[allAfrica] April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days.

[allAfrica] As of April 4, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,422,130 while over  270,321,505 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South African DJ and music producer Nkosinathi Maphumulo, popularly known as DJ Black Coffee, has won his first-ever Grammy award in the category Best Dance/Electronic Album for Subconsciously at the 64th Grammy Awards in La...

[Premium Times] The Nigerian Railway Corporation has said its manifest showed that there were 362 passengers on board the train before the attack happened.

[Mzansi Magic] It's taken us 10 weeks, but we can finally say that we have a Big Brother Mzansi winner! Mphowabadimo will be taking home the R2 million!

[New Dawn] The birds sang in unison, as the trees clapped their hands, amidst a chorus of sirens as the nation bid farewell to one of its illustrious son-Dr. Amos C. Sawyer on Saturday, April 2.

[RFI] Malawi -- Faced with the rising cost of fertiliser and effects of climate change, farmers in Malawi are being encouraged to diversify their crops to become less dependent on maize, the country's staple food. Those working the land are also stru...

[Vanguard] The Energetic Beninese diva Angélique Kidjo won the Best World Music Album for, 'Mother Nature', at the 64th Grammy Awards on April 3rd, 2022. While receiving the gilded gramophone she thanked the Nigerian artistes who featured in the alb...

[Premium Times] Back in Nigeria, Mr Kyari faces a just-starting trial on charges of illegal dealing in cocaine, and extradition proceedings over a $1.1million fraud case involving Hushpuppi pending in the U.S. court.

[Premium Times] Years of uncontrolled mining of solid minerals and precious stones has turned many farmlands to pitholes in Angwan Kade in Nasarawa State

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The government has been challenged to deal firmly with cartels in the energy sector, causing artificial shortage of oil, so as to have petrol prices increased.

[RFI] It's a Monday night in Johannesburg, the time when comedy sessions typically take place at Cocktail on Six, in the Melville neighbourhood. The club is divided into two rooms: one for patrons to relax and wash away the day's worries, the other a...

[Dalsan Radio] Somali National Army SNA special commandos (Danab) has killed 7 Alshabab militants in a security operation near Wasil town in Mudug region,

[New Zimbabwe] BOUYED by its impressive showing in last week's by-election, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is stepping up its campaigns in rural areas, long perceived to be Zanu PF strongholds, ahead of the 202...

[Daily News] THE Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA) has allayed fears on the possibility of Tanzania facing fuel crisis.

[Nile Post] The Ugandan government has deported a key Rwandan opposition figure, moments after arriving into the country.

[Nile Post] Besigye to Museveni;" You called Idi Amin who built oil reserve tanks 'swine', what name should we call someone like you who has done nothing?"

[Daily Trust] Twelve members of the Irigwe ethnic group were reportedly killed while 19 cattle belonging to Fulani herders were on Saturday night shot dead in separate attacks in the villages of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.

[Daily Trust] Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist, Angelique Kidjo, has beaten the likes of Wizkid, Femi Kuti, Made Kuti, Rocky Dawuni, and Daniel Ho & Friends to clinch her fifth Grammy Award.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's US-based long jumper, Deborah Acquah, yesterday exhibited a magnificent performance as she soared to a big personal best (PB) and world lead (WL) of 6.89m to win the women's long jump at the state of Texas in the USA.

[Ghanaian Times] New West African Boxing Union (WABU) heavyweight champion, Alhaji Osuman Haruna, popularly known as Sabo Mei Kidi, on Wednesday signed a new management agreement in Accra.

[Ghanaian Times] A total of 346,120 Ghanaians have been infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS with 66 per cent being females while the rest are males, the Ghana AIDS Commission has disclosed.

[Ghanaian Times] Isaac Mensah's headed effort salvaged three points for Accra Hearts of Oak as they laboured to a 1-0 win over Medeama in an uninspiring Ghana Premier League matchweek 23 fixture on Saturday.

[Ghanaian Times] The magistrate court in Achimota, has convicted 15 residents of Ablekuma North Municipality,for flouting the 'Operation Clean Your Frontage' campaign, launched in the Greater Accra Region.

[Ghanaian Times] FORMER President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Nana Sam Brew-Butler, has lauded the senior national team, Black Stars, on their qualification to the Qatar 2022 World Cup, goading them to demonstrate a strong sense of valou...

[Ghanaian Times] Water is so important for everyday life in households and the workplace that lack of it means uncomfortable life.

[Ghanaian Times] Mali's army says it has killed 203 combatants in an operation in the centre of the Sahel state, with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country saying it has heard reports of civilian deaths, raising human rights concerns...

[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Dan Botwe, (MLGDRD) has tasked Metropolitan and District Assemblies to enact by-laws that are easy to obey by the citizenry.

[Ghanaian Times] ... as govt introduces battery, gas powered buses

[Ghanaian Times] Cape Coast -- Two persons died on the spot in an accident at a spot close to Gomoa Bewadze, on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway.