[allAfrica] Until I witnessed a death from complications of an unsafe abortion, I never felt comfortable talking about abortion services. Joan (not her real name) was an intelligent and hardworking girl who lived in my village. One of her dreams was ...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of April 7, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,289,749  while over 7,488,208 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- A pandemic has blanketed the planet. Economies have cratered. Across the world, people are scared, anxious and unsteady about the future.

[Nation] The government plans to introduce new taxes and cut back on existing tax exemptions as part of a reforms package funded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

[This Day] A recent PwC Nigeria survey has revealed that 47 per cent of tax functions in Nigeria's financial services (FS) sector, either do not have a tax strategy or they are not aware of one.

[East African] Air ticket prices to the UK have risen fivefold as British expatriates and tourists scramble to exit Kenya ahead of the suspension of passenger flights between the two countries starting this Friday.

[The Herald] The June 2021 Zimsec public examinations for both O and A-Levels have been cancelled following disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown with those who had wanted to sit in June now joining the large majority who are bein...

[African Arguments] The US has the neutrality and influence to mediate in the CAR. It would also be a chance for Biden to show that diplomacy is back.

[Premium Times] Mr Aregbesola stated this when he inspected the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, Owerri Custodial Centre which was attacked by unknown gunmen.

[Premium Times] The panel says Addax, owned by Sinopec, took an action that put over 3000 Nigerians out of work and wasted millions of dollars.

[UN News] The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies are required to confirm the link, experts with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

[VOA] Washington -- The death toll from inter-communal clashes in Sudan's West Darfur state has climbed to 87, with 191 people injured, according to the United Nations.

[VOA] Yaoundé -- Scores of Cameroonians with kidney failure and their relatives have blocked traffic since Monday around a Yaoundé hospital to protest a shortage of dialysis treatment. Cameroon authorities blame administrative procedures and corona...

[UN News] The humanitarian situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, remains "dire", the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.

[New Times] Lies and falsehoods about Rwanda motivated by petty resentments do not define the country and will not determine the country's fate, President Paul Kagame has said.

[Daily Trust] Kaduna -- An abducted student of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Mando, Kaduna State, has narrated how they were released from captivity.

[African Arguments] Ten years after the Arab Spring Revolution that toppled the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, young Tunisians are back in the streets in several cities to protest against the government's inability to address high unemploym...

[Premium Times] A system upgrade by the Corporate Affairs Commission is doing more harm than good to small businesses, and is hurting the country's Ease of Doing Business record.

[Leadership] The federal government has urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off its strike, saying government had substantially met its demands with some of the doctors receiving payment.

[African Arguments] Central Africa boasts many of the world's longest-standing authoritarian rulers. But protests are growing.

[ISS] Within a year, much of the world has adopted the norm of wearing masks to protect against the COVID-19 pandemic. Notwithstanding the political jostling that such face coverings have come to represent, it has become a social norm driven by circu...

[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- The invasive crop pest fall armyworm is well known for its devastating effects on maize yields in Africa, but few studies have been done on its broader impact on poverty levels and food security.

[spotlight] One of the most striking findings of South Africa's first National Tuberculosis (TB) Prevalence Survey was that of 234 people found to have TB, around 58% had abnormal chest X-rays without experiencing any TB symptoms.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The coronavirus-linked economic slowdown is limiting cash to help Africans pay to adapt to climate extremes, from drought to floods

[Daily Maverick] In a far-reaching court order issued by the Gauteng high court, allowing doctors to also legally prescribe small batches of custom-made medicine containing ivermectin for the treatment of Covid-19, the South African Health Regulatory...

[Nation] The National Treasury is getting ready to present its request to Parliament to increase Kenya's debt ceiling above Sh9 trillion, even as Kenyans protest Jubilee administration's insatiable appetite for loans.

[Daily Maverick] In August 2020, out of the blue, the owners of the 28,000-hectare Selati Game Reserve received word that a company called Tiara Mining had plans to excavate a series of open-cast pits on their land. The mining application was at an a...

[New Era] A woman accused of murdering her two minor children and attempting to kill the third one in Ethiopia last year, was set free yesterday on an order of the Windhoek Magistrate's Court.

[New Era] A local commentator has called for the reopening of an investigation into the controversial Chinese state-owned arms dealer, Poly Technologies, in the wake of the resignation of defence minister Peter Vilho from Cabinet this week.

[Nyasa Times] The High Court in Lilongwe has granted the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) an injunction stopping a contractor from taking over the bank's Mzuzu offices.