effectiveness and transparency of the election process, as well as reduce to the barest minimum incidences of acrimony arising from dissatisfied candidates and political parties.