[allAfrica] As of June 25, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,314,835 while over 32,500,561 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Premium Times] The president was initially scheduled to travel today for what his office described as a 'scheduled medical follow-up.'

[VOA] The first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Ivory Coast in late February. By March 1, the country started vaccinating people, making it the first in the world to do so through the COVAX initiative, a program co-led by the World Health...

[VOA] Médecins Sans Frontières said Friday that three aid workers for the organization were found dead near their vehicle in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region.

[VOA] "Africa Is Facing a Fastsurging third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, with cases spreading more rapidly and projected to soon overtake the peak of the second wave the continent witnessed at the start of 2021," according to the World Health Organizat...

[UN News] Speaking in Nigeria, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has emphasized the importance of prevention as "the only real, sustainable solution" to resolving the challenges thrown up by conflict.

[RFI] Senegal will move all government data and digital platforms from foreign servers to a new national data centre in an effort to strengthen its digital sovereignty. The move risks making the African country's digital infrastructure fully dependen...

[HRW] Expand Commission of Inquiry's Mandate to Prisons Across the Country

[DW] Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called for a day of prayers as coronavirus cases soar. He has imposed a stricter lockdown and shut down the country's parliament. But many are wondering if these measures are enough.

[DW] As vote counting continues in Ethiopia, there's growing condemnation of a military airstrike on a marketplace in war-torn Tigray. The EU is demanding an independent probe and aid workers are calling for more protection.

[ISS] Can a TRIPS waiver save Africa from the Covid-19 pandemic? South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa seems to think so. He has invested considerable political and diplomatic capital in the project.

[New Era] Former Springbok gaffer Allister Coetzee has been appointed as the new head coach of Namibia's senior rugby side Welwitschias, Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) president Corrie Mensah announced yesterday.

[Swazi Media] King Mwati III, the absolute monarch in Swaziland (eSwatini), has banned public pro-democracy demonstrations in the kingdom.

[MSF] Staff at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are today in mourning after receiving confirmation of the death of three of our colleagues who were working in Tigray region, Ethiopia.

[VOA] Juba , South Sudan -- South Sudan's government says it has lost more than $4 billion in unpaid oil taxes since the country gained its independence a decade ago.

[GroundUp] Ekurhuleni spokesperson says they were evicted because their occupation was illegal but admits housing backlog was "not being eradicated at the pace the homeless community would like to see"

[RSF] The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has concluded that all of the ten journalists named in a letter it received last year from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) are or were detained arbitrarily. RSF welcomes this decision and calls for th...

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - The first phase expansion of Berbera port container terminal has officially inaugurated and started operation to accommodate huge ships, Ethiopian Transport Minister announced from Berbera.

[Namibian] Two senior South African lawyers who ended up arrested and convicted on charges under the Immigration Control Act when they travelled to Namibia to represent the men accused in the Fishrot fishing quotas corruption case are now off the hoo...

[Namibian] Namibia's unbeaten run at the Africa Group IV Davis Cup competition in Brazzaville, Congo continued yesterday when they beat the hosts Congo 3-0.

[Times of Zambia] The increase in the minimum threshold of compensation benefits for all pensioners to K1, 200 from K800 as contained in the revised compensation Act of 2016 is encouraging entrepreneurship.

[Namibia Economist] The increased number of teachers within the public education sector marginally grew the government wage index by 0.1% during the first quarter of 2021, the Namibia Statistics Agency reported.

[Namibia Economist] The Namibian Rugby Union (NRU) on Thursday announced the appointment of former South African rugby team member and head coach Allister Coetzee as the new coach for the national team.

[Namibia Economist] The health ministry has commenced with the installation of additional gas generating systems at health facilities as COVID-19 cases soar and the demand for oxygen has increased.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwean football has again been robbed of yet another one of its most illustrious sons following the death of former Warriors coach and captain Misheck Chidzambwa.

[Namibia Economist] The agriculture sector recorded a decline of 2.8% in the first quarter of 2021 according to the country's statistic agency on Thursday.

[New Zimbabwe] A Chinese businessman has dragged Home Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe to court after the top government official allegedly failed to protect him and his land from suspected war veterans who invaded the property in 2019.

[Premium Times] At least three groups of students are still in captivity, weeks after they were abducted by criminal gangs in Niger, Kaduna and Kebbi states

[East African] Dar es Salaam,

[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM Regional Commissioner Amos Makalla has ordered city residents to take necessary precautions against Covid-19 including wearing facemasks and sticking to guidelines issued by the government and health professionals.