[allAfrica] As of May 27, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  4,785,524 while over 22,044,854 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[New Times] French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Rwanda on Thursday, May 27 on a one-day state visit.

[Daily Trust] Today, Nigerian children are celebrating their day in their various schools with different activities and at the end many of them will be going home with prizes won from different competitions, and some will be at home to enjoy a holida...

[New Zimbabwe] MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa says Zimbabwe will soon become a template for good governance hinged on the true values of developmental democracy.

[New Zimbabwe] Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has distanced government from ongoing manoeuvres to have late President Robert Mugabe's remains exhumed from the former ruler's rural home in Zvimba for reburial at the National He...

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday described the reported capsizing of a boat in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State as devastating, offering his condolences to the families of those affected by the tragedy.

[Premium Times] Witnesses say the boat was carrying about 160 passengers when it capsized.

[The Conversation Africa] If you go for a walk in the green hills of Mpumalanga in the north east of South Africa, you may stumble across some stone walls. Either stubbing your toe or appearing through the grass at about chest height, these walls dir...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] We need sweeping reform of global systems to prepare for the next outbreak of a dangerous novel virus, which could happen any time

[Citizen] Kigali -- RwandAir on Wednesday May 26 became the first African airline to be awarded the top Diamond status rating for COVID-19 prevention measures - the highest attainable level.

[HRW] UN Security Council Should Renew Embargo, Demand Concrete Rights Reforms

[Premium Times] An official said the officers of the Federal Fire Service that undertook the fumigation had been arrested.

[RFI] Mali's interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are reported to have resigned on Wednesday, despite mediation efforts by regional bloc Ecowas. This follows the arrest and transfer of the two leaders to a military camp outside ...

[The Conversation Africa] On the afternoon of May 24, the Malian transitional president, Bah Ndaw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, were arrested by members of the armed forces and taken to the Soundiata Keïta military facility in Kati, a camp ...

[The Conversation Africa] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is poised to intervene militarily on the side of the Mozambican government to stop the emerging deadly Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado Province, in the north of the c...

[The Conversation Africa] For all its stutters and missteps, there can be little argument that the European Union (EU) has largely lived up to its ambitious billing: to create stability and growth on a continent that, for a period, was dangerously pr...

[DW] The regional observatory stationed in Goma to monitor the Mount Nyiragongo volcano had not been working for several months, DW has learned. The Goma Volcano Observatory was caught by surprise.

[DW] Former President Jacob Zuma is being tried for graft, fraud, racketeering and money laundering. The plea marks a turning point in the decadelong trial.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Indo (not her real name) was just 15 years old when she became pregnant. Her boyfriend took her to the only general hospital in their community to terminate the pregnancy. The general hospital did not offer safe abortion servic...

[Premium Times] The OML license for the block partners Shell, Total, Exxon Mobil and Eni were renewed for another 20 years.

[Daily Maverick] Ghana's problems are many, multifaceted and increasingly becoming conflated - a dangerous spot to be in. But addressing this is not unheard of, many others have done it. Citizens' exasperation with business-as-usual in a country that...

[East African] Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, is expected in Sudan next week as she waits for judges to confirm war crimes charges against Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Khadija Bousselmi -- The Libyan Ministry of Industry and Minerals and the Industrial Land Agency (AFI) have agreed to entrust the development of industrial zones in Libya to the Tunisian agency, according to its CEO, Souheil Ch...

[Nation] Ethiopia on Monday said that it will reconsider its relationship with the US if America continues to interfere in its internal affairs.

[East African] At least two people were killed in Bujumbura following a grenade explosion in one of the city's busiest spots on Tuesday evening. The government termed the incident a terrorism attack, and said that investigations have been launched.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta is working on his 2022 succession with his Handshake partner Raila Odinga -- a key cog in the plan -- pulling strings behind the scenes.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Timbuktu Global, a British clothing brand retailer, has come under fire for trademarking the word Yoruba - a name of an ethnic group in West Africa - for their business, igniting a debate on cultural appropriation.

[Nation] With women constituting more than 70 per cent of the nursing workforce globally, health reforms targeting nurses could greatly benefit them.

[Nyasa Times] "I have been assured that by June next year, this facility will be a fully fledged centre."

[Miss South Africa] Do you have what it takes to succeed former Miss Universe title holders Zozibini Tunzi and Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters and the current Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida?