[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Amidst soaring inflation and shortage of basic commodities in Ethiopia, the Ministry of Finance has issued a directive allowing importers of essential foodstuffs such as oil, wheat, sugar, baby milk and rice to use fra...

[Daily News] Tanzania has been commended for using an ophthalmic technology for curing eye disorders and diseases.

[Premium Times] Yobe State is sending 35 athletes to Abuja for the Para-Games that kick off on Saturday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has turned a new page in its procurement excellence journey with the formal activation of an automated purchase order generation system.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has formally joined the Kenya Kwanza Alliance team, ending months of speculations about him leaning towards Deputy President William Ruto.

[Daily Maverick] Ex-mayor Zandile Gumede will be in the dock as a co-accused in a fraud and corruption trial that gets under way in July. But this weekend, she is set to go head-to-head against eThekwini Municipality speaker Thabani Nyawose at the cr...

[Togonews] Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday that it would allow one million Muslims, Saudis or from around the world, to participate in the hajj pilgrimage this year.

[Seychelles News Agency] Providing support and resources for the planning and implementation of high-level sports in Seychelles is one of the priorities in the national strategic plan for 2021-2025, said a top official on Thursday.

[Daily News] THE Ministry for Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups said it is focused on developing and building the capacity of Child Protection Committees through the National Action Plan for the Elimination of Violence Against W...

[Daily News] PEOPLE living in the small islets of Kokota and Njau in Pemba are now celebrating after being informed that their area have been lined up for electrification projects.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The paint industry in Tunisia, particularly those who continue to manufacture lead-based household paints "do not care about the health of their consumers."

[Egypt Online] Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Egypt Christian Berger said on Friday 08/04/2022 the EU is working on finishing details of the ?100-million grant, which Egypt will receive, in response to the surging food prices on the he...

[Egypt Online] International Cooperation Minister Rania el Mashat held on Friday 08/04/2022 a number of meetings with representatives of Jordan, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco and the World Bank during her visit to Jeddah to attend the Annual High-Leve...

[Egypt Online] Egypt and the World Bank (WB) have probed means on boosting cooperation in using modern irrigation systems.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Minister of State and Head of the Military Affairs Office to the President of Republic Francisco Furtado met Friday in Pentagon with the United States Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, as part of bilateral cooperation between ...

[AIM] Maputo -- Chimoio (Mozambique), 9 Apr (AIM) - Rioting in the central Mozambican city of Chimoio on Wednesday and Thursday led to one death, three injuries and 54 arrests.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican health authorities reported on Friday that the number of active cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease in all of Mozambique has fallen to 26.

[Seychelles News Agency] Providing support and resources for the planning and implementation of high-level sports in Seychelles is one of the priorities in the national strategic plan for 2021-2025, said a top official on Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisian Ons Jabeur ( world 10th) qualified for the semi-finals of the Charleston Open (USA) after beating Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina (42nd) by 2 sets to 0 (6-3, 6-2), in the quarterfinals played Friday evenin...

[Namibian] THE government has put 11 090 tonnes of horse mackerel quota on auction for governmental objective activities.

[New Frame] The former PSL coach relegated himself to the amateur leagues by taking a job at a KwaZulu-Natal ABC Motsepe League side. He plans to take them to the top, and is slowly getting there.

[Daily News] SIMBA have pledged to improve on the team's goal scoring efficiency saying they are misusing a lot of chances during competitive matches.

[Daily News] YOUNG Africans Chairman Mshindo Msolla said it is the responsibility of Head Coach Nasreddine Nabi to pick players he thinks should stay at the club from a list of those whose contracts expire at the end this season.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian dinar's exchange rate against the US dollar reached 3.00317 dinars on April 7, against 2.99854 dinars on April 6 and 2.77868 on April 7, 2021, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) said in its daily mo...

[New Frame] For the communities still reeling from the devastating effects of last year's turmoil, the president's testimony and the undertakings he made hold no hope for either peace or justice.

[VOA] Kong, Ivory Coast -- As Ivory Coast beefs up its border security with Burkina Faso, ethnic Fulanis say they are being labeled as supporters of Islamist militants and persecuted by security forces. Rights groups warn the heavy-handed tactics cou...

[UN News] Critical funding and timely action are needed to prevent a decaying tanker anchored close to Yemen's coastline from sparking a major oil spill, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the country said on Friday in New York.

[UN News] Governments and pharmaceutical companies need to work together in a better way, to deliver vaccines "to every person, everywhere" - not simply in the wealthiest nations, said the UN chief on Friday.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria's High Court has reduced the number of charges against Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. He will now be prosecuted on seven counts, including terrorism.

[The Conversation Africa] The preamble of the founding Act of the African Union (AU) calls for "collective action in Africa and in our relations with the rest of the world".