[Nation] Freetown -- Guinean authorities on Saturday said four people had died from suspected Ebola virus complications, sparking fears of the return of the deadly viral disease in West Africa, four years after the world's largest outbreak of the dis...

[Centre 4s] A G 5 Sahel-France Summit is due to take place on 15 February in Ndjamena, Chad. Eight years after the successful deployment of French troops in Mali, the time has come for the allies to evaluate the situation so as to avoid the crumbling...

[allAfrica] U.S. President Joseph Biden's pledge to implement a policy of cooperation with other countries, while supporting human rights and democracy, was widely welcomed as a needed return to international collaboration.

[UN News] Secretary-General António Guterres condemned  on Saturday, a "complex attack" against the UN mission in the West African country of Mali 

[Nation] Imagine going to a hospital and being treated by a doctor whom you later learn lacks the qualifications but forged his academic papers to get the job.

[DW] US tech giants -- such as Amazon, Google and Facebook -- pay minimal taxes abroad, despite making billions in profits. African user countries no longer want to miss out on the revenue and are discussing digital taxes.

[DW] Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that more than 40,000 people can make claims against the European energy giant following decades of oil spills in the Niger Delta region.

[DW] Nigeria -- the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States -- has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Leading chocolate makers have faced intense scrutiny over how they source their cocoa beans in recent years

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Okonjo-Iweala has stressed the need for the World Trade Organization to play a role in helping poorer countries access COVID-19 vaccines

[Nyasa Times] Lilongwe magistrate Shyreen Chirwa has refused to recuse herself from former CEO for Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Collins Magalasi criminal trial, she announced in court Friday.

[This Day] -Police in show of force, tighten security around Lekki

[Vanguard] -Say Biden can't dictate our way of life

[Premium Times] Also on Friday, Nigeria reported 1,005 new COVID-19 cases.

[Zimbabwe Independent] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is following the footsteps of his mentor, the late former president Robert Mugabe in recycling deadwood in cabinet positions, as a key strategy to consolidate his powerbase.

[WHO] The four leading international health and humanitarian organizations announced today the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile to ensure outbreak response.

[DW] Guinea's Health Ministry is "really concerned" over a recent outbreak of the rare but deadly virus that causes fever, aches, diarrhea, and sometimes bleeding. DR Congo has also reported cases.

[Nation] Bernard Nyaga Njogu is the Head of Sales at Scope Markets Kenya, a non-dealing Online Foreign Exchange Broker licensed and regulated by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).

[Nation] Two young women chat. "At least, this Valentine's Day won't find you single," one chides the other. We are in a matatu and I have all the time to listen in. "You will get someone girl," the hooked one, comforts.

[Observer] The morning of December 27, 2020, was like any other daybreak for Ashiraf Saif-Allah Kasirye, a reporter working with and for Ghetto Media, an online, TV affiliated to National Unity Platform (NUP) former presidential candidate, Robert Kya...

[GroundUp] For the four provinces analysed, over half the population has likely had a SARS-CoV-2 infection

[Ethiopian Herald] The Federal Urban and Job Creation and Food Security Agency said that some 870,000 jobs have been created during the first half of the current budget year through coordinated and consolidated efforts of all stakeholders in the sect...

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Addis Ababa Culture, Art and Tourism Bureau said that it has partnered with Tourism Ethiopia to launch Addis Ababa's first-ever tourism brand in the coming three months in a view to enhancing the promotion of tourism ...

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

[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.

[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...