[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The family of radio personality and educator Dr Sindi van Zyl, 45, have confirmed her death in a Johannesburg hospital.

[New Zimbabwe] Masvingo -- MASVINGO residents say they will not be bowed to any form of intimidation from Zanu PF, the state and their local council to stop protests demanding better service delivery despite repeated threats they are receiving.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Health experts say urgent public awareness campaigns needed to fight misinformation about the shot

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide could see criminal gangs trying to cash in by selling counterfeit jabs in Africa, analysts say

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

[ISS] Exactly how the Biden administration might impact Africa remains a bit of a mystery, as the new United States president, predictably, works through a mountainous backlog of domestic issues left by Donald Trump. However on the economic side, a p...

[Africa In Fact] For many African countries, Covid-19 has provided a useful cover for leaders to advance authoritarian ends, consolidate their autocracies and undermine whatever rule of law existed before. This seems especially true for ruling coalit...

[DW] President Idriss Deby Itno has ruled Chad since toppling the dictator Hissene Habre in 1990. Critics say his cunning and ruthless approach has helped him become one of the world's longest-serving leaders.

[New Zimbabwe] THE government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to accept the state-issued 99-year farm leases.

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has assured her Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta of a bold and continued cooperation from Tanzania, as part of efforts to push forward development agenda between the two countries. She has also directed th...

[Atlantic Council] As recovery from the economic fallout of the pandemic occurs, richer countries appear to be progressing faster than poorer ones--many of them in Africa, where 60 percent of the world's poor live.

[IPS] Washington DC -- Is Chinese financing good for developing countries? This has become a provocative question, freighted with ideology, geopolitics, and commercial rivalries. That doesn't mean it isn't worth trying to answer factually and empiric...

[Africa In Fact] Is there a convincing reason why communities who host resource extraction projects in their ecosystems are not considered investors in development economics? Is it fair or just to think that, in welcoming and hosting mining, oil and ...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nearly 90 people arrested for trafficking offences in operation spanning 24 countries, from France to Brazil

[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

[African Arguments] Two weeks ago, Kenya issued an ultimatum for the UNHCR to present a plan for the closure of two huge refugee camps. Its deadline just expired.

[The Conversation Africa] Three years ago South Africa introduced Africa's first major tax on sugar-sweetened beverages based on grams of sugar. The tax now stands at about 11% of the price per litre.

[DW] Incumbent President Patrice Talon is poised for reelection in the West African country. But reforms to Benin's electoral system have stacked the odds in his favor at the expense of the opposition.

[Vanguard] ... We thought another Biafran war had started --Resident

[Daily News] Arusha -- DIFFERENT stakeholders are to be invited to discuss viable options that will enable the government reach a decision on the fate Ngorongoro Conservation Area whose human population has become a threat to wildlife.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] If we seize the moment and work together - boomers and millennials - there are very real chances for a future world that is better than the one today's adults were born into

[CAF] Promoting football in schools is one of the goals CAF has set for itself over the next few years.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A backgrounder for AllAfrica's online discussion with scholars and peace practitioners.

[allAfrica] As of April 9, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,316,767   while over 8,365,802 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[VOA] Abuja -- Nigerian authorities are still searching for at least 1,800 inmates who escaped this week during a prison break in southeastern Imo state. Officials have blamed a regional separatist group, but the group denies responsibility as tensio...

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. human rights office is urging Sudanese authorities to speed up the deployment of security forces to West Darfur, in an effort to protect civilians from ethnic and tribal clashes in the region.

[allAfrica] With the lives of an estimated 50,000 people in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado disrupted by recent insurgent attacks, the country's neighbours are reported to be planning to send troops to the province.

[The Point] The Gambia senior national team on Wednesday moved five places in the latest FIFA World Rankings released by the world's football governing body.

[The Herald] A Zimbabwe without land doesn't exist. Land defines who we are as Zimbabweans.

[The Herald] Court Correspondent