[allAfrica] Cape Town -- When the Democratic Republic of Congo's largest-ever outbreak of Ebola first emerged in the north-east of the country in 2018, it appeared that it would remain small and relatively isolated.

[UN News] An estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for tuberculosis (TB) during 2020 compared with the previous year, because of COVID-19, the UN health agency said on Monday.

[DW] The longtime president of the Republic of Congo is set for another five-year term after getting over 88% of the vote. The election day was marred by the death of his main opponent, Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas.

[IPS] Sydney and Kuala Lumpur -- At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023. Unfortunately, a year's delay will cause an estimated 2.5 million avoidable deaths in low and lower-middle-income countr...

[ISS] From 16 January to 7 February, Cameroon hosted the African Nations Championship. Some games were played in the town of Limbe in the South-West region, which is in the grip of an armed conflict between government forces and secessionist militias...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of March 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,116,102 while over 5,331,310 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[UN News] Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Monday of the urgent need to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, where an ongoing insurgency has uprooted hundreds of thous...

[East African] Somalia's key political leaders are headed for another tense meeting in Mogadishu on Wednesday, under pressure from donors to reach an electoral agreement for polls.

[New Zimbabwe] WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona says the absence of several key players, Zimbabwe have enough quality to get a positive result when they meet Botswana in their penultimate Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Francistown Thursday.

[Nation] Patients who walk into referral hospitals without referral letters will soon be denied access, the government has announced.

[Nation] Private hospitals are demanding deposits of up to Sh600,000 before admitting Covid-19 patients amid a scramble by the critically ill for limited Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds.

[Daily Maverick] Businessman with links to Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko was arrested by Congolese police in Lubumbashi on Wednesday after meeting with former president Joseph Kabila.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party declared the decision to kick out Deputy President William Ruto from his position as deputy party leader was a foregone conclusion, only awaiting the Head of State to convene a top party organ to rati...

[This Day] The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stressed the need to keep global trade flows open to ensure that developing and least-developed countries have access to essential medical goods to co...

[This Day] The organised labour yesterday secured a major ally in the federal government in its battle against the National Assembly over a bill seeking to decentralise national minimum wage negotiations.

[Premium Times] Nigeria remains one of the 30 countries globally with the highest burden of tuberculosis.

[Premium Times] UNAIDS estimates that between 40 per cent and 50 per cent of all new HIV infections may occur between individuals in key populations.

[Premium Times] The bank also retained other parameters as it did in February.

[RFI] Sierra Leone has commemorated the 30th anniversary of the start of its civil war on 23 March, 1991. 120,000 people died during the 11-year conflict and victims of clashes between armed factions and government forces remember this traumatic peri...

[AI London] Recent attacks in Borno State marked by war crimes, including rape and other sexual violence, as well as murder and mass pillage

[DW] It's the first time that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed Eritrean forces were present during the conflict in Tigray. He also admitted that rape and other atrocities were committed during the fighting.

[Lesotho Times] Murder-accused Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Captain Litekanyo Nyakane has been dealt a major blow after his lawyer, Advocate Karabo Mohau, withdrew his services.

[The Conversation Africa] Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death around the world. In 2019, 10 million people fell ill with TB and close to 1.4 million people died. Most (95%) of the cases are in low- and middle-income countries.

[Leadership] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has reiterated the commitment of his government to diversify Nigeria's economy away from oil and gas through the mining and agriculture sectors, adding that they are viable options that must be f...

[Premium Times] The monetary policy meeting is considering whether to increase lending rate to curb inflation.

[Nairobi News] Kenya has opened talks with a global partnership under the World Health Organisation for local top private hospitals to buy the Covid-19 vaccines for wealthy Kenyans.

[DW] The Republic of the Congo's longtime president Denis Sassou Nguesso is likely to continue his rule after last weekend's election - to the surprise of no one, say's DW's Eric Topona.

[Times of Zambia] The world will need 10 million tonnes more of copper to meet demand and more than US$100 billion should be committed to close what could be an annual supply deficit of 4.7 million tonnes by 2030.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Chinese government on Friday pardoned 2.6 billion meticais (about 36 million US dollars, at current exchange rates) of Mozambique's debt to China.

[New Zimbabwe] Some schools in rural areas have failed to effectively reopen this month following teachers' disgruntlement with the government over its failure to address their welfare concerns.