[allAfrica] The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel, including families of diplomats, out of Chad, as armed groups advanced towards the capital N'Djamena.

[Crisis Group] Tensions are running high following the Somali parliament's decision to extend the incumbent president's mandate by two years. External partners should urgently convene - and mediate - talks among the country's bitterly divided elites,...

[HRW] Other 3R Commanders Should be Held Accountable for Crimes

[Leadership] Abuja -- The Integrity Friends for Truth and Peace Initiative (TIFPI) has blamed Twitter preference for Ghana over Nigeria in citing its African headquarters, as a sign of the persistent leadership failure, characterised by poor governan...

[Monitor] President Museveni has said the government will open up the remaining closed economies after vaccinating at least 80 per cent of the vulnerable groups.

[Zimbabwe Standard] The removal of Robert Mugabe in November 2017 through a military coup which ushered in the so-called "Second Republic" gave the Zimbabwean populace false hope on national transformation and a democratic developmental state.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's government has given refugees and asylum seekers who have left the country's only refugee camp, Dzaleka, 14 days to return to the camp or face eviction.

[Capital FM] Kenyans have been urged to embrace local tourism to help revive the economy, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[The Conversation Africa] For several years, political tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been escalating in a conflict over the near-complete Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The GERD is Africa's largest hydropower plant. It dams...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO aid workers trying to help locally-besieged civili...

[This Day] The 2023 presidential election is like a storm that will soon be upon us. In recent days, the buzz of likely candidates has only increased and is now about to reach a crescendo. Nevertheless, like former Senate President Bukola Saraki, the...

[RFI] New fighting has broken out in Mozambique's northern town of Palma, some three weeks after an attack by hardline Islamist militants killed dozens of people and displaced thousands from their homes.

[State Department] Security Alert: Ordered Departure of Family Members of U.S. Government Employees from U.S. Embassy N'Djamena

[Leadership] In a bid to find solutions to the general insecurity in the country, particularly the menace of banditry, kidnapping and ransom payment, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and an Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, recommended that special court...

[Premium Times] "Lagos State, which is the hub of the creative industry, will take a large share of the one million jobs to be created."

[East African] Mogadishu is back in the news this week for the potentially transformative move by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, popularly known as Farmaajo, to break a draining political deadlock. On April 12, the Lower House of Somalia's bica...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Motorists caught up in the COVID-19 night curfew of 8pm to 4am in Nairbi were forced to stay on the road until after 11pm.

[The Herald] Senior Researcher & Writer, Zimpapers Knowledge Centre

[New Zimbabwe] Firebrand pro-Matabeleland opposition, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vowed to go ahead with planned protests in Bulawayo Sunday over alleged inequalities that have not gone in the region's favour.

[State Department] On behalf of the Government of the United States, I offer congratulations to the Zimbabwean people on the 41st anniversary of your country's independence.

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to have extended an olive branch to the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) through a surprise invitation to the hostile workers group to attend the official Independence Day commemorations this ...

[Premium Times] Premium Times examines how far the Nigerian government has gone in meeting the demands of the protesters, five months after the #ENDSARS protests.

[Leadership] Port Harcourt -- There was voter apathy in yesterday's local government election in Rivers State as majority of the residents stayed away from the polls which will usher in new chairmen and councilors in the 23 local government areas of ...

[Monitor] The Inspector General of Police, Mr Martins Okoth Ochola, has promoted 3,097 police officers.

[The Herald] Situated about 7km to the west of the city centre of Harare is a rich valley. In this vale lies a hill at the summit of which is a tower that bears an eternally flickering flame.

[Zanu-PF] Cape Town -- Today marks one of the most important days in the history of our nation Zimbabwe. ZANU PF Cape District wishes to express its deep, heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and the people...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has charged former president Blaise Compaore with complicity in the 1987 assassination of then-president Thomas Sankara,

[allAfrica] As of April 16, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,395,884 while over 9,263,298 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A campaign dubbed #UnmuteTheWorld, has been launched to make internet access a fundamental right and ensure 3.7 billion people are connected virtually.

[Premium Times] It tells the story of a reckless young man, who wakes up to find that no one can recognise him except a local bread seller.