[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of February 22, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,829,402.

[Monitor] Police yesterday did not release the names of people abducted by security men despite the army handing over the list to them last week.

[Nation] Experts have raised the red flag over rising Covid-19 infections in the country, a situation they attribute to breach of safety protocols following relaxation of containment measures.

[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has vowed to stay put in the Jubilee administration, saying, he will not run away from the challenges facing the ruling party as they are normal in politics.

[The Conversation Africa] Around the world, people commonly associate certain foods and products with particular geographical areas. These products are known for characteristics like aroma, flavour, and the traditional knowledge systems used to make ...

[Nation] Somalia has rekindled an old feud with the United Arab Emirates, accusing the Gulf nation of fueling opposition 'insurrection' against the government of the day.

[Nation] Juba -- South Sudan last weekend held its first ever Women National Football League since it seceeded from Sudan nine years ago.

[East African] The Burundi National Communication Council (CNC) on Monday lifted a ban on Bonesha radio after dialogue between CNC and media owners early this month.

[East African] Ethiopian Communication Authority (ECA) is currently receiving proposals from global telcos interested in operating in the Ethiopian telecommunication industry currently under the stronghold of Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (...

[DW] Germany would like a good relationship with Ethiopia, but the Tigray crisis is straining ties. Berlin has relied on diplomacy to push for peace, yet some say that is not enough.

[The Conversation Africa] Governments in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy instruments to match the imperatives of policy, planning and budgeting over the medium-term horizon.

[New Times] A draft law governing the Office of the Ombudsman has proposed the office cedes some powers to specialised organs.

[Chatham House] China has been accused of using its vaccine to expand its influence, but for many struggling economies it is filling a gap left by Western states and donors.

[The Conversation Africa] Climate change is a global issue, but it disproportionately affects developing countries like Nigeria. Part of the response needs to be on a large political and institutional scale, based on science. But studies have shown t...

[Premium Times] "We have been Informed that 4 million out of the 16 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the first batch of supplies to the country."

[Premium Times] The report says the five worst hit states are Borno with 1,176 deaths, Kaduna, 628; Katsina, 501, Zamfara, 262; and Niger 254.

[Leadership] Abuja -- The federal government, UNAIDS and other stakeholders have hailed the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for sustaining the country's HIV response even in the phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[UN News] Increased "brinkmanship, pressure tactics, and tests of strength" are threatening progress in Somalia, the country's UN envoy told the Security Council on Monday, warning that they must be resolved "through dialogue and compromise".

[Observer] National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has announced the withdrawal of his election petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni's election victory last month citing bias of the Supreme court.

[SAIIA] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established with the key objective of enhancing regional economic integration for the benefit of its inhabitants. It is home to an estimated 363 million people, of whom many still lack ade...

[DW] Niger's ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum took an early lead in the second round of the West African nation's presidential election, data released by the electoral commission showed on Monday.

[Ayin English] Ordinarily, the scene would have been shocking for residents of the city Wad Medani in Al-Jazeera State, central Sudan. But people viewed the dead body of another Covid-19 patient, lying on the back of the trunk of a car, as a common p...

[New Frame] Last year's stimulus may have been insufficient in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. But the budget we should really be talking about will be tabled this week.

[Nairobi News] Last year, Mathenge Mukundi, 24, gained prominence when photos of him being admitted to the bar with his head wrapped in a turban instead of the barrister wig trended on social media.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The government has come up with a new set of measures in a deliberate move to contain further spread of Covid-19 amid claims of a worrying rise in deaths that are attributable to the viral pandemic.

[RFI] Chadian rights activist Baradine Berdeï Targuio has been sentenced to three years in prison by the country's criminal court for "violation of the constitutional order", as well as ordered to pay a fine, after posting a message on social media ...

[RFI] Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, was killed on Monday while travelling with a UN convoy in the east of the country, the foreign ministry said.

[AIM] Maputo -- Daviz Simango, the Mayor of Beira, and leader of the country's second largest opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), died on Monday morning in South Africa from health problems related to the Covid-19 respiratory ...

[This Day] Maiduguri -- The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has given a 48-hour ultimatum to troops to clear Boko Haram insurgents off captured areas of Borno State.

[MSF] On 14 February 2021, the Guinean authorities declared a new Ebola outbreak. As one of the key medical organisations responding in the huge 2014 -- 2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, MSF immediately started mobilizing a team of Ebola-experienced s...