[allAfrica] A majority of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to President Biden calling for a waiver to allow other countries, many in poor regions of the world, to manufacture their own doses of the COVID-19 vaccines t...

[This Day] Abuja, Kaduna -- The federal government yesterday expressed its commitment to do all it could to save the remaining 16 students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, whose abductors have threatened to kill for the delay in ransoming them.

[Nation] Churches, politicians, local tycoons, and non-governmental organisations top the list of shame in an audit report in Nyandarua County, where thousands of acres of public utility land has been lost to grabbers.

[Nation] Juba -- Police in South Sudan have offered cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the mysterious gangs attacking Kenyan and Ugandan drivers on its highways.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Bazoum Administration Should Make Justice a Priority

[Premium Times] NARD dropped this hint after a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday, in Abuja.

[Premium Times] To ensure no imported cases from countries experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Nigeria recently banned travels from Brazil, India and Turkey.

[The Conversation Africa] Zambia is one of the fastest eroding democracies in the world. This is according to the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-dem), one of the most trusted sources of information on indicators of democratic progress or regressio...

[The Conversation Africa] The recent spate of military coups in Africa, which were intended to be transitional, might instead be a risk for democracy in the long term. There might be a short term need to maintain security. But the military may not ne...

[Seychelles News Agency] All educational institutions in Seychelles closed on Tuesday for three weeks as the health authority re-introduced societal restrictions to curb an increase in COVID-19 transmissions.

[UNFPA] United Nations -- Fully investing in midwives by 2035 would avert roughly two-thirds of maternal, newborn deaths and stillbirths, saving 4.3 million lives per year

[MSF] When a small Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile team reached the Ethiopian village of Adiftaw for the first time in mid-March, they found the health post had been looted and partially destroyed. Medical files, broke...

[Nation] Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday signed a deal to start working on a gas pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Mombasa, in what their leaders said was part of a long-term project to share energy resources.

[VOA] Juba , South Sudan -- Primary and secondary schools across South Sudan reopened Monday, a little more than one year after they were closed in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Kenya and Tanzania have signed a deal for a gas pipeline that will run between the coastal cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. The signing took place Tuesday, as Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan made her first visit to Kenya ...

[DW] Congolese President Tshisekedi's decision to declare a "state of siege" in two eastern DR Congo provinces has already resulted in a backlash. But the government says it is necessary to eliminate armed groups.

[Daily Maverick] South Africa's sprint quartet's 4x100m gold medal at the World Relay Championships at the weekend increased their claims for a medal at the Tokyo Olympics later this year. But they'll have to pick up the pace.

[New Frame] Despite having to flee after the state raided their offices, members of LGBT+ Rights Ghana vow to continue to work for legal recognition in a country pushing for even more repressive laws.

[DW] As India's export ban results in COVAX supplies to drying up, African countries have been scrambling in a desparate attempt to find alternatives. The second shot is proving difficult.

[The Conversation Africa] Like all cities in the world, Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial capital, has a waste management problem. In 2018/19, more than 290 000 tonnes of waste was illegally dumped in neighbourhoods across the city. Illegal dum...

[FAO] Shifting from risk to development - responsible business conduct is more important than ever for agriculture

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia said in a statement that "Ethiopia has learnt with disappointment" the EU's decision to cancel its planned election observation mission to Ethiopia.

[East African] DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has replaced all the civilian authorities of North Kivu (some 1,600 km east of Kinshasa) and Ituri (1,800 km from Kinshasa) with the military and police for 30 days over insecurity in the region.

[This Day] Abuja, Bauchi -- The federal government yesterday intensified its efforts to curb the rising influx of small arms and light weapons into the country, a phenomenon believed to be responsible for the worsening insecurity in the polity.

[Leadership] Abuja -- The minister of youth and sports development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged athletes seeking to represent Nigeria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to come for National Trials, warning that any athletes who failed to come for the Tria...

[East African] All travellers coming from countries that have recorded the new coronavirus variants will be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival to Tanzania, authorities announced Monday.

[The Aspen Institute] There's no debating the impact of poor health on Liberian women. They have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, poor access to modern family planning methods, and endure increased levels of sexual and gender...

[Premium Times] A policeman, for no reason, opened fire on Godwin Udoh´s innocent family, changing their lives forever.

[Times of Zambia] In June 2015, the African Union (AU) heads of State summit held in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa was significant for many reasons.

[The Herald] Senior Court Reporter