[VOA] Maroua, Cameroon -- About 60 former fighters and civilians rescued from Boko Haram by Nigerian, Chadian and Cameroonian troops have been rushed to a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration center in northern Cameroon. Most of the civilian...

[Monitor] The government and international oil firms--French Total E&P, and China's Cnooc have today signed off four key agreements for commercialisation of the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), bringing to end years of protracted neg...

[The Conversation Africa] Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material culture, are found throughout much of Africa and include a vast range of i...

[Nation] Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh will begin his fifth term in office after collecting the highest vote percentage since he came to power in 1999, even as various opposition groups boycotted the polls.

[Nation] Southern African leaders have agreed on an "immediate technical deployment to help Mozambique fight Islamic insurgents who recently stepped up attacks against civilians in the northern parts of the country.

[Reporter] A huge stockpile of outdated explosive chemicals in Addis Ababa has the capacity of annihilating the capital, the Public Procurement and Property Administration Agency announced.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Accounts of the magnitude and scale of the violence that wreaked havoc in Oromo Special Zone and North Shewa Zone in the Amhara regional state are surfacing, depicting an image of a violence that inflicted heavy casual...

[Daily Maverick] Nearly 800 million cubic metres of water go from Lesotho to South Africa in a year, earning the landlocked country billions. But people living in villages near the dams don't benefit - and even have to get their own water from unprot...

[VOA] Baidoa/Washington -- A Somali regional governor has survived an assassination attempt Saturday after a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant in the town of Baidoa in the southwestern Bay region.

[Nation] The list of the 39 countries on the United Kingdom's restricted travel list that now includes Kenya is dominated by nations in Africa and South America.

[Nation] A drug used to treat critically ill Covid-19 patients can hardly be found in Kenya even as the third wave ravages communities.

[Nairobi News] Tanzania President Samia Suluhu has appeared to abandon tradition by wearing a mask.

[UN News] The UN and international partners working to support a lasting peace and democratic election process across Somalia, said on Sunday that they were highly concerned by the current situation there, calling on Somali leaders to "prioritize the...

[Premium Times] UN says the attack will force it to reduce its humanitarian operations in the area

[RFI] Elections are underway in Benin where President Patrice Talon is seeking re-election in what is described as a tense ballot, with critics accusing him of rigging the race in his favour by sidelining opposition leaders. The US, German, French an...

[New Zimbabwe] South African superstar rapper, AKA's fiance, Nellie Tembe has reportedly fallen to her death from Cape Town's Pepper Club hotel in the early hours Sunday.

[Premium Times] A total of 1,161 pipeline points were vandalised across Nigeria in the 21 months between January 2019 and September 2020.

[RFI] Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh has been re-elected for a fifth term after winning more than 98 percent of the vote in Friday's elections which were boycotted by the main opposition.

[Premium Times] The doctors commenced an indefinite strike on April 1 after a meeting with a government delegation on March 31 ended in a deadlock.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Cairo -- Ahmed Bassam Zaki, in his early 20s, was charged with the indecent assault and blackmail of at least three women, all under 18 at the time

[This Day] As Nigeria is projected to raise $3 billion this year meet its infrastructure needs, which is expected to increase its public debts, the situation will force the country's policy makers to implement structural reforms, the Chief Executive ...

[Premium Times] Two soldiers died in the encounter, the army says.

[New Zimbabwe] Controversial Zvimba South MP Phillip Chiyangwa at the weekend disclosed he was poised for elevation to a powerful position within the governing Zanu PF party.

[New Zimbabwe] VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga says the government is very concerned about the deplorable state of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway, which is the gateway to the country's prime tourism destination - the Victoria Falls.

[The Herald] KHAMA BILLIAT proved why he remains a big game player, despite the challenges he has faced at Kaizer Chiefs, as he scored the priceless goal which sent the Amakhosi to their first ever CAF Champions League quarter-final on Saturday.

[The Conversation Africa] The uneven availability of COVID-19 vaccines has become an increasingly urgent and vexatious issue. But managing the problem of what's been labelled "vaccine nationalism" is proving a hard nut to crack.

[The Conversation Africa] Girls experience gender and sexual violence in schools around the world, and South Africa is no exception. Research has shown how learners, and girls in particular, are vulnerable to violence.

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suhulu Hassan has met President Uhuru Kenyatta's special envoy at the State House in Dar es Salaam Saturday as she assured that Tanzania will cooperate with Kenya in solving social and economic challenges involving the tw...

[Nation] Mozambique authorities said Friday that at least 36 suspected militants were killed by the soldiers during a security operation in Palma.

[Citizen] Kampala has called for enhanced security on the Nimule-Juba road in South Sudan where attacks in the last week of March resulted in the killing of eight Ugandan drivers.