[The Conversation Africa] News of a new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is indeed distressing. The last in West Africa occurred between 2014 and 2015 and affected Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. It was the world's deadliest Ebola outbreak, which began ...

[This Day] On January 28, 2021, when Air Peace received its first brand new aircraft from Embraer, the Chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema used the ceremony to let Nigerians know what the Buhari-administration did for the aviation industry.

[East African] The World Bank has named Senegalese national Makhtar Diop as the new managing director of its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation effective March 1.

[New Dawn] -as suspected Ebola patient admitted at Redemption Hospital

[Shabelle] At least 20 al-Shabaab militants were killed in a military operation in Somalia's southern Lower Shabelle region, the army said on Thursday.

[East African] A new wave of the desert locust invasion currently destroying crops and pastures in northern Kenya threatens to spiral out of control, having spread to more than 15 counties in the country.

[Vanguard] Residents of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Jere Local Government Area and the entirety of Northern Borno Senatorial District have been forced into darkness since January 25, 2021 when armed insurgents used an improved explosive device to...

[Monitor] Journalist bodies have condemned continued the brutal attacks by the military on journalists as they do their work.

[Shabelle] The Somali government has released a satetement on last night's gunfight in Mogadishu between police and opposition candidates' security guards.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Mexico City -- Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Peru and DR Congo have weakened regulations to boost economic growth

[Nation] More than 1000 Mombasa county health workers, including nurses, clinical officers and laboratory technicians, have called off their three months strike after reaching an agreement with their employer.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday chaired a meeting of senior government officers, where he demanded the completion of ongoing projects, a key deliverable 17 months to the end of his term.

[Premium Times] A week after the Sasha Market riot in Ibadan, victims count their losses

[RFI] The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo is using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse to backtrack on environmental safeguards, which is impacting on the rights of indigenous people, according to a report published on Thursday.

[This Day] Nigeria may not be the destination of mining activities in crypto-currencies or investment in crypto infrastructure yet, but with the high unemployment figure, it has enjoyed an increasing number of its citizens seeking a career path in th...

[RFI] French President Emmanuel Macron has described the slow speed of Covid-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa as "intolerable", blaming inequality between poor and rich countries for access to vaccines.

[DW] Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dissolved the parliament and announced a government reshuffle in a highly anticipated address to the nation. The new elections are likely to take place by the end of the year.

[Premium Times] The rehabilitation programme is estimated to take around 18 to 24 months.

[Premium Times] Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 0.11 per cent in the three months through December from a year earlier.

[Norwegian Refugee Council] Almost 210,000 people are newly displaced as a result of the escalating conflict in Central African Republic since mid-December, bringing the total number of displaced to 1.5 million, almost a third of the country's total ...

[WHO] Brazzaville -- With efforts gathering pace to promptly tackle the new Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying teams of experts to support the national authoritie...

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status to late Zimdancehall musician Soul Jah Love, paving way for the talented musician's burial at the provincial heroes' acre.

[Monitor] Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has asked the Supreme Court to give him extra time to file additional affidavits in support of his petition challenging the victory of Yoweri Museveni in the January 14 elect...

[African Arguments] Two landmark rulings are a testament to decades of tireless campaigning by people in the Niger Delta and environmental activists.

[ISS] On 30 January, armed robbers in Cape Town hijacked two members of a maintenance team loading automated teller machines (ATMs). They strapped a makeshift explosive device to one of the victims and forced him to open various ATMs in order to stea...

[The Herald] Award winning Zimdancehall musician Soul Jah Love (Soul Muzavazi Musaka) has been declared a liberation hero.

[Nation] The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) claims it has killed hundreds of government soldiers, including Eritrean troops who allegedly were involved in the fighting in Ethiopia's northern region.

[Daily Trust] Half of all animal produced in Nigeria is consumed in Lagos alone, the state government has said.

[Vanguard] The names of those kidnapped by bandits from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been revealed.

[GroundUp] Gender activists welcome draft new identity management policy, with some reservations