[allAfrica] As of February 26, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,868,959.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- "The urgency to get a vaccine to everyone, everywhere cannot be underestimated. As a country, we will be joining efforts to help the world recover better by ending the pandemic as a priority, addressing food security and hung...

[Premium Times] Zamfara in Northwest Nigeria is one of the states most affected by bandits' attacks.

[AI London] Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on 28-29 November last year, opening fire in the streets and conducting house-to-house raids in a massacr...

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari says "the government shall continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals who constitute a threat to innocent citizens across the country."

[Nation] Members of Parliament have refused to ratify Kenya's trade pact with the UK, accusing unknown officials of sneaking in documents that had not been tabled in Parliament.

[Nation] The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) is set to launch two mini-rockets from the Malindi Space Centre in collaboration with the University of Rome in August.

[Monitor] The United States government has called for "independent, credible, impartial and thorough" investigations into alleged irregularities in Uganda's presidential elections.

[HRW] 20 Women Raped During March 2020 Attack in Ebam

[East African] Mozambique received 200,000 doses of Covid-19 inoculations from China on Wednesday, but the country is yet to disclose its vaccination plan.

[RFI] More than 200 people in Guinea have been vaccinated against Ebola, just days after the arrival of some 11,000 doses of the Merck vaccine and just over a week since the West African country declared its first Ebola outbreak since the deadly epid...

[AI London] Civilians killed and injured during the December 2020 elections in the Central African Republic

[Nation] Travellers considering flying and are concerned about social distancing can now book an extra seat or row on Kenya Airways (KQ).

[AI London] Investors must hold global mining giant Anglo American accountable for toxic legacy of lead poisoning between 1925 and 1974

[DW] Supporters of losing candidate Mahamane Ousmane have turned to the streets since Tuesday. Police said 468 were arrested.

[This Day] Kaduna -- President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that criminals who were terrorising the country should be dealt with accordingly, without resorting to ethnic profiling. He reiterated that government shall continue to deal with insurg...

[Leadership] China's President Xi Jinping has declared "complete victory" in his government's effort to eradicate rural poverty, lifting the income of nearly 100 million people over the past eight year, a development Nigerian experts have described a...

[DW] Bushmeat is considered a virus vector and a cause of countless diseases. But the problem goes far beyond the consumption of bat stew. And the next pandemic is already lurking.

[Premium Times] The Boko Haram insurgency in northern Nigeria has caused over 37,500 deaths since 2011, according to a United Nations agency.

[This Day] Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicalsyesterday reiterated its commitment to protecting the shorelines and fishing activities in Lekki coastal environment, thereby allaying the fears of fishermen and other residents in the area.

[Premium Times] The government says World Bank's insistence that the gap between the spot and the parallel market rates be closed will take time.

[This Day] Maiduguri -- Several travellers were abducted yesterday on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway as suspected Boko Haram fighters laid siege to travellers on the major highway from Yobe State to troubled Borno State.

[Africa Renewal] WHO has disbursed US$ 1.25 million to support the response in Guinea and to reinforce Ebola readiness in Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

[Crisis Group] A rebellion in Equatoria, South Sudan's southernmost region, is undermining the already troubled peace between the main belligerents in its civil war. Mediators should push for a wider compact that accommodates Equatorian grievances an...

[The Conversation Africa] On February 23, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Luca Attanasio, his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo were killed in eastern Congo. They were part of a convoy th...

[African Arguments] In April 2020 Melinda Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said that she could not sleep at night because of the devastation she imagined the coronavirus might cause on the African continent, which lacked the capacity to p...

[ISS] The African Union Mission to Somalia's time is drawing to a close. It's scheduled to end in December 2021, after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) extended the 28 February exit deadline. But instead of making preparations to leave, the...

[IPS] New York -- The question of Western Sahara, known as Africa's last colony, has recently gained great visibility in international media interestingly due to two drastic developments.

[Africa Renewal] "From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs," - 39-year-old Bimsen Beeharry.

[This Day] The Lagos State Government has announced that there would be a total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday.