[New Times] While Africa's engagement and partnership with developed countries is important, it ought to be on the basis of mutual benefit and not based on the West imposing their will on African countries, President Paul Kagame has said.

[East African] A new report by the UN drug and crimes agency warns that the Covid-19 pandemic could also be contributing to a rise in trafficking of persons.

[East African] New York -- The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, welcomed the Government of South Sudan's approval to establish transitional justice mechanisms, including the African Union Hybrid Cou...

[Nyasa Times] Former president Joyce Banda's son has died on Wednesday of coronavirus disease ( Covid-19).

[This Day] A global alliance against COVID-19, COVAX, has donated a total of 16,008,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Nigeria.

[allAfrica] Hundreds of millions of people globally remain excluded from formal financial services to meet their needs in an affordable way. According to Findex (2017), 17% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa report not having a financial account because...

[The Conversation Africa] The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty that aims to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of a country's natural resources, or biological diversity. This is a general strategy th...

[Premium Times] The World Cancer Day is an initiative of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and is celebrated annually on February 4.

[Citizen] President John Magufuli yesterday urged the Judiciary and the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to amend laws and remove those he termed as furthering colonial systems by requiring judgments to be written in English.

[Nairobi News] Ugandan academic cum political activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has fled to Nairobi, Kenya.

[WHO] The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organisation, as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, alongside key delivery partner UNICE...

[DW] The early development of COVID-19 vaccines should have helped Western nations gain more influence over Africa. But from an ethical and organizational standpoint, they have blown it spectacularly, writes DW's Cai Nebe.

[African Arguments] On 27 January 2020, the Congolese parliament passed a motion of censure against Prime Minister Ilunga. The PM called the parliament's decision unconstitutional, but nevertheless offered his resignation two days later. The question...

[ISS] On 6 February, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi will officially take over the rotating chairship of the African Union (AU) for 2021 - this as he manoeuvres to consolidate power at home.

[East African] Ugandan academic cum political activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has fled to Nairobi, Kenya.

[UN News] The United Nations Secretary-General, on Tuesday, voiced grave concerns over the crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region, and underscored the need for urgent efforts to protect populations at risk.

[Nyasa Times] As President Lazarus Chakwera is having sleepless nights over Covid-19 pandemic, another headache has come into the veins of his administration: the resurgence of killings of persons living with albinism.

[spotlight] Local scientists, as part of an international research collaboration, identified chemical compounds with antitubercular and anti-cancer properties that can now help in the fight against malaria. The compounds could halt a malaria parasite...

[Observer] The acrimonious exchanges of insults between the ruling NRM, which won the January 2021 presidential election, and the losing opposition National Unity Platform has further diminished the already remote prospects of talks to resolve the im...

[FrontPageAfrica] Tampere -- The actual trial of Gibril Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean former rebel commander who is accused of committing war crimes in Liberia, began on Wednesday in the Finnish city of Tampere.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi Police have explained the charges that have been slapped on former Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) executive director Gerald Chiunda and three others in relation to the cancelled 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Educa...

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says plans to install an oxygen plant at Mzuzu Central Hospital is at an advanced stage.

[Nyasa Times] Officials from parliament say the National Assembly has postponed the mid-year budget review meeting scheduled for February 8 to February 22 due to rising Covid-19 cases.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi will participate in the virtual 34th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) scheduled for February 6-7.

[Daily Trust] Lagos -- Prominent leaders of thoughts under the aegis of the National Consultative Front on Tuesday said they are set to launch a mega political movement aimed at rescuing Nigeria.

[This Day] The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has said asking the oil companies operating in the country to relocate to the Niger Delta without first addressing the security concerns in the area would escalate crude o...

[Daily Trust] The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has lost her photographer, Mr Mohammed Yusuf Ovajimo.

[Namibian] NAMIBIA missed its Covid-19 vaccine arrival date, and specialty physician Ismael Katjitae yesterday said the expected arrival of the Pfizer-produced vaccine might have been moved from the end of last month to mid March.

[ITC] Elsie's Women Empowerment Farm is the first women-owned farm producing organic cotton in the Gambia, and as the name might suggest, women's economic empowerment is at the heart of this enterprise. Moreover, as a member of the Young Female Farme...

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE international Khama Billiat has been linked with Egyptian giants Al Ahly.