[East African] Kinshasa,

[DW] The Congolese government said it was evacuating Goma, a city of nearly 2 million people, after the Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupted. Lava reached the city's airport.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has made a case for production of vaccines in the region saying that much more input is needed for Africa to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic.

[East African] Zimbabwe has suspended maize imports, citing a big harvest of the staple crop this year after years of food shortages.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The candidates for the legislative elections emphasized Friday, on the second day of the election campaign, the necessity of going massively to the polls on 12 June, underlining that this electoral event is an oppo...

[Citizen] Somali leaders will meet on Saturday in Mogadishu to discuss the electoral calendar.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, in his capacity as the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has called an extraordinary summit of the "Double Troika" of SADC for next week, in order to discuss t...

[The Conversation Africa] In March 2020, those of us living on the African continent were terrified about what would happen. We had watched Wuhan and then Italy get overrun by Covid-19. These were environments far more resourced than Africa .

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Addis Ababa city administrat signed memorandum of understanding with Wadi Al Sider Commercial Investment Liability Ltd company to construct 30, 000 cost-effective houses at 68.4hectares of lands in Akaki sub-city in th...

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is optimistic of a swift resumption of the African Union (AU) -led Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks and called on the international community to support AU in its effort of breaking deadlock on th...

[Leadership] Bandits attacked St. Vincent Ferrer's Catholic Church in Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State, killing a Reverend father Alphonsus Bello on Thursday night.

[Leadership] The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has expressed its members' readiness to start the development and production of indigenous vaccines against SARS-Cov2 and other infectious diseases.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzanians have increasingly been engaging more and more in entrepreneurial activities seeking to improve their financial fortunes and hence built the country's economy.

[Citizen] Arusha -- The government will meet with top executives of financial institutions for the purpose of reviewing the monetary policy. This is with the view of seeing how to further lower interest rates, a cabinet minister said yesterday.

[Egypt Online] The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stressed Egypt is a main and leading country in the region, saying it is very confident about the future of relations between Egypt and China.

[Egypt Online] Health Minister Hala Zayed said producing Sinovac vaccine is a major step for Egypt to resume its pioneering role in producing vaccines.

[Egypt Online] Egypt takes part in the celebration of the World Biodiversity Day through several video clips and tweets on the Environment Ministry's social networks pages, Minister of Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said Saturday 22/05/2021.

[Egypt Online] Planning and Economic Development Minister Hala El Saeed agreed Saturday 22/05/2021 to increase the budget of the health ministry to supply advanced medical equipment by EGP 260 million.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received a phone call on Saturday 22/05/2021 from his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, during which they tackled the latest developments in the Palestinian arena.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry had talks on Saturday 22/05/2021 with his Cypriot counterpart Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, who is currently visiting Cairo.

[Egypt Online] Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said that some EGP 11 billion were allocated to purchase wheat from farmers.

[East African] All eyes are on the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam this Saturday as East Africa's biggest club and lone representatives in the CAF Champions League, Tanzania's Simba FC, face a herculean task in the second leg of their quarter...

[AIM] Maputo -- After three days in which no deaths from the Covid-19 respiratory disease were registered, the Mozambican health authorities reported on Friday that three people had fallen victim to the disease in the previous 24 hours.

[UNFPA in WCA] Bamako, 21 May, 2021: The 21st edition of the Bamako Forum opened on 20 May in Bamako, Mali, on the theme: "Sustainable development and human capital: results and operational priorities for the Transition in Mali". A UNFPA Side Event o...

[Daily News] MINISTRY of Trade and Industries is considering to introduce the Trade Remedies Act of 2021 to strengthen protection of traders that includes resolving unfair trade practices.

[Daily News] THE Defence and National Service ministry has unveiled its 2.3tri/- budget for 2021/22 fiscal year which, among nine priorities, is set to facilitate and widen National Service (JKT) infrastructure with modern tools so that it could offe...

[Nyasa Times] "I am overly delighted to report to all of us that the task to review the functional set-up and establishment of our institution has been accomplished and completed."

[Nyasa Times] Agricultural experts have emphasized the need for Malawi to urgently diversify away from tobacco, which is currently facing serious challenges both on the local and international markets due to the growing anti-smoking lobby.

[Nyasa Times] Government says Malawi has recently suffered unprecedented degradation of land and forests due to unplanned conversion of forestland to cultivated farmlands, poor farming practices and a lack of attractive alternatives to use of charcoa...

[Nyasa Times] "The guy diverts resources meant for vulnerable children to his family."