[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of February 2, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,582,328 .

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Four days after South Africa's top court ordered former president Jacob Zuma to appear before a commission of inquiry investigating the widespread corruption which spread through parts of the government during his time in off...

[Seychelles News Agency] The displaced people of the Chagos islands living in Seychelles say that the United Nations Maritime Law Tribunal has backed their aspirations for resettlement now that the tribunal has said that Britain has no sovereignty ov...

[New Dawn] The newly-accredited U S AMBASSADOR to Liberia Michael A. McCarthy has renewed his governments' continuous partnership with the Armed Forces of Liberia in making the force more relevant to the people of Liberia.

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[The Conversation Africa] Airport histories can be surprising. Changes to airport names may conceal stretches of their past. Thus, the colonial roots of two of Nairobi's three airports are opaque. Each of the three has taken a turn as the prime inter...

[ISS] Since the dramatic worldwide 21-year low of April 2020, oil prices have recovered by almost 300%, copper prices have reached an eight-year high and liquefied natural gas prices have recovered by over 700%. This commodity rebound - supported by ...

[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the COVID-19 Health Protection Bill 2021, making the use of face masks in public places mandatory, among other measures to curtail the further spread of pandemic.

[Monitor] The Supreme Court will hear Robert Kyagulanyi's presidential election petition against Yoweri Museveni in a hotel, Daily Monitor has learnt.

[East African] Juba -- Peace monitors and mediators have urged parties to stop blame games and instead work together to expedite the anticipated unification of forces in South Sudan as stipulated in the 2018 peace accord.

[Premium Times] "This will replace the earlier communicated 100,000 doses of Pfizer mRNA vaccine..."

[Premium Times] "If they insist on having these additional tests being done, then PTF has decided that their operations will be suspended into Nigeria."

[Capital FM] Makueni -- Swarms of locusts have invaded farms in sections of Makueni County Monday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has made commendable progress in the HIV response as shown by the progressive decline in HIV prevalence among adults (15-49 years), even though the transmission rate is higher among the youth.

[SAnews.gov.za] With a decline in new COVID-19 infections, hospital admissions and deaths, Government has decided to ease a number of restrictions under Adjusted level 3.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has officially received its first shipment of one million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

[UN News] All Libyans have a chance at national reconciliation and renewal once the country's representatives, who have begun meeting in Switzerland, vote on a new executive, UN negotiator Stephanie Williams said on Monday.

[Crisis Group] Dakar/Brussels -- Since 2013, when it sent troops to Mali, France has led international efforts to root out Islamist militancy from the Sa

[New Zimbabwe] The United Kingdom (UK) has slapped targeted sanctions on four top allies to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, among them security chiefs, accusing them of having a hand in the killing of Zimbabwean protesters.

[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government has fixed a meeting with the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions (NASU) on Tuesday (tomorrow)

[spotlight] Treatment of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South Africa has been transformed over the last decade. Most people with DR-TB no longer have to take daily injections and treatment is often completed in nine months, compared ...

[WHO] WHO recommends that patients who have COVID-19 - both confirmed and suspected - should have access to follow-up care if they have persistent, new or changing symptoms.

[East African] Seven people were killed and 28 others injured at the weekend after Angolan police foiled a protest in Lunda Norte province, 656 km north of the country's capital Luanda.

[Nation] Ahmad Ahmad has resumed his duties as president of Confederations of African Football (Caf), the continental body announced on Sunday.

[The Conversation Africa] I began to write this essay in January 2020, what feels like years ago. The issues I wanted to raise are no longer even partly hidden. The effects of racism on the body, especially the black body, are in plain sight.

[The Herald] Cyclone Eloise, which battered Southern Africa, left 15 people dead, scores injured and crops and infrastructural damage running into thousands of dollars as governments in the region release data of the impact of the tropical storm.

[AI London] South Sudan's National Security Service (NSS) is using abusive surveillance to terrorize journalists, activists and critics, leading to a climate of intense fear and self-censorship, Amnesty International said in a new report.

[The Herald] The top cop in Matabeleland North was arrested yesterday for allowing his girlfriend to run private businesses on a police farm since 2019 without paying a cent into police funds.

[The Herald] Deputy procurement director in the Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Blessed Ishmael Murwira Majiga, who is at the centre of a national cloud-seeding aircraft tender scam, was yesterday denied bail by a ...

[The Herald] The Covid-19 pandemic second wave has shown the importance of countrywide awareness interactive sessions held by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa to educate communities on the importance of masking up, observing social distancing, hand wash...