[RFI] The French government failed to help stop the 1994 Rwandan genocide and holds responsibility for an inability to see preparations for the killing, according to a report published on Friday by a historical commission set up by President Emmanuel...

[Daily Maverick] Many South Africans, some contractors working on the construction of the French Total energy company's Afungi liquid natural gas processing plant, were caught up in the violence and at least one is known to have died.

[Swazi Media] There has been a 'drastic deterioration' in human rights in Swaziland (eSwatini), a United Nations group investigating the kingdom, ruled by absolute monarch King Mswati III, was told.

[Suez Canal Authority] Admiral Osama Rabie, Chairman and Managing Director of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), has announced today, Monday 29th March, 2021, that the Panamanian container ship has been successfully refloated. This was the result of suc...

[This Day] Maiduguri -- United States President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders, including President Muhammadu Buhari, to a summit on climate holding between April 22 and 23. The summit, billed to hold virtually, would be streamed live for pub...

[Premium Times] The doctors are demanding, amongst other things, payment of all salaries arrears.

[VOA] Washington -- The leader of Somalia's al-Shabab militant group is calling for lone wolf attacks against American and French interests in Djibouti ahead of key presidential elections in the Horn of Africa country.

[VOA] Khartoum -- Sudan is celebrating the normalization of its relations with the World Bank Group after significantly reducing its debt with the help of a U.S. bridge loan.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's parliamentary session was called off Saturday after pro-government and opposition members could not agree on the agenda.

[VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program is warning of severe food shortages and rising hunger in Angola as the country is gripped by its worst drought in nearly four decades.

[Nation] The Nairobi County Government has closed all offices offering non-essential services for 30 days as part of efforts against a devastating third wave of Covid-19 infections.

[Nation] When President Uhuru Kenyatta first announced the containment measures against the spread of Covid-19 in March 2020, they were followed with a bag of goodies to cushion the most vulnerable from the hard economic times.

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Mama Sarah Obama, the step grandmother to former US President Barack Obama is dead

[UN News] In Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region there's deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees whose camps have been found burned to the ground, confirming satellite imagery and testimony from those who have fled attacks.

[Premium Times] The Milan Tribunal ruled on 17 March 2021 that the 13 defendants in OPL 245 international corruption trial had no case to answer.

[Premium Times] A special investigation task sorce set up by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, arrived Makurdi, Benue State capital, on Sunday.

[Daily Trust] Just what can Nigeria do with its bandits? Shoot them or talk to them?

[The Conversation Africa] In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on its way through the Suez Canal. At 400 metres long, the Ever Given is longer than the canal is wide, and the ship became wed...

[HRW] ISIS-Linked Armed Group Attacks Civilians in Palma

[Nation] Kenyan troops in Somalia have got the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

[Nation] A Kenyan-born scholar has been elected to head the highest decision making body of the first historically 'black university' in the State of Oklahoma in the United States.

[Nation] Tanzanian maize farmers, cargo crew and businesspeople who were barred entry at the Lunga Lunga border, in Kwale for more than ten days have returned the cargo to the Tanzanian side.

[Daily Maverick] Why is it so darn hard to get avocados from Tanzania into the South African market, which is burdened with the high prices of imported avos for significant periods? This is the experience of one avo farmer.

[New Zimbabwe] Richman Myambo, 47, from Chipinge, Zimbabwe was heading home before he claimed an unidentified flying object appeared out of nowhere. He said he spotted an unusual light in the sky, followed by a deafening noise.

[Premium Times] Atiku Abubakar says a Bloomberg report on Saturday has proven him right on the state of the Nigerian economy.

[Premium Times] The soldiers also rescued some victims kidnapped by the Boko Haram, the official said.

[Premium Times] Mr Malami received at least three warnings, including an EFCC report intimating him that at least a part of the debts is unjustifiable. But he seems to have disregarded them all.

[Africa Renewal] Africa represents 26 per cent of the world's population but has less than 0.1 per cent of world vaccines production

[Nation] Kenyan troops in Somalia have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

[Nation] The super connectivity of 5G technology has finally graced Kenya's mobile network through Safaricom and, though still in its infancy, its potential will be widely experienced in the next few years, when affordable 5G smartphones are expected...