[The Conversation Africa] West African cuisine is known for its distinct ingredients and flavours, often including a diverse range of plant foods. A traditional meal comprises a starchy staple cooked in a pot, served with a sauce prepared from vegeta...

[The Conversation Africa] Zimbabwe is the largest tobacco producer in Africa and in 2018, the crop accounted for about 10% of the country's gross domestic product. Zimbabwe's hopes to become an upper middle-income economy by 2030, therefore, depend q...

[The Conversation Africa] Across countries in Africa, only 33% of adults have an account at a bank or another financial institution. Among the women, this rate is only 27%.

[VOA] Durban, South Africa -- South Africa's flood-ravaged east was hit by more rain Saturday after the deadliest storm to strike the country in living memory killed nearly 400 people and left tens of thousands homeless.

[VOA] Mali's army said Saturday that it had killed "a dozen terrorists" including a French-Tunisian jihadis in airstrikes in the center of the Sahel nation.

[DW] Tunisian authorities said they are working to prevent an "environmental disaster" after the Equatorial Guinea-flagged ship sank.

[This Day] One of the heroes of Nigerian music, a master of the simple, stomping riff with a significant influence on Afrobeat music, the last of Nigeria's titans in the highlife music genre, Orlando Julius simply slept into eternity. Or how best can...

[Premium Times] Ofili finished with an impressive 21.96 seconds to break Okagbare's 22.04 seconds record that was set in 2018.

[ENA] Ethiopia has been elected to the Executive Board of the World Food Program (WFP), according to the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations (UN).

[Leadership] Apparently worried that their loved ones are still in kidnappers' den, relatives of the kidnapped victims of the bandits' attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train have warned the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) against resuming train services...

[This Day] Abuja -- The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 15.92 per cent (Year on year) in March 2022 compared to 18.17 per cent in March 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.

[Nyasa Times] Industry captains and traders fear supply chain disruptions of goods to rock the country if the regional anchorage, Durban Port takes time to reopen after floods disaster.

[Vanguard] ... Younger generation exploring what Afro-beat legend couldn't compromise

[Nile Post] President Museveni has said he is going to take action against Uganda Airlines officials for delay of the national carrier to make direct flights to the UK.

[Leadership] The Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has postponed collection of toll at the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge.

[This Day] Nigeria and the Republic of Egypt have agreed to deepen their bilateral cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on ways of developing their arts and crafts sector.

[This Day] Sections of the Abuja-Kaduna rail track that were destroyed by bandits on March 28 are being repaired, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean runners reigned supreme in the half marathon of the TotalSports Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday morning, with debutant Moses Tarinyiku triumphant in a three-way sprint finish while Fortunate Chidzivo won the women's race at ...

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed a working visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to focus on government's intervention in the KwaZulu-Natal flood disaster.

[Vanguard] 1999 constitution, a fraudulent decree

[Vanguard] Makurdi -- Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Council of State for granting state pardon to former Governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Senator Joshua Dariye and Rev. Jolly Nya...

[Vanguard] The moral fiber of the Nigerian society was shaken this week after two major acts of alleged betrayal shook the national media space.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Businessman Jimi Wanjigi has described President Uhuru Kenyatta's appointment as the chairman of the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya Alliance council as wrong and constitutionally offensive.

[Nile Post] Former leader of Forum for Democratic Change(FDC), Dr. Kizza Besigye, has claimed that the Uganda People's Defence Forces(UPDF) doesn't have capacity anymore to defend the people of Uganda.

[Nile Post] President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met with the UK Trade envoy for Uganda and Rwanda, Lord Popat together with the British High Commissioner to Uganda, Kate Airey.

[Capital FM] Naivasha -- The government through the Ministry of Labor is committed to growing the country's workforce by tapping and harnessing skills required in the local, regional and international labor markets, to address rising unemployment amo...

[Leadership] Italian energy group, Eni, said, on Friday, it had lifted a force majeure on gas exports from Nigeria's Okaka in Bayelsa State after repairing a vandalised pipeline.

[Vanguard] The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Alfred Adewale has reacted to the matrimonial imbroglio that led death of the Gospel artiste in Abuja, saying that "No clerics should ever support or encourage any woman or even a man to continue to sta...

[Vanguard] Abuja -- A Civil Society Organisation, CSO, Deaf Women Aloud Initiative, DWAI, called on the Federal Government, FG, to introduce policies that is geared towards protecting People With Disabilities, PWDs, against the increasing rate of Sex...

[Vanguard] Two outstanding policymakers of Urhobo ancestry in Delta State, Deputy Senate President, DSP, Ovie Omo-Agege and Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, are more likely to materialize as 2023 governorship standa...