[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The government has unveiled its plan aimed at containing the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by 2030.

[Premium Times] Burna Boy who bagged a World Music Album nomination will perform alongside other Grammy nominees

[New Zimbabwe] High Court judge, Tawanda Chitapi Tuesday granted $5 000 bail to Owen Kuchata, leader of Zimbabwe People's Front Party (ZPFP) who was jailed for attempt to bomb former President Robert Mugabe and family's Alpha Omega Dairy plant in Maz...

[Daily Maverick] Weapons produced in South Africa are awash in Yemen and being used by numerous parties in that war, says a report by Open Secrets.

[Nation] The increasing number of unintended pregnancies among young girls in the country has worsened teenagers' vulnerabilities to contracting HIV, a National Aids Control Council (NACC) official has said.

[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government yesterday stepped up campaigns towards the vaccination of Nigerians against COVID-19 just as it took delivery of 3.94 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines.

[East African] Somalia's opposition group on Tuesday accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo of undermining reconciliation after his office invited election stakeholders for dialogue, but excluded his rivals.

[East African] The US government has issued a new warning to civilian airlines flying in the Kenyan airspace to watch out for possible attacks by militant groups, in what could heighten anxiety for the industry already weighed down by massive financi...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Airports Council International (ACI) - the voice of world airports has today awarded the coveted Best Airport by Size and Region to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi and Moi International Airport (MIA), Momba...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Measures used by governments in past two decades include digital surveillance, disinformation, internet shutdowns and arrests for online speech

[RFI] Zimbabwe's Vice President Kembo Mohadi has resigned following an embarrassing leaked audio tape in which he appeared to make sexual propositions to women, leaving President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the awkward position of having to find a replacem...

[UN News] A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday.

[Africa Renewal] When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, announced that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would be the new Director-General, the mood among delegates was o...

[Daily Trust] Gusau -- The abductors of Jangebe schoolgirls gave out their phone numbers to their victims and promised to visit their parents to seek their hands in marriage.

[Vanguard] The Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Child Right Act of 2003, banning persons convicted of sexual offence from working with children.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya received the first batch of the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday night, with priority placed on healthcare workers.

[This Day] More states in northern Nigeria have shut schools due to the rise in abductions and banditry in the last two months.

[Premium Times] Zamfara State and other parts of the North-west and North-central zones are currently ravaged by banditry and kidnappings.

[Democracy Works] SA is rapidly going down the way of Mexico, where the criminal underworld, cartels and gangs have terrifying power and have brazenly created no-go zones, defied laws and violently attacked police forces without being brought to book...

[East African] The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project took a new twist on Monday when 263 non-governmental organisations sought to persuade at least 25 banks listed as potential financiers of the $3.5 billion development not to participa...

[Namibian] America and European whistleblower organisations yesterday launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds towards the medical treatment of Fishrot whistleblower Jóhannes Stefánsson.

[The Conversation Africa] The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an iconic megaherbivore whose populations are declining across Africa, the only continent where they are found. Giraffe numbers have plummeted from an estimated 150,000 in 1985 to fewe...

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's fisheries exports fell by 56 per cent in 2020 when compared with the previous year, as a result of a decline of catches by the industrial and semi-industrial fleets.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -- Idris Elba, Naomi Campbell and Edward Enninful pen open letter calling on Ghana's president to engage with LGBT+ community

[African Arguments] Ethnicity isn't meant to be a big part of politics, yet both the president and his rival accuse the other of tribalism and see themselves as its antidote.

[ISS] South Africa's recently released crime statistics reveal worrying increases in violent crime for the last quarter of 2020, including for murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and rape. They show that rising murder levels that started in ...

[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the new service chiefs in February.

[ICRC] Maiduguri -- In less than a week between February 20 and 23, two deadly attacks in Dikwa and Maiduguri led to several casualties, including a number of civilians who were caught in the crossfire. These attacks took place in the backdrop of an ...

[Premium Times] The COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport at about 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday.

[Leadership] Abuja -- The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of new service chiefs.