[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of February 10, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,693,025 .

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has said that the nation has detected a total of 13 of the deadlier B117 variant strain of the COVID-19.

[This Day] The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Professor Bappa-Aliyu Muhammadu, has said children must start their primary one at the age of five or six.

[Leadership] Abuja -- As the National Assembly resumes plenary to debate amendment to the Electoral Act, political parties and other stakeholders have called for the conduct of all elections in one day on grounds that it would save cost for the count...

[Monitor] All primary pupils and secondary school students will report to school, but in a staggered manner from March 1 to mid-June, according to a leaked draft government master plan.

[Monitor] Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has said without the help of army and police, President Museveni cannot defeat him in a national election.

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[New Zimbabwe] Highly secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private firms covering mining, agriculture a...

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Minimum Wage (NMW) will increase to R21.69 per hour from 1 March.

[spotlight] In January, preliminary results from over 15 000 people in a large phase III randomised controlled trial of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine was published in the Lancet medical journal. The results were not quite as impressive as...

[Nation] Superstition and sailors, or in our case, fishermen, are like two sides of a coin. A tour of the shores of Lake Victoria will offer you not only picturesque scenes but a rich culture and traditions that the people have clung to over the year...

[GroundUp] "Christian values are imposed on people who do not necessarily share those values," they say

[East African] As Rwanda prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in June, it is walking a tightrope due to the prolonged impact of the pandemic as well as increasing pressure to improve its human rights record.

[New Times] The government of Rwanda, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Tuesday, deployed another set of robots in the country, in a move that seeks to strengthen national response to Covid-19 pandemic.

[Nation] Opposition chief Raila Odinga has moved to put his house in order ahead of the presidential elections in 2022 and rallied his supporters to vote in only ODM candidates in various positions in next year's General Election.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok announced the members of the transitional government's new cabinet in a press conference in Khartoum yesterday evening. The new cabinet brings in a total of 25 ministers, many of whom are par...

[Citizen] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ignored the uproar over a crackdown on cryptocurrencies, giving several reasons for the move, ordering investigations and blocking all the accounts of companies trading in them.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Maina Modu is the programme manager for Routine Immunisation in Borno State, working with the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA). He coordinates the state emergency routine immunisation coordination centre ac...

[Leadership] The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo Tuesday in Kaduna said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will assist Nigeria to address unemployment and the prevailing insecurity in the country.

[Premium Times] The government says the project will boost socio-economic activities in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa as well as Maradi in Niger Republic.

[UN News] The virus that causes COVID-19 probably jumped from animals to humans and is "extremely unlikely" to have come from a laboratory, the head of an international team investigating the origins of the disease said on Tuesday.

[RFI] Air quality in Africa's fast-growing Sub-Saharan region has been improving over the past fifteen years, reversing the typical trend of soaring pollution that accompanies rapid development, according to a study carried out by scientists at Cardi...

[RFI] The Ocean Viking rescue ship with its cargo of 422 migrants has docked in the Sicilian port of Augusta as health checks are being carried out. Eight of the migrants on board have tested positive to Covid-19 and will be the last to disembark aft...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] To boost lagging efforts to expand access to clean energy and deal with climate threats, young people need to begin taking up government roles, a top U.N. energy chief says

[DW] As the Horn of Africa nation struggles to reach a consensus on this year's general election, the country's controversial clan-based indirect voting system is under scrutiny.

[IPS] Bangui -- Last October, an ICRC medical team helped a woman deliver a baby boy in the bush on their way to a health center we support in Grévaï, a small town in the north-central region of CAR. On her way to the market, by foot, the woman wen...

[Monitor] The Supreme Court in Uganda has dismissed an application by National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine to amend his election petition challenging President Museveni's victory.

[DW] As President John Magufuli downplays the severity of the coronavirus, Tanzanians are waking up to the reality that the virus is spreading. Health experts now fear Tanzania's attitude could endanger the rest of Africa.

[ISS] In the aftermath of the Great Lockdown, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been both proactive and relatively empathetic. The organisation has doubled the capacity of its two programmes meant primarily for disaster relief - the Rapid Fin...

[East African] Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok Monday evening announced the formation of the new government, which included 26 ministerial posts.