[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A backgrounder for AllAfrica's online discussion with scholars and peace practitioners.

[allAfrica] As of April 9, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,316,767   while over 8,365,802 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] With the lives of an estimated 50,000 people in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado disrupted by recent insurgent attacks, the country's neighbours are reported to be planning to send troops to the province.

[VOA] Abuja -- Nigerian authorities are still searching for at least 1,800 inmates who escaped this week during a prison break in southeastern Imo state. Officials have blamed a regional separatist group, but the group denies responsibility as tensio...

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. human rights office is urging Sudanese authorities to speed up the deployment of security forces to West Darfur, in an effort to protect civilians from ethnic and tribal clashes in the region.

[New Times] Thursday afternoon is a special day for the elderly in Bugesera District. At about 2:30 pm the elderly men and women aged between 50 and 70 start trickling in at Aheza Healing Centre, some with the help of a walking stick.

[The Point] The Gambia senior national team on Wednesday moved five places in the latest FIFA World Rankings released by the world's football governing body.

[The Herald] A Zimbabwe without land doesn't exist. Land defines who we are as Zimbabweans.

[The Herald] Court Correspondent

[This Day] Abuja -- Federal government has presented resident doctors with new commitment with a view to getting them to call off their ongoing strike.

[This Day] After over two decades of absence, it was a sweet homecoming for the national senior male soccer team, the Super Eagles, as it soared back to Lagos in a most remarkable fashion.

[This Day] " Everything that has a beginning must have an end.

[This Day] As much, a lot of body confidence is expressed in the video of Essence, the 11th song on WizKid's Made in Lagos album, featuring Tems. Ferdinand Ekechukwu reports

[This Day] Nollywood star, Rita Dominic has for over two decades actively contributed to the movie industry in Nigeria and Africa at large. Over the years, she has improved creatively. Thus, it's no surprise to see her blossom into a world class actr...

[MSF] Thousands of asylum seekers from South Sudan have been stuck for months in appalling conditions in a reception centre in Gambella region, western Ethiopia. People are without meaningful access to essential services, especially food. Médecins S...

[Ghanaian Times] The International Monetary Fund has revised Ghana's growth rate for this year, from 4.2 per cent to 4.6 per cent this year.

[VOA] Juba -- The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) says it has been forced to further reduce rations for refugees and displaced people in South Sudan because of a lack of funding. It says 700,000 people this month will see rations drop to just half th...

[VOA] Blantyre -- Malawi's Ministry of Health expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all Malawians 18 and older. The decision was prompted by the approaching expiration date for about 40,000 doses the country received from the African Union...

[RFI] Mahmoud Ezzat, acting head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has been found guilty of "terror" charges and sentenced to life in prison, Egyptian state media reported on Thursday.

[VOA] Gabarone -- Botswana's president says southern African leaders have offered military support to Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado province to help stop a violent Islamist insurgency. However, it was not clear if the offer includes troops that ...

[VOA] A team of archeologists has unearthed a city buried under the sands of Egypt that has lain "untouched for thousands of years, left by the ancient residents as if it were yesterday," the team said in a statement Thursday.

[VOA] Geneva -- The fate of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Kenya hangs in the balance as U.N. officials try to dissuade Kenyan authorities from closing two camps that many have called home for the past three decades.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Refugees in Kenya and their supporters are hailing a Kenyan court's decision to temporarily halt a government effort to close two camps in the country.

[East African] South Sudan is revamping its aviation infrastructure to assert control over its airspace for the first time.

[Nyasa Times] The High Court in Blantyre has adjourned a case in which former president Peter Mutharika and former top civil servant Lloyd Muhara are asking for the suspension of K69 million court costs they were ordered to pay.

[New Era] Opposition lawmakers vented their anger at Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Wednesday after she delivered a ministerial statement outlining the government's efforts in fighting corruption and the measures the authorities had tak...

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has sent his condolences following the death of nine people, mostly participants of the country's liberation war, in a road traffic accident on Tuesday.

[The Herald] Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi has cancelled a warrant of arrest he had issued against opposition politician Ms Linda Masarira for absconding court on Wednesday.

[New Era] Namibian authorities are expected to finalise the extradition request for lawyer Marén de Klerk who is facing corruption charges in the High Court over his alleged involvement in the Fishrot scandal. De Klerk, who has been living in neighb...

[Namibian] Chaos ensued on the roads this past Easter weekend due to a 44-year-old law prohibiting seven-seater vehicles from operating.