[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement boss Raila Odinga has devised new strategies for a fifth stab at the presidency in the 2020 General Election.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa has received 2.8 million Pfizer vaccine doses from the United States as part of a donation that is set to boost the country's vaccination rollout campaign.

[Nation] French President Emmanuel Macron has called for dialogue between the Ethiopian government and a rebel group, Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), in order to get a lasting solution to the conflict in the Tigray region, the Elysee Palace s...

[Premium Times] Mr El-Zakzaky and his wife were arrested in December 2015, after the Nigerian Army extra-judicially killed over 300 followers of the Shiite cleric.

[The Conversation Africa] The basic income grant debate has been rumbling in South Africa for two decades, ever since the grant was recommended by the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehensive System of Social Security for South Africa in 2002.

[VOA] The United States military has confirmed that it carried out another airstrike against al-Shabab militants, its third in less than two weeks.

[Nation] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a three-year financing arrangement worth nearly $700 million with Cameroon, despite calls to halt the disbursement over misuse of funds.

[The Conversation Africa] With rising cases of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Nigeria, there is heightened concern about how well the country is prepared to deal with them. The Conversation Africa's Wale Fatade asked public health exper...

[Nation] Somalia is raising the alarm over a food shortage that has hit the country this season, affecting at least six million people.

[Nation] Experts have questioned Kenya's decision to "lend" delicate fossils and ancient tools dating back millions of years to a small museum in Southern France for an exhibition.

[The Conversation Africa] What will it take to build sustainable, resilient food systems in African countries? This was among the questions considered at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in late July. The summit, the first of its kind ...

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya is grappling with the COVID-19 Delta variant, which recently resulted in the western part of the country being put into lockdown. It now threatens the capital, Nairobi.

[Premium Times] The report said conflict and economic shocks related to COVID-19 will drive acute food insecurity

[Premium Times] Abba Kyari's suspension is based on the recommendation of Inspector General of Police, Usma Baba.

[Premium Times] The association also decried the undue hardship its members on GIFMIS platform are facing due to the delays in payment of their salaries ranging from three to seven months.

[Premium Times] "We are aware that owners of private jets are highly placed Nigerians..."

[Namibian] NAMIBIA's golden girls, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi make their debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games today when the women's 200m heats get underway.

[Premium Times] "The attack, which lasted for over four hours unhindered, left over 250 houses razed."

[This Day] The Athletics Federation of Nigeria has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Youth and Sports Minister, Sunday Dare and all Nigerians for the unsavoury event which led to the inability of 10 track and field athletes to compete at ...

[Nairobi News] Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has again bailed out broke Gor Mahia.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- President Samia Suhulu will on tomorrow August 02, 2021 travel to Kigali for a two-day State visit, State House Directorate has announced.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Opposition party Chadema yesterday said it had legally challenged the prosecution of its chairman Freeman Mbowe, saying his legal rights were violated during arraigning.

[DW] Middle-distance runner Abraham Guem was stranded in Japan for 21 months with four compatriots. Though his chances at the Tokyo Olympics look slim, he has more at stake than medals.

[Premium Times] Atshimene scored thrice for the new Nigerian league champions.

[Vanguard] The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye on Sunday decried the incessant rejection of food and agricultural commodities from Nigeria by the United States of America...

[This Day] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that its financial assistance to low-income countries, most of which are in Africa, could hit $48 billion covering the current COVID-19 pandemic and its immediate aftermath.

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[Nation] A health crisis is looming in some North Rift counties due to broken sewerage and sanitation systems, the Nation has established.

[Nation] Somalia's Finance minister Mohmaud Hayir Ibrahim has accused a Canadian journalist and a non-governmental organisation of hacking his email and plotting to kill him, amid investigations into illegal fishing in the country's Indian Ocean coas...

[Daily Trust] Until recently, the Central Bank of Nigeria expended nearly half a billion dollars every month in meeting the dollar demand of Nigerians through a third-party platform: Bureau de Change operators. This is no longer sustainable as the va...