[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of February 15, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,753,174.

[DW] Guinea's Health Ministry has now confirmed a new outbreak of the rare but deadly virus that causes fever, aches, diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding. DR Congo has also reported cases.

[East African] Somalia is in a state of political and constitutional limbo as various stakeholders interpret the failure to hold elections differently.

[GroundUp] While the results are disappointing against the local variant of the Covid-19 virus, there are reasons to think the vaccine may reduce deaths

[ANGOP] Lobito -- The acting Dutch ambassador, Marc Léon Mazairac, Saturday said his country planned to import avocados and lemons from Angola for consumption and export to other European countries.

[East African] Rwanda will forgo millions of dollars in tax exemptions from importers of expensive vehicles as it attracts high-end tourists into the country.

[Monitor] Government yesterday confirmed a new strain of coronavirus in the country.

[The Conversation Africa] Ghana, like many of its counterparts on the continent, is contending with the fallout from the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Of particular concern is the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the UK. It is estimated to ...

[The Conversation Africa] Around the world, many countries measure energy poverty by looking at income. They define energy poverty in terms of how much of a household's budget is used up by energy consumption. For example, if a household spends more ...

[This Day] Royal Dutch Shell Plc along with its Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has launched arbitration proceedings against the federal government over a long-running dispute with a Rivers community.

[Nation] Facebook has condemned the long internet shutdowns and social media blackouts experienced in Tanzania, Chad, Ethiopia and Uganda between January 2020 and February 2021, terming them counterintuitive and a violation of human rights in the dig...

[Premium Times] The president warns that his government will not allow any ethnic or religious group to fan the embers of hatred and violence against other groups.

[New Times] The Government of Rwanda has kicked off the national vaccination programme for Covid-19, starting with health care staff as part of the high-risk groups, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday, February 14.

[Nation] The second wave of desert locusts has invaded Embu County, throwing residents into panic.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Why the crackdown on Bobi Wine supporters may backfire on Museveni and NRM

[Monitor] President Museveni Saturday scoffed at European Union (EU) Parliament which has recommended sanctions against Ugandan individuals and organisations they claim are responsible for human rights violations during the recent general election, w...

[Monitor] In a country where over three hundred people have reportedly disappeared in just over three months, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Saturday night urged the nation to "Ignore the talk of disappearances," adding that such was intolerable un...

[Citizen] Moshi -- The High Court of Tanzania has sentenced Mike Nwankwo, a clothing retailer in Abuja, Nigeria, to life in prison after finding him guilty of drug trafficking.

[Vanguard] Over 11 million girls in low and middle income nations such as Nigeria may not return after the reopening of schools following their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the World Bank has noted.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- President John Magufuli yesterday said Tanzania will overcome diseases, including Covid-19, by adhering to directives issued by health authorities, by putting God first, by working hard, by remaining strong, and by being un...

[RFI] A team of scientists has discovered that endangered Cape gannets, which live and breed in large colonies in southern Africa, use unique dances that could show mates and neighbours where to find food.

[Premium Times] Nigerians on social media are calling for an end to killings and civil disturbances, following reports of another inter-ethnic violence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

[The Conversation Africa] When the COVID-19 pandemic began, not much was known about SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus) and its survival in food, on various materials and on surfaces. Since then, several food safety agencies have assessed the risk of poten...

[Ethiopian Herald] The unsettled border issues between Ethiopia and Sudan as well as the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia should be resolved peacefully on time in order to consolidate the new regional order and to strengthen economic...

[Nation] Anti-government protests in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have claimed the lives of several people last week, multiple sources from the region confirmed to the Nation.

[IPS] It is crucial to ensure that any transition to a digital economy has mechanisms in place that are non-digital to avoid "double exclusion", according to Shahrashoub Razavi, director of the social protection department at the International Labour...

[DW] Police in the capital, Mogadishu, fired at the attacker as he broke through a checkpoint, allowing civilians to escape before the explosion.

[Vanguard] Ex-husband of popular Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, Olakunle Churchill has confirmed his marriage to another actress, Rosy Meurer.

[Lesotho Times] Contoversial Pakistani national, Rama Qamar, who has been accused of human trafficking alongside some senior government officials, could also have been involved in the equally heinous crime of drug trafficking, the Lesotho Times has l...

[Lesotho Times] Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro has relaxed the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to allow a host of economic activities to resume amid indications that the rate of Covid-19 infections had decreased to 31 percent from an all-time high of ...