[Nyasa Times] Malawi government has gone back to the Lilongwe Magistrate Court, seeking a warrant of arrest for of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leaders Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary as part of beginning their extradition processe...

[CAJ News] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- THE international community has appealed for calm and justice to prevail in the Central African Republic (CAR) after Faustin Archange Touadéra was re-elected for a second presidential term.

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[Nyasa Times] Two weeks ago, Malawi government signed the extradition papers to begin the process of extraditing Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, to South Africa.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] "Total has suspended all construction work at its LNG project on the Afungi peninsula in Cabo Delgado, following a spate of violent incidents close to the LNG site," reports Zitamar. (4 Jan) A new outbreak of C...

[The Herald] REINSTATED Air Zimbabwe workers have now been sent on forced unpaid leave and are demanding that the airline, technically insolvent and under administration, immediately withdraws these orders, which they believe are illegal, and reinsta...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Kadugli -- The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) has launched the campaign Know Your Right, to protest the violence of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against "ordinary citizens". The association further dema...

[Nairobi News] Safaricom is among a group of lenders and IT companies that have been licensed to offer cashless payments in Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), setting the stage for the ban of use of cash in public transport.

[Premium Times] The minister also advised caregivers on steps to take to reduce deaths from COVID-19.

[ISS] The start of trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on 1 January 2021 marks the dawn of a new era in Africa's development journey. Over time, the AfCFTA will eliminate import tariffs on 97% of goods traded on t...

[Daily Trust] The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have "clashed" over monies allegedly stolen by successive administrations from 1999 to 2021.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government says it has opened talks with the Peoples Republic of China to have access to COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria.

[Daily Trust] Maiduguri -- Hundreds of civilians are fleeing their homes following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on a community in Askira/Uba local government area of Borno state on Tuesday.

[Premium Times] Nigeria is expecting 42 million extra doses of vaccines in the second phase through the COVAX facility.

[Premium Times] The magistrate adjourns the case to January 8.

[Premium Times] StatiSense relied on data from the Debt Management Office to carry out its survey.

[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Agnes Nyalonje, has disclosed the government is in need of K2.85 trillion to construct new secondary schools across the country.

[Namibian] HUMAN rights activist Nicodemus 'Mama Africa' Aoxamub says a political party for sex workers and LGBTQI communities in the country is on the cards.

[The Conversation Africa] For most people, infection with SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - leads to mild, short-term symptoms, acute respiratory illness, or possibly no symptoms at all. But some people have long-lasting symptoms after th...

[The Herald] Scores of Zimbabweans and South Africans have thronged the Beitbridge Border Post seeking to exit before the suspension on general passenger and cross border travel takes effect by midnight today.

[Premium Times] The hike is coming barely two months after the implementation of a controversial tariff increase.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Near real-time data pinpointing tree losses is helping African countries tackle deforestation, finds study

[New Times] President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic (CAR) has won the December 27 election, according to results announced late Monday, January 4.

[ISS] Police crime statistics provide only limited insight into the nature of crime and violence. This is not a uniquely South African problem. The same is true of all police data around the world. For a range of reasons, a lot of crime and violence ...

[Foroyaa] The Country Director of the Aspuna Group in The Gambia, Amadou Jah, has recently informed Foroyaa that their group has put Gambia on the global agro-processing map.

[Foroyaa] Tamsir Jasseh, former Director General of Immigration and Victim of Ndurr Cham 2006 foiled Coup, has on Monday narrated how he was arrested, detained and tortured at Mile II Central Prison.

[East African] Rwanda has restricted the movement of people between its capital city Kigali and other districts in its latest bid to curb surging coronavirus infections and deaths.

[New Dawn] The former Liberia Medicines and Health Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) Managing Director and one of Liberia's best Pharmacists, Dr. David Sumo warned that the proliferation of the street selling of energy drinks needs to be regulated.

[The Herald] Tobacco exports have so far earned the country US$763 million with more value-added tobacco in the form of cut rag and cut stems having been exported in 2020 compared to 2019, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board has revealed.