[Premium Times] Governor Ortom disagrees with his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, over cattle herders arming themselves with AK-47 rifles.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As world marks Red Hand Day, United Nations warns coronavirus could fuel child recruitment by armed groups

[African Arguments] Calls for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops, unimpeded humanitarian access, and investigations into war crimes are growing.

[Crisis Group] War has devastated Ethiopia's northernmost region. Pending comprehensive national dialogue, Addis Ababa should ease Tigray's immediate predicament, engaging elements of the authorities it unseated to govern the area and ensure that aid...

[Monitor] The United Kingdom (UK) government has frozen about Shs206m (£40,909) in funding to Uganda Police Force, Uganda Prisons Service and Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) over human rights abuses and the Ugandan government's increasing repr...

[RFI] French President Emmanuel Macron met with Djibouti's long-standing leader Ismaël Omar Guelleh in Paris on Friday, with the renegotiation of a military agreement at the top of the agenda. The deal gives France the right to host its biggest fore...

[New Era] Since Covid-19 hit, many concerts, art events and festivals have been taking place online. However, almost one in two people globally cannot access them due to issues such as lack of internet connectivity, according to UNESCO estimates.

[Namibian] The prospect of munching digitally printed meat has been met with raves and ridicule after the recent unveiling of a three-dimensional (3D)-printed rib-eye steak in Israel.

[WHO] Brazzaville -- Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa have surged by 40% in the last month, pushing Africa's death toll towards 100 000 since the first reported case on the continent on 14 February 2020. This comes as Africa battles new, more contagiou...

[Namibian] The government will spend around N$300 million to pay salaries of Air Namibia employees who will stay at home while the 74-year-old airline is shut down.

[Leadership] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Dangote Refinery has the potential to rescue Nigeria from the current economic downturn as well as provide an elixir for the country's economy when it is completed and start produc...

[Premium Times] Fela was among the seven artistes whose names appeared on the list, alongside Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, and Tina Turner.

[This Day] Kaduna/Abuja/Makurdi -- -Says Fulani who have broken no laws must be protected

[Dalsan Radio] The Somali government has Friday begun issuing certificates for commercial airlines for the first time in over 30 years.

[Ethiopian Herald] Addis Ababa -- The Government of Ethiopia said that nothing would stop the 2nd filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD's) reservoir in the coming July 2021 .

[Africa In Fact] In weakly institutionalised contexts, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead of a blessing. Where citizens are relatively powerless to hold ruling elites to account, resource wealth undermines development prospects. To t...

[IPS] Denver, Colorado -- Last fall, a 45-year-old father of four named Moses turned on the radio at his home in Arusha, Tanzania. Searching for his favorite station, he heard the introduction to a program about girls that he would later describe as ...

[PR Newswire] International partners welcome the announcement that Somaliland's parliamentary and local council elections will take place on 31 May 2021.

[Namibia Economist] Following the liquidation of troubled Air Namibia, the government has committed to an ex-gratia payment to the value of 12 month's salary for the employees of the airline a government official said.

[New Zimbabwe] Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has been granted $20 000 bail and further barred from addressing press conferences by Harare magistrate Vongai Guuriro.

[ISS] It wasn't even going to be a real one-person, one-vote election. That had been the original plan but had proved too ambitious. So Somalia reverted to its previous practice - an indirect election where powerful clan elders would elect delegates ...

[The Herald] War veterans' national chairperson Cde Chris Mutsvangwa has dismissed a Twitter account bearing his name saying it is the work of the fallen G40 minions who are seeking relevance by cloning his name on social media platforms.

[New Era] The police in Ohangwena have raised concerns over the smuggling of illegal fuel into Namibia from Angola.

[Daily News] SPEAKER Job Ndugai has suspended the Parliament session in Dodoma today (Friday, February 12, 2021), following the death of Muhambwe MP, Engineer Atashasta Nditiye.

[Nation] Mandera is now among the counties reporting a fast worsening drought situation.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- In the clearest indication yet that the Uhuruto political marriage is dead, President Uhuru Kenyatta has dared his deputy William Ruto to resign instead of criticising the government from within.

[Namibian] A number of Air Namibia employees claim they have given their lives to the national airline and have been left devastated after the government's announcement that it is enforcing a 2020 decision to liquidate the company.

[Leadership] Veteran Nollywood Actor, Pete Edochie, has publicly endorsed his son, Yul Edochie, for the 2023 presidential election in the country.

[New Zimbabwe] South Africa's opposition leader, Mmusi Maimane has slammed the African Union (AU) for failing to take a decisive action in assisting Zimbabweans who have been crying for help against state sponsored oppression.

[New Zimbabwe] More than 60% of Zimbabwe's working population now survives on vending or other informal sector operations and there is need for the government to recognise the trade and provide necessary safety nets.