[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of July 21 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,290,919 while over 39,472,679 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[SAnews.gov.za] Government and business leaders from industries affected by the recent destruction of property and violence, in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, have committed to working together to rebuild the South African economy.

[Nation] The death toll from the Siaya fuel tanker tragedy rose to 17 as identification of 13 bodies that were burnt beyond recognition began on Tuesday.

[The Herald] With the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic being felt in Zimbabwe, more people are turning up for vaccination.

[Nyasa Times] Unprecedent and shocking as Malawi President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has included his daughter Violet Chakwera in a 10 member delegation trip to United Kingdom for a Global Education Summit.

[New Zimbabwe] Government is allocating Covid-19 vaccines to private clinics and hospitals, mainly targeting hotspot areas, Health ministry permanent secretary Jasper Chimedza announced Tuesday.

[The Herald] The government has increased civil servants' salaries by between 45 percent to 50 percent as it fulfils a promise to stagger the wage increment for employees.

[New Zimbabwe] ZNNP+ said continuous access to HIV prevention and treatment services must always be assured especially during this lockdown period as this draw back the gains in fighting the spread of HIV virus.

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commanders have convened several meetings over the past few weeks as they battle to contain rampant indiscipline among soldiers, characterised by the involvement of junior officers in high profile criminal ...

[Premium Times] Forty-eight companies, amongst them shopping malls, were awarded tax holiday in 2020.

[Vanguard] Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was reportedly arrested by security operatives in Cotonou, Benin Republic, yesterday, for immigration offences.

[Vanguard] Sequel to the alleged abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and his alleged rendition to Nigeria and continued detention by the Department of State Service, DSS, the United Kingdom (UK) has asked Nige...

[Premium Times] Police say the victims, mostly nursing mothers and children, spent 42 days in captivity

[East African] Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is tightening the noose on non-governmental organisations it accuses of pursuing a regime change agenda ahead of crucial elections in 2023.

[HRW] Jane Mbula, 50, a community worker in Mukuru Kayaba in eastern Nairobi, followed the news around Covid keenly. She heard the news in March 2020 when Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the first Covid-19 case in the country. The presiden...

[AI London] South African's Cryil Ramaphosa and Pakistan's Imran Khan also among 14 world leaders identified as potential targets The list contained phone numbers for more than 600 government officials and politicians from 34 countries 'It's clear t...

[Nation] The United Kingdom will this week start the mass deportation of Zimbabweans, who sought asylum at the height of the country's political upheavals under the late Robert Mugabe.

[DW] Good governance and an active civil society spare Ghana from the militia attacks that the neighboring countries are faced with. According to experts, democratic processes are well in place in the West African country.

[DW] More regional militias have pledged to march into Tigray. Some fear that this could send Ethiopia into a spiral of ethnic violence. Others see the move as a sign of Ethiopian unity.

[The Conversation Africa] War broke out in Tigray in November 2020, pitting the Ethiopian National Defence Force alongside Eritrea against the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front.

[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration will do everything possible to fish out those that he said had been troubling the peace of the nation and its citizens.

[The Conversation Africa] Imagine it's 2030 - and a typical day in a Nigerian healthcare setting. In earlier decades, when a patient walked in, they could see piles of folders and a clutter of pens scattered all over the office. They'd have a long wa...

[RFI] Mali's interim president Colonel Assimi Goita, who took power in June after leading a coup - the second in less than a year - is safe after what his office has called an assassination attempt.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Anti-Graft Agency Should Investigate

[CFR] In the Democratic Republic of Congo, opaque dealmaking facilitated the transfer of power from Joseph Kabila to Felix Tshisekedi. It is not too early for policymakers to encourage a more democratic process in 2023.

[ISS] Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement started on 1 January 2021, a significant milestone for Africa's political and economic aspirations. The deal created an enormous single market, uniting 1.2 billion people ...

[Nation] The Presidential race in Sao Tome and Principe will head into a run-off after the two main contenders failed to garner enough votes.

[Premium Times] At least 20 officers also died during these tragic incidents, including senior army personnel.

[New Zimbabwe] In order to curtail new Covid-19 infections and deaths, Government has, with immediate effect, ordered all civil servants to be vaccinated, while unvaccinated workers have been banned from boarding buses provided by the employer.

[The Herald] Government has secured US$1 million that will go towards the payment of compensation to white former farm owners as agreed in the Global Compensation Deed signed last year.