[UN News] South Africa's failure to address domestic violence is a violation of women's rights, independent UN experts said in a report published on Monday, citing low levels of prosecution and conviction as factors.

[DW] ReconAfrica has said it struck a massive oil field in northern Namibia. But locals said they were not properly consulted about the drilling, and environmentalists fear an oil boom could threaten the Okavango Delta.

[New Era] Government's call for Namibians to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has largely fallen on deaf ears in rural Namibia as dead air engulfs the nation's airwaves.

[Nation] The days of 'ghost' teachers who reap where they never sowed could be numbered following the launch of a new biometric registration system that is intended to weed out rogue tutors.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwean government on Monday announced the termination of the appointment of Moshe Itzhak Osdaicher as the country's honorary consul in Northern Israel.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has concluded plans to effect three new changes - a single regulator, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC's public offer, and deregulation of the price of gas supplied to power plants - in the nation's ...

[Premium Times] "Electricity can improve the economic status of the town and as well improve the lives of the inhabitants in many ways," a resident says.

[The Conversation Africa] Stretching back to pre-colonial Rwanda, a unique athletic performance akin to modern-day high jumping formed part of regular ceremonies in the royal court. Known as Gusimbuka Urukiramende, this type of jumping appears to hav...

[The Conversation Africa] Many African countries still rely heavily on foreign aid. However, several studies have shown that foreign aid has failed to deliver sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.

[Daily News] A special committee formed by President Samia Suluhu Hassan has submitted its report which has proposed 19 measures that should be taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization reports the COVID-19 pandemic has set back years of gains made in efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, a diverse group of 20 illnesses that disproportionately affect impoverished communities ...

[AI London] Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to decide the future of the embargo.

[spotlight] On 1 February 2021, a million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India arrived at OR Tambo International Airport. Everything seemed set for the country's vaccine rollout to kick off two or ...

[RFI] From the start of next month, commercial flights will once again be authorised at the airports of Algiers, Constantine and Oran, the north African nation's three largest cities. While precise details of the conditions for the partial lifting of...

[Nation] Fresh battle lines have been drawn between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto for the control of the vote-rich Mt Kenya region.

[UNFPA in WCA] Bamako, 14 May, 2021: The 21st edition of the Bamako Forum will take place this year from 20 to 22 May in Bamako, Mali, on the theme: "Sustainable development and human capital: results and operational priorities for the Transition in ...

[RFI] Lens midfielder Gaël Kakuta has been voted the best African footballer in the French first division by a jury of sports journalists at Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France 24.

[Nation] A group of Rastafarians has moved to court seeking to block the arrest and prosecution of its members over use of marijuana for religious purposes.

[Vanguard] The Federal government says over 70 per cent of corruption cases in the country are perpetrated by persons who use anonymous companies.

[DW] According to Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok, the East African country's total debts amount to some $60 billion. France is hosting a conference of several African leaders offering to assist Sudan's transitional government.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Clara Mbalale still vividly remembers the day in 2019 she felt unwell while at school.

[Premium Times] Inflation in April stood at 18.12 per cent, the second-highest in four years.

[Daily Maverick] Court proceedings at the kick-off of Jacob Zuma's corruption trial were swift and clinical on Monday, with a postponement to May 26. Ace Magashule, Carl Niehaus, Bongani Bongo, Tony Yengeni and former North West premier Supra Mahumap...

[Nation] An Ethiopian agency and a UN team is, in the coming few weeks, set to start a joint investigation into serious human rights violations committed in the Tigray region.

[Nation] Health experts have poked holes in the government's Covid-19 strategy and warned that it could fall apart and end up like the Indian situation.

[Nation] Uganda has signed a Sh5 billion deal with a Chinese firm that will see its 260-kilometre century-old metre gauge railway line between Malaba and Kampala rehabilitated in under 12 months.

[New Era] The Namibian authorities have confirmed it is investigating whether a Covid-19 variant originating from India is present in the country. Health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe announced the new developments yesterday.

[New Zimbabwe] Kwekwe mayor, Angeline Kasipo, has dismissed as false growing reports the deadly Indian Covid-19 variant has hit the gold mining city.

[New Era] Landless People's Movement leaders Bernadus Swartbooi and Henny Seibeb are challenging a High Court decision that dismissed a case in which they were suing the speaker of the National Assembly Peter Katjavivi for kicking them out of the cha...

[New Zimbabwe] Former Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Secretary-General, Ackim Mhlanga has announced he has joined the ruling party - Zanu PF.