[allAfrica] As of March 31, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,203,326 while over 6,436,038 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] United Nations alarmed at Cabo Delgado 'horror' in Mozambique

[allAfrica] While the rich history of Women's Day goes back to 1909 with civic action by working women in the streets of New York and was highlighted in 1911 across several European cities, it was not until 1967 that the United Nations firmly dedicat...

[UN News] The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how COVID-19 first spread to humans was published on Tuesday, and was described by the UN health agency's chief as a welcome star...

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has expressed gratitude to the Mozambican government for the assistance provided to South African citizens affected by the recent terrorist attacks.

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[SAnews.gov.za] Given the relatively low transmission levels, President Cyril Ramaphosa in consultation with experts, representatives of provincial and local government and traditional leaders have decided to keep the country on Coronavirus Alert Lev...

[This Day] A Nigerian-born medical professional, Prof. Iyalla Peterside, has emerged one of America's best physicians for the year 2020.

[This Day] The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on members of the global trade body to deliver concrete results that promote the WTO's founding objectives.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said chaos in the Central African Republic has stalled development efforts and peace initiatives in Cameroon. Ngute met Monday night with Faustin-Archange Touadéra before Tuesday's...

[Nation] Two civil society groups have threatened to petition Parliament to impeach President Uhuru Kenyatta over the new Covid-19 protocols issued last Friday.

[Nation] Zimbabwe has seen a huge a jump in the number of food insecure families in urban areas in the past year with 2.4 million residents now struggling to meet their basic food needs, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.

[RFI] A UN investigation concluded on Tuesday that a French air attack in central Mali at the start of January killed at least 19 civilians, according to excerpts from the report.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President William Ruto has been vaccinated against COVID-19 but not with the Astrazeneca jab imported by the government.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's military on Tuesday said it deployed troops to its northern border with Nigeria after a series of attacks authorities say were carried out the terrorist group Boko Haram. The group did not claim responsibility, but Cameroo...

[The Conversation Africa] Discoveries of new overarching rules or "laws" in nature are very rare.

[The Conversation Africa] Recent events in Palma, a town in the volatile Cabo Delgado province in the north of Mozambique, have taken bloodshed in the region to new levels. Dozens of people were killed when hundreds of Islamist militants stormed the ...

[Premium Times] The minister says with the support of the National Assembly, his ministry will consolidate on its current strides and ultimately achieve sustainable tranquillity.

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari ordered the service chiefs "to identify and crush the heads of bandits, kidnappers and their collaborators".

[Premium Times] One takeaway from a recent controversy between the CBN and the finance ministry is that the bank appears to be concealing its current exchange rate.

[DW] Dubbed the "Terminator," the former militia leader had appealed the ICC's 30-year prison sentence. The appeals chamber upheld both the verdict and the sentence.

[ISS] In the highly volatile Lake Chad Basin area, the decision by many recruits to leave Boko Haram means the group's ranks are shrinking. This is a positive sign for efforts to reduce terrorism. However, it should go hand in hand with a regional st...

[CFR] This is the first half of a two-part interview conducted by Nolan Quinn, a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations' Africa Program, and reviewed by Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow John Campbell. The interview was held on March 19, 20...

[RFI] Portugal will send a team of 60 troops to former colony Mozambique after an attack by an Islamic State-linked jihadist group against a northern town, the country's minister of foreign affairs said on Tuesday.

[RFI] African countries will be able to access up to 400 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said on Monday.

[Nation] Rich households have joined the electricity pilferage bandwagon often associated with informal settlements aggravating Kenya Power's commercial losses.

[Nation] Al-Shabaab terrorists had in 2012 plotted to harm President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Nation has established.

[HRW] Rwandan authorities have threatened, arrested, or prosecuted at least eight people reporting or commenting on current affairs on YouTube over the past year, Human Rights Watch said. A poet who published his poems on YouTube has been missing sin...

[Nyasa Times] Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has ruled that Prophet Shepherrd Bushiri's South African accusers should come to Malawi to testify as part of authenticating their sworn affidavits.

[The Conversation Africa] Didier Ratsiraka, who was Madagascar's president twice for a combined period of 21 years, has died at the age of 84.