[allAfrica] As of May 24, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,755,948 while over 20,248,590 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] The United States has announced restrictions on economic and security assistance provided to Ethiopia over fighting in Tigray. Visas will also not be issued to those thought responsible for the crisis.

[DW] Some people are returning home a night after Mount Nyiragongo erupted, sending dangerous lava flows in the direction of the nearby city of Goma.

[The Conversation Africa] Social issues and crises tend to affect women more severely than men. This is why terms like "gender mainstreaming policies", "gender-responsive interventions" and "gender-based budgeting" have become more popular in public ...

[UN News] The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Goma district are at risk following the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo.

[SAnews.gov.za] Government has noted credit rating agencies Standard & Poor (S&P) and Fitch's recent assessment of South Africa's investment grading.

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is hunting for former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma who is on the run after losing a High Court appeal against his convicti...

[Premium Times] The death of COAS Ibrahim Attahiru has thrown up the issue of who heads the Nigerian Army.

[Premium Times] The latest report highlighted two consecutive quarters of growth following the negative growth rates recorded in the second and third quarters of last year.

[The Herald] Zimbabwean born business mogul and Econet founder, Mr Strive Masiyiwa, who has reportedly attained British citizenship, has been named the first black billionaire in the United Kingdom.

[The Conversation Africa] The late Jerry Rawlings led two coups in Ghana before twice being elected president in multiparty polls. Whether you associate him with anti-imperialism, democracy or political violence, the fact is that he was able to retai...

[Premium Times] The 800 suspects are part of about 1,000 whose case files have been reviewed by the federal government's prosecutors since 2019.

[Nairobi News] Africa remains a powerhouse in the production of natural resources and innovation, despite the social and political issues the continent undergoes.

[Nation] ODM leader Raila Odinga is pleading with the Court of Appeal to intervene and halt the implementation of the High Court decision that stopped the push to amend the Constitution so that the effort so far expended does not go to waste.

[Nation] A storm is brewing in the government after a number of MPs allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the removal of Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on claims of abuse of office.

[Nation] The National Election Board of Ethiopia has finally settled on June 21 as the new date of the country's election, having pushed it twice since last year.

[Nation] The government is entirely responsible for problems facing the sugar industry, according to the Kenya Association of Manufacturer's (KAM) Sugar Sub-Sector report.

[Daily Trust] There is a growing concern over frequent crashes involving military planes as no fewer than 223 military personnel died in noncombat crashes in less than 30 years, a figure experts say is too high by global comparison.

[Daily Trust] Reacting to a recent request by President Muhammadu Buhari for European countries to grant African countries debt relief, a Twitter user, Manney Uto claimed that debt relief had already been granted to African countries and extended to ...

[New Times] Hundreds of Goma residents who fled to Rwanda Saturday following eruption of Mountain Nyiragongo, have since this morning returned after the volcanic eruption reportedly seemed to subsidize reliable sources have told The New Times.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The Federal Government has been extending its leading role in providing humanitarian support in Tigray and reaching 4.5 million people in the State whilst international relief agencies response has remained unsatisfac...

[New Zimbabwe] A man identified as Brighton Gandawa from Chitungwiza township in Kariba was early Sunday morning trampled to death by an elephant while returning home from a beer outing.

[New Zimbabwe] The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has noted that although the country's annual inflation significantly dropped between July 2020 and April 2021 the rate remains "very high" and not ideal for economic stability.

[New Zimbabwe] Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube Friday scrapped the payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) on rice imports effectively bowing down to pressure mounted by millers and retailers.

[The Herald] Companies that offer agricultural support to farmers should play their part in the industrialisation of rural areas through rewarding crop producers fairly, President Mnangagwa has said.

[The Herald] Twenty -- seven people have been killed after being attacked by wild animals across the country since January while several others were injured as cases of human-wildlife conflict increase.

[State Department] Thank you, Mr. President. And let me start and thank the Special Envoy, Special Envoy Kubis, for your briefing today. I'd also like to thank the Ambassador for India for your briefing, and welcome the Libyan PR for joining us, as w...

[State Department] The below is attributable to U.S. Mission to the UN Spokesperson Olivia Dalton:

[State Department] The United States has deepening concerns about the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region as well as other threats to the sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity of Ethiopia. People in Tigray continue to suffer h...

[The Conversation Africa] A cyclone, known as Jobo, made landfall near Dar es Salaam in late April. By this point it had weakened to a tropical depression and impacts were, thankfully, minimal.