[allAfrica] As of June 11, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,983,779 while over 28,179,798 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[United States Mission to the United Nations] (AS DELIVERED) I guess that's where we'll start now is just by saying I feel like we've been muted for the past seven months on Tigray. But, again, where I started is to thank you, Nima, and to welcome ev...

[DW] The prime minister decided to leave just a few months after the president was re-elected. The peace deal in the Central African Republic is on unsteady ground.

[RFI] French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced an overhaul of France's military operations in the Sahel, saying today's Barkhane force would no longer exist in its current form.

[New Zimbabwe] Tobacco sales reached US$396.4 million on day 44, surpassing levels reached in a similar period last year, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) statistics have revealed.

[Premium Times] Choosing not to borrow from China could be a way to cut Nigeria's exposure to the country, which stood at $3.4 billion as of March.

[Nation] At least 51 children, most of them girls, have been abducted by non-state armed groups in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado over the past 12 months, an NGO reported on Wednesday.

[Gov.UK] The UK will donate at least 100 million surplus coronavirus vaccine doses within the next year, including 5 million beginning in the coming weeks  Donation is in addition to UK work to support Oxford-AstraZeneca's contribution to fighting ...

[East African] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will suspend entry for travellers coming from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda starting June 11, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, state news agency WAM said ...

[Premium Times] The Ambassador to Nigeria suggests alternatives the government can apply rather than outright ban of social media platforms.

[Nation] Kenya has reopened its airspace to allow flights between the country and Somalia, thus easing the travel nightmare for businesspeople and diplomats and signaling progress towards restoring broken ties.

[Nation] The High Court has quashed an executive order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year that sought to place the Judiciary, commissions and independent offices under ministries and government departments.

[Nairobi News] Police have launched a manhunt for a Form Three student who attacked the school principal and hammered him in the head with a four-inch nail.

[VOA] Geneva -- A new report finds 160 million children or nearly one child in ten is involved in child labor globally, an increase of 8.4 million since 2016. A joint report by the International Labor Organization and UN Children's Fund warns the COV...

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Ministry of Information has denied reports that Somali troops were trained in Eritrea and fought in Ethiopia's war in Tigray. The rejection came as parents of allegedly missing troops held another protest demanding to kno...

[This Day] The Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Disposal of Forfeited Assets to the federal government, on Thursday, disclosed that no fewer than 2000 firms were bidding for the sale of assets forfeitted to the federal government.

[Premium Times] June 12 is the day what is regarded as the country's freest and fairest presidential election held but was never respected.

[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has again ordered security agencies to shoot any person or persons found illegally wielding AK-47 and other assault weapons.

[Premium Times] The shakeup came about two weeks after Faruk Yahaya, a major general, was appointed the chief of army staff by President Muhammadu Buhari.

[UN News] The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver lifesaving assistance to Ethiopia's Tigray region, where ongoing fighting between government and regional forces has put some 350,000 people at ...

[UN News] Nine in 10 African nations look set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their populations against COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday.

[ISS] Chaotic scenes at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Johannesburg last week have prompted a strong reaction from across the continent. African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat called for PAP activities to be suspended unti...

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria has been debating whether to legalise marijuana. Its House of Representatives is set to discuss a bill to that effect. The Conversation Africa's Wale Fatade asked Olakunle Idowu, a Professor of pharmaceutical chemist...

[The Conversation Africa] Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance and its leader, ...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania's national debt has reached Sh60.9 trillion as of April 2021, this was said by the Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Mwigulu Nchemba.

[Nation] Touted as the projects that will cement President Uhuru Kenyatta's legacy as he leaves office after serving two terms, the pillars of the Big Four agenda are slipping down on his administration's priority list, dimming hopes that he will ful...

[Nation] Retired Chief Justice David Maraga has declared President Uhuru Kenyatta should have been impeached for violating the Constitution, even as the High Court directed the Head of State to explain his selective appointment of judges.

[The Herald] The urgent High Court application by the executive director of an NGO to have Chief Justice Luke Malaba found in contempt of court has been dismissed.

[The Herald] Chibuwe in Chipinge Rural District Council Ward 20 is a village, about 400 km south east of the capital city of Harare. The village is in ecological region four and relies on small holder agriculture with crops such as grains, cotton, su...

[New Zimbabwe] The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T says it respects the decision by Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere to align themselves with the rival MDC Alliance faction following the pair's recent release from prison.