[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of February 21, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,819,718.

[Independent (Kampala)] Geneva -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reached out to COVID-19 skeptic, Tanzania's President John Magufuli, promising to support the country's health system.

[WHO] We extend our condolences to our Tanzanian sisters and brothers on the recent passing of a senior Tanzanian leader as well as the government's Chief Secretary.

[Zimbabwe Standard] The European Union welcomes further opportunities for continued dialogue and engagement with Zimbabwe and reiterates its ambition for a more constructive relationship.

[Premium Times] Deaths from COVID-19 in Africa have surged by 40 per cent in the past month.

[Daily Trust] Parents of some of the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have said it is on the pages of newspapers and social media that they read about the efforts to release their children.

[Observer] Dr. Wilhemina Jallah, Minister of Health of Liberia, has disclosed that there is no confirmed case of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country following reports earlier yesterday that a woman from neighboring Guinea was suspecte...

[Leadership] Despite longstanding laws against gas flaring, the burning of natural gas during oil extraction has remained the major cause of mortality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. ANAYO ONUKWUGHA writes that since the practice involves carbon ...

[Swazi Media] King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), has revealed that he was hospitalised for more than 10 days in January after testing positive for coronavirus.

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa will finally get his share of the Covid-19 jab, joining other world leaders who have taken the globe's most sought-after medicine in front of their people.

[The Herald] Thousands of people attended the burial of Zimdancehall musician Soul Jah Love real name Soul Muzavazi Musaka at Warren Hills Cemetery despite the Covid -19 regulations which restrict mourners to 30.

[Premium Times] The troops are heard mocking the sect leader and asking him to come out of hiding.

[RFI] Mali's interim Prime Minister Moctar Ouane has created a platform in order to open talks with the Islamist militants who have wreaked havoc in the north of the country.

[Daily Trust] The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, had expressed readiness for his country to be part of Nigeria.

[Nation] Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli has remained adamant that he will not impose a lockdown even as suspected Covid-19 cases continue to surge in the country. Instead, he urged citizens to keep seeking divine intervention.

[Balancing Act] London -- Despite the transition to a democratic Government in 2017, the country has not really got to grips with the kinds of reforms that would help the communications sector grow. Russell Southwood spoke to industry sources in the ...

[New Zimbabwe] Mushroom farming is gaining ground in urban Zimbabwe, with more and more people growing the delicacy in their backyard to earn extra bucks.

[Premium Times] Lawyers say the continued detention of Titilayo Benson without new charges is a gross violation of human rights.

[Premium Times] Nigeria's foreign affairs ministry said the minister was earlier quoted out of context.

[Nation] The Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) has called on the Tanzanian government to declare the presence of Covid-19 in the country, and announced mandatory preventive measures after losing 25 lawyers by Friday.

[Swazi Media] King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of Swaziland (eSwatini), has admitted his poverty-stricken kingdom will not attain 'First World' status by 2022. He had been claiming this was possible for many years.

[Vanguard] Flamboyant social media celebrity, Ramon Abbas better known as Hushpuppi has again been named as a co-conspirator in a case that involves North Korean hackers.

[New Zimbabwe] MORE tracks by late talented Zimdancehall chanter, Soul Jah Love are set for posthumous release, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.

[Premium Times] "We are working to make sure that we can prohibit sale by the sticks quickly and doing some small enforcement like we have done."

[Premium Times] He said that all workers in federal government agencies had been captured in the NHIS.

[Premium Times] The governors and the monarchs agreed to end open grazing.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government, yesterday, addressed the issue of insecurity facing Nigeria, saying some of that the bandits and criminal herdsmen terrorising the country are non-Nigerians.

[Zimbabwe Standard] The late Saul Musaka, aka Soul Jah Love, was one of the pioneer youths, who helped popularise the urban grooves movement before he decided to migrate to Zimdancehall from which he became an instant hit.

[Zimbabwe Standard] Remains of the late superstar Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love, born Soul Musaka, were interred next to his father Ephraim Ticharwa's grave at Warren Hills Cemetery, yesterday.

[Zimbabwe Standard] Gweru gospel musician Respina Patai, popularly known as Mai Patai, has dropped a single titled Ndinoda Kuona, which she describes as "a powerful prophetic tool that declares God's ability in the circumstance of one's inability".