[allAfrica] Shocking levels of violence inflicted by men upon women are reported in a United Nations study published today. The analysis shows that in Sub-Saharan Africa, one in every three women in marriages or other partnerships with men suffer abu...

[Nation] The leader of an African country who has not appeared in public for nearly two weeks is admitted to Nairobi Hospital for Covid-19 treatment, even as his government remains mum on his whereabouts.

[Nairobi News] A report tabled before the US Congress has exposed Kenya's vulnerability to money laundering, financial fraud and terrorism financing.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is hospitalised for fatigue but has taken a COVID-19 test, his family said

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Concerns are rife that Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli is hospitalised in Nairobi after the country's Opposition leader Tundu Lissu questioned his whereabouts.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has become the latest influential organisation to call for a comprehensive all-stakeholder dialogue to solve the country's multi-faceted crisis.

[New Zimbabwe] The government has advised companies intending to procure vaccines for their employees that the process will only be facilitated through the state-run National Vaccine Procurement Fund.

[GroundUp] The Mpumalanga government has revoked the status of the Mabola Protected Environment.

[East African] Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye has granted amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners.

[The Conversation Africa] Schools are among the worst institutional casualties of complex disasters. This has been the obvious case with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Boko Haram insurgency and other violent conflicts in Africa, which have caused...

[The Conversation Africa] Some 260 million to 265 million years ago, a huge creature called Anteosaurus roamed what is today the African continent. This period was known as the middle Permian - and Anteosaurus was one of its most ferocious carnivores...

[The Conversation Africa] Cameroon's President Paul Biya celebrated his 88th birthday recently, making him the oldest president in Africa. He has been in power for 38 years. Birthday celebrations held across the country were met with protest by the o...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Bogota -- Job losses and pay cuts linked to the pandemic have taken a heavy toll on migrants and refugees around the world, according to a Red Cross poll

[SAFA] Disappointment all round as Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations is cancelled

[Premium Times] A PREMIUM TIMES examination of the scarcity shows the hike in price was not market-driven.

[Daily Maverick] In the middle of 2020, there were widespread concerns that South Africa's economy for the year would suffer a double-digit contraction. Turns out it was a 7% contraction, which is still dreadful -- and represents the biggest decline ...

[GroundUp] Waste treatment plants across the city are being monitored weekly

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Twenty nine people were killed in East wollega, Oromia regional state. Residents who spoke to Addis Standard said that that attack took place on March 05 in Abo church in Debos Kebele, where residents were celebrating ...

[Nation] Parliament has ratified the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the United Kingdom, paving way for the implementation of the pact.

[Nation] The government has vowed to crack down on illegal fishing in Lake Nakuru following the deaths of two young men in just two months.

[Nation] Kenya is the third worst hit country on the continent in the air travel business by the Covid-19 pandemic.

[Nation] Kenyans will soon dig deeper into their pockets to pay for maize flour after last week's ban on the importation of the grain from Uganda and Tanzania on safety concerns.

[UN News] The political transition in Sudan is moving forward, though formation of the legislative council and other important milestones have yet to be achieved, the head of the new UN mission in the country told a virtual meeting of the Security Co...

[DW] The number of people killed in the blasts in Bata more than tripled from the initial estimates. The president attributed the explosions to "negligence" and ordered a probe into the incident.

[The Conversation Africa] In recent months it has felt like election rigging has run riot.

[Premium Times] The value of trade in the fourth quarter was the highest recorded over the past year, the NBS said.

[Premium Times] The decline comes days after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new incentive for diaspora remittances.

[This Day] President Muhammed Buhari on Tuesday, flagged off the US$3.2 billion Port Harcourt to Maiduguri narrow gauge railway reconstruction project with new branch lines to Owerri, Imo State and Damaturu, Yobe State.

[Premium Times] The fund, which translates to about N2.4billion at the official rate, was recovered from Mr Ibori and his associates.

[DW] Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of the former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, has been handed a 10-year jail term for corruption, according to state media.