[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of April 21, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,450,504  while over 9,263,298 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] Idriss Deby took power in a coup decades ago and died fighting against rebels trying to oust him. Over 30 years, Deby has been a maverick figure in the Sahel region, with friends in the West but enemies close to home.

[The Conversation Africa] Diets in sub-Saharan Africa are changing as more countries advance from low-income to middle-income status. People's eating habits are shifting from food rich in starchy staples, vegetables and fruits to a more westernised d...

[This Day] The strike embarked by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) continued yesterday as the federal government postponed a meeting between its officials and the leaders of the union.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday the country should move away from growing tobacco, although it contributes to more than 60 percent of the country's earnings, because he sees no future in continuing to grow i...

[Premium Times] The proposed legislation is aimed at solving the challenge of animal identification and management by establishing the National Livestock Bureau.

[HRW] Bamako -- Investigate Alleged Security Force Abuses in Mopti Region

[AI London] Authoritative overview records 483 executions in 18 countries - down 26% in total Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq executed fewer people, but 'chilling' spike in Egypt At least 28,567 people on death row by end of 2020

[UN News] Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in Ethiopia's Tigray region, nearly six months since conflict erupted, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

[UN News] Recent fighting between government forces and rebels in northern Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 2,000 refugees into neighboring Chad over the past week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

[RFI] The French government holds "significant responsibility" for enabling the Rwandan 1994 genocide since it was aware that it was being prepared, according to an American report published by Kigali on Monday.

[Nation] The High Court in Mombasa has declined to lift a ban on Rafiki film, a locally-made film that is deemed controversial for featuring lesbian romance.

[Nation] The fight to contain swarms of desert locusts that continue to wreak havoc in several Northern Kenya counties might take longer following the ongoing long rains which will hasten the insects' maturity and laying of eggs.

[Nation] Chad President Idriss Déby Itno State funeral will take place on Friday, military officials announced on Tuesday, hours after news broke of his death on the battlefield.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] New York -- With over half of U.S. adults at least partially vaccinated, should the Biden administration be working to share its considerable vaccine surplus globally?

[ISS] Tanzania's new president seems to be steering the country back towards democracy, but consolidating power won't be easy.

[Leadership] Kaduna -- Nigeria has been ranked 1st in Africa and 6th globally among the high Tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, and on the list of 14 countries with tripple-burden of TB, HIV associated TB and multi-drug resistance TB (MDR-TB).

[allAfrica] Kinshasa -- The road to a clean energy future runs through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- It has been confirmed that newly elected President Idriss Deby died today, apparently of injuries sustained in an attack.

[Daily Trust] Nigerians, especially low-ranking civil servants and other low-income earners are groaning over skyrocketing food prices, amidst employment crises and stagnation of payment structures.

[Daily Trust] Some soldiers arrested in the crack down on Boko Haram funders have disclosed the identities of their civilian collaborators, according to sources.

[Nation] The third wave of Covid-19 is ripping through the nation despite positive news from the five 'disease-infected' counties.

[Nation] The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has blasted a government minister for disrupting a National Women's League game demanding the removal of his footballer wife

[New Zimbabwe] Listed companies reporting their latest financials have effectively defied claims made by former finance minister, Tendai Biti the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign exchange auction system was a rigged platform.

[This Day] Rebecca Ejifoma reports that the International Visitors Leadership Programme Alumni Association recently organised sensitisation campaigns in Ejigbo and Somolu Local Government Areas of Lagos for students, parents, and guardians on achievi...

[New Zimbabwe] Global human rights watcher, Amnesty International has called on the Zimbabwean government to allow children without identification documents to sit for public examinations.

[The Conversation Africa] The story of democratic South Africa and its approach to human rights in the rest of the world is a tale of woe. For two-and-a-half decades, its foreign policy mostly failed to defend internationally - and quite often contra...

[The Conversation Africa] Nobody was surprised that President John Magufuli won a second term in Tanzania's 2020 general elections. The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi has been in power since independence in 1961, and has never come close to losing power ...

[This Day] Abuja and Kano -- A fire outbreak yesterday destroyed a section of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)'s headquarters in Kano State.

[Daily News] The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has reaffirmed its commitment to continue supporting Tanzania's government to improve access to inclusive education among children in the country...