[SAnews.gov.za] While the number of COVID-19 cases has been steadily increasing, South Africa has not hit the third wave yet.

[Nation] Learning in the Nyanza region has been disrupted and transport paralysed in some areas as heavy rains left schools flooded and some roads cut off after bridges collapsed.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Council of Governors (CoG) says it will push for the continuous lifting of the lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 so as to spur economic growth.

[The Conversation Africa] In a momentous shift, the US recently agreed to support a waiver of the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) agreement at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The waiver would suspend intellectual property right...

[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. human rights officials are expressing concern about increasingly repressive actions by the Algerian government, which they say are stifling peoples' rights to freedom of opinion and assembly.

[VOA] Khartoum -- Sudan's transitional government is under fire after security forces used live ammunition Tuesday to disperse people marking the two-year anniversary of a pro-democracy protest, leaving two people dead.

[RFI] A team of French scientists in Zimbabwe's Hwange National park has developed a deep learning computer system to distinguish between individual giraffes, a tool that could help to conserve this iconic African species from extinction.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Cairo -- Public prosecutors freed four suspects in a case involving a woman who said she was drugged and raped in 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel in the capital, Cairo.

[DW] The new EU-OACPS Partnership Agreement is only a few weeks old, but already many in Africa are calling for an update. What are the reasons for the dissatisfaction?

[The Conversation Africa] Lagos has witnessed a growing number of commercial motorcyclists in recent times, transporting people and goods in and around the state. Many of these operators moved in from northern Nigeria, where authorities banned the us...

[Premium Times] About 600,000 prospective candidates are yet to receive the required codes to be 'transported' to their mobile lines.

[Nairobi News] Women in South Africa could soon be allowed to marry more than one man in what has been termed as a push to promote equality.

[Premium Times] The news comes as a surprise for Fela's fans because he placed second in the fan vote category on the last day of voting.

[Leadership] The national grid has suffered another system collapse, worsening the power blackout across several states of the federation.

[East African] The East African Community will have a hotline through which traders crossing partner states borders can register their challenges and get prompt feedback, the secretary general has said.

[Nation] Somalia has rejected the appointment of former Ghanaian President John Mahama as African Union's (AU) special envoy to help mediate its political impasse with Kenya.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Two young men were shot dead and at least 28 others were wounded in front of the army command in the Sudanese capital yesterday, when army forces dispersed a group of people commemorating the violent dismantling of the Kha...

[AI London] Uganda's government must use its latest term to reverse the ongoing deterioration in respect for human rights, said Amnesty International ahead of President Yoweri Museveni's sixth swearing-in as leader of the east African country.

[Monitor] Uganda's longest-serving President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday for his sixth-elective term of office at Kololo Independence Grounds.

[Daily Maverick] In the aftermath of a North Gauteng High Court finding, judges Willie Seriti and Hendrick Musi will now have to explain why the Arms Procurement Commission overlooked crucial information prior to making findings in 2016 that the arms...

[Nyasa Times] "The Malawi economy can do away with its reliance on tobacco."

[Vanguard] As part of measures to prevent infection and possible spread of deadly new COVID-19 variants, the Lagos State Government has placed 14 countries under close monitoring.

[HRW] Education Ministry has a Crucial Role in Addressing Teen Pregnancies

[Daily Trust] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged Nigerians to pray for the nation and show love to one another, especially the downtrodden and the victims of the scourge of terrorism and banditry.

[This Day] Diaspora remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa declined by an estimated 12.5 per cent in 2020 to $42 billion, almost entirely due to a 27.7 per cent decline to Nigeria, which accounts for over 40 per cent of such flows to the region, the World...

[Premium Times] A review of the facts of how the cases played out in court reveals why the two senators' similar journeys as sureties for high-profile defendants took them to different destinations.

[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday fired back at advocates of secession, saying they are desperate in their quest for political power and are seeking to achieve it through blackmail.

[The Conversation Africa] Much has been written about the crashes, congestion and pollution on Ghana's roads. Road injury is among the top 10 causes of deaths in the country. One report suggests that about $230 million is spent annually on emergency ...

[HRW] Release Trans Women, End Anti-LGBT Persecution

[Daily News] GIRL students who become pregnant will only be allowed to continue with studies after taking and passing special examination.