[allAfrica] As of March 21, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   4,095,576 while over5,599,955 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] As of March 20, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,086,994 while over 5,599,955 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan has on March 20, led various leaders in paying their last respects to the fifth President of the United Republic of Tanzania, John Magufuli.

[DW] The Ethiopian government has warned multiple times that the international community must not interfere in its handling of the war in Tigray, claiming it is solely a domestic matter. But that's not the case.

[DW] Congolese will vote in presidential elections on Sunday. Most citizens have only ever known one head of state during their lives: Denis Sassou Nguesso, whose grip on power looks set to continue.

[Crisis Group] In 2016, Nigeria launched a program to help Boko Haram defectors reintegrate into civilian life. Rare interviews with the "deradicalisation" facility's graduates reveal some encouraging signs but also troubling patterns that - if not a...

[Chatham House] President Samia Suluhu Hassan must grant citizens an open and honest appraisal of Magufuli's leadership, something denied to them in his re-election victory.

[Vanguard] The suspension of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines in some countries following reports of cases of blood clots and other side effects may increase hesitancy to accept a COVID-19 vaccine.

[New Zimbabwe] AFRICAN countries are looking for inventive ways and means to fill the annual development financing gap of US$92,8 billion.

[Premium Times] Nigeria's food inflation is highest in 15 years and insecurity, COVID-19, climate change and economic policies have pushed food prices beyond the reach of millions.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- President John Magufuli may have returned to his Maker; but he has left a legacy that will be remembered by his fellow Tanzanians.

[The Conversation Africa] There's hope that some industrialised countries will achieve near-universal vaccination against COVID-19 in the coming months. Yet the effort to vaccinate even the most essential workers in developing countries has only just...

[DW] Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in as Tanzania's first female president following the death of John Magufuli. The former vice president may cut a different leadership figure compared to her predecessor.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- All eyes are now on who will be the next Vice President of Tanzania as Samia Suluhu Hassan, who held the position in the last five years, was sworn in as President. The 61-year old replaced John Magufuli, who died on Wednes...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Retired President Jakaya Kikwete has said he is confident the country is in safe hands because the newly sworn in President Samia Suluhu Hassan knows what has happened, what needs to be done and what was planned for the nex...

[Monitor] The new president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) is a South African billionaire named Patrice Motsepe. It is a well-known fact that he is one of the richest Africans. What is however sometimes disputed is how he has been abl...

[East African] The president took oath of office on Friday at State House in Dar es Salaam, a day after announcing the death of her predecessor from a heart disease.

[Leadership] Shortly after Burna Boy's album "Twice as tall" won the Grammy, it has shot to the number 1 spot in the top albums in Nigeria category of Apple music streaming platform.

[Daily Maverick] Saving rhinos Part 1: The crisis. As anti-poaching costs soar, protecting rhinos has become a costly liability. Debates on what to do about it have become a war zone, and the biggest losers are the rhinos themselves.

[Monitor] The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic altered different sectors. Some have recovered while others are still finding their feet. The tourism industry was not spared either. It was pegged back with no activity for months.

[Monitor] The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries is calling upon farmers to invest in avocado production.

[Namibia Economist] Independence congratulatory statement by Jessica Long, U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Namibia.

[Citizen] Actions against tax evasion by the late President Magufuli were arguably among the major happenings in Tanzania in his first month in office way back in November 2015. Among other things, a number of issues related to tax evasion were unfol...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Samia Suluhu Hassan would sometimes represent Magufuli on foreign functions, making her "the face of Tanzania internationally."

[Citizen] March 19, 2021 will forever go down in the United Republic of Tanzania's history as the day the nation inaugurated its first female president in Samia Suluhu Hassan.

[East African] During his first five-year term, the man known as 'The Bulldozer' drew admirers and detractors thanks to an abrasive leadership style.

[Ethiopian Herald] Women in Africa are more likely to be entrepreneurs, than men. They make up 58 percent the continent's self-employed population and women's formal ownership of SMEs currently stands at around a third of all registered SMEs in Afric...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday conveyed a message of condolence to Tanzania during a visit to the country's High Commission in Muthaiga, Nairobi, following the demise of the country's leader.

[Seychelles News Agency] Despite the thousands of miles of ocean separating Seychelles and Australia, islanders living down under are finding a way to contribute towards their motherland's COVID-19 recovery during this tough economic time.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- There was outpouring grief this morning at St Peter's Catholic church, Oysterbay in Dar es Salaam, as the body of President John Magufuli was brought for a requiem mass.