[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of February 17, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,763,067.

[Premium Times] The exact number of students kidnapped by the bandits has not been ascertained.

[Lesotho Times] A leading local human rights body has slammed the government for its alleged failure to protect the human rights of ordinary citizens by decisively addressing the human trafficking concerns raised by the United States (US) government.

[Lesotho Times] The street vendors' application to reverse the government's ban on street vending during the hard lockdown failed to take off in the High Court this week due to their failure to file their court papers on time.

[East African] Uganda's opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly knowns as Bobi Wine, has threatened to withdraw an election petition against President Yoweri Museveni, citing "bias" and "frustration" from the Supreme Court.

[SAnews.gov.za] The first delivery of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in South Africa.

[SAnews.gov.za] The North Gauteng High Court has ordered that an amount of R10 billion be added to Eskom's allowable revenue to be recovered from tariff customers in the 2021/22 financial year.

[Monitor] Police have distanced themselves from the operations in which hundreds of people were abducted by armed security operatives and taken to unknown detention centres.

[Premium Times] "God willing, we will identify them, and deal with them," President Buhari says.

[Nation] A wave of attacks by the Al-Shabaab that has left death and destruction in its wake in Mandera County, has raised questions about preparedness to fight terror even as the government warned of a local and ominous angle to the problem.

[Nation] Heavy rains have marooned about 27,000 people in Mozambique's Boane district, about 30 kilometres south of the country's capital Maputo since last week, local councilman confirmed Monday.

[Nation] Veterinarians have successfully identified five female southern white rhinos at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy that are likely to carry a pregnancy as a surrogate mother of the northern white rhino subspecies that is on the brink of extinction.

[The Conversation Africa] The African Union (AU) held the 38th Ordinary Session of its Executive Council at the beginning of February 2021.

[The Conversation Africa] International organisations around the world are increasingly committing themselves to undertaking inclusive approaches to peacebuilding. These organisations all pledge to engage with 'local actors' in the design, implementa...

[Premium Times] Obinwanne Okeke was on Tuesday sentenced in the United States to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims.

[Premium Times] The rise is a sombre illustration of the crisis the nation's food sector has faced, with millions of poor citizens struggling daily to buy food at exorbitant rates.

[UN News] An urgent appeal for $222.6 million was made on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency and partners to assist more than 315K Burundian refugees this year.

[Daily News] Morogoro -- THE country's frequent sugar crisis maybe a thing of the past as government is making every effort to address the deficit.

[UN News] Atrocities committed by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have become part of a systematic pattern to disrupt lives, instill fear and create havoc, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, expressing a...

[UN News] The UN Secretary-General has underlined his concern for Africa's Sahel region, where deteriorating security and violence are aggravating an already difficult humanitarian situation that is unfolding amid the COVID-19 pandemic and climate em...

[RFI] New witness testimonies have revealed more details about the murder of prominent Congolese human rights activist Floribert Chebeya and his driver Fidèle Bazana, over ten years ago, prompting calls for authorities to reopen the case and investi...

[Premium Times] The NGF mandates four governors to visit the Shasha market where violence recently erupted.

[Premium Times] The PDP leaders met Mr Jonathan amid rumours of the former president's defection to the ruling APC.

[RFI] Two men accused of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in the Central African Republic have rejected all charges against them at the start of their trial at the International Criminal Court.

[DW] The Hirak movement, which ousted former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has been given a new breath of life after a year of coronavirus restrictions.

[The Herald] Dancehall star Soul Jah Love has died.

[DW] Germany's foreign minister has rejected French requests for German engagement in Sahel combat operations. Meanwhile the French president has said he will not reduce the number of French troops in the West African region.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Merille. Kenya -- As climate change brings more weather extremes, access to village-level drought updates and advice via smartphones is helping under-pressure pastoralists cope

[The Conversation Africa] The recent appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infections), that may be associated with increased transmission of the virus and disease severity, has raised questions about the nature a...

[ISS] Two years after winning the historic 2018 election, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi recently dismantled the governing alliance he'd sealed with former president Joseph Kabila. But who will benefit from the new...