[allAfrica] As of March 17, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,052,766 while over 5,214,961 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Citizen] Tanzania's President Dr John Pimbe Magufuli has died at the age of 62, the Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced.

[New Times] The Ministry of Education has introduced new Covid-19 measures in schools to control the virus spread.

[East African] After failing to hold elections in December last year, Somalia is tipping beyond a failed state as political statehooders plot to push President Muhammed Abdullahi Farmaajo out of office.

[The Conversation Africa] Namibia celebrates its 31st independence day this month. But Namibians are not in a festive mood. A 2019 survey by Afrobarometer, the independent African research network, showed a significant loss of trust in the country's ...

[Premium Times] "One in seven Nigerians take drugs. We have found out that there is a nexus between drug use and crime," Mr Marwa says.

[East African] Juba -- The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until March 15, 2022 after the unanimous adoption of resolution 2567 (2021).

[Daily Trust] Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with the African Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) for the implementation of the African Union Trusted Travel Pass to make continental travel easier and safer amidst the COVID -19 pand...

[HRW] Justice Should Be Done and Seen to Be Done at Trial for Ngarbuh Massacre

[Addis Standard] Founder and leader of the opposition Ethiopian Democratic Party Lidetu Ayalew was banned from travelling to the United States yesterday evening. This is the second time Lidetu was prevented from travelling to the US to get medical tr...

[Premium Times] Environmental and social justice groups on Wednesday condemned Italy's anti-corruption laws as "unfit for purpose".

[The Conversation Africa] For over a decade, the North-eastern region of Nigeria has been ravaged by insecurity, as the militant group Boko Haram has destabilised border communities. The damage ranges from loss of life to destruction of property and ...

[Nation] Botswana has started repatriating about 300 Zimbabwean refugees who fled the country during the reign of late former president Robert Mugabe.

[Nairobi News] Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. Magufuli, 62, died from a heart attack, according to a televised announcement by the country's Vice-President Samia Suluhu.

[Daily Trust] The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has told Nigerians to beware of the third wave of the virus as being experienced in some countries.

[Premium Times] Although Nigeria has four refineries, all government-owned, it currently imports virtually all its refined petroleum products.

[AI London] Film editor jailed for 'false news' and insulting a police officer Along with her mother and sister, was attacked by mob with connivance of police 'Today's verdict is yet another crushing blow for the right to freedom of expression in Eg...

[UN News] The recent "horrific killings" of dozens of civilians in two villages in western Niger have been condemned in the strongest terms by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

[UN News] An arms embargo imposed on Libya by the Security Council in 2011 remains "totally ineffective" a UN Panel of Experts has said, adding that civilians, including migrants and asylum seekers, continue to suffer widespread rights violations and...

[DW] Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has died after weeks out of the public eye. He will we be remembered for reasons both good and bad, says DW's Mohammed Khelef.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- Kenya court upholds a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) giving boost to end FGM while one in five Kenyan women (15 to 49 years old) experience serious health problems

[DW] Several African countries have banned the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine citing possible side-effects. The move follows similar measures by European states. But it could seriously hinder the continent's vaccine rollout.

[DW] Energy giants Eni and Shell were accused of corruption in the 2011 purchase of an offshore oilfield in Nigeria. The $1.3 billion sale was the biggest corruption scandal to hit the industry.

[CFR] Nigeria's northern regions continue to struggle with insecurity, claiming the lives of tens of thousands and displacing millions due to armed banditry and Boko Haram. Significant battlefield defeats led the military to resort to a strategy of e...

[CFR] In early March, over three hundred schoolgirls abducted by armed groups from a secondary school in Zamfara State in northern Nigeria were released by their abductors.

[New Zimbabwe] MDC Alliance MPs Tendai Biti, Willias Madzimure and Settlement Chikwinya and three other party legislators have all been recalled from parliament by their former party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari was yesterday conferred with the highest national award of Niger Republic, Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger, by the country's President Mahamadou Issoufou.

[ISS] New posters have popped up on the streets of South Africa advertising 'vaccination R150'. At first glance they could be referring to any vaccine, but COVID-19 is likely the disease in question. And recent incidents suggest there is cause for co...

[Nation] Efforts to curtail the impact of climate change have been hampered by decreased investment in green projects globally.

[Nation] explorationSomalia has dragged Tanzania into its maritime dispute with Kenya at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands.