[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of Zambia's presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu, Al Jazeera reports.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Court of Appeal will on Friday issue a ruling on the fate of the Constitution Amendment Bill 2020 popularly known as the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

[RFI] The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is immensely concerned after Cote d'Ivoire declared its first case of the Ebola hemorrhagic virus in 27 years, in the capital Abidjan.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says allowing South Africans to follow the Zondo Commission proceedings has helped to instil public confidence in the country's democracy by promoting openness and transparency.

[Nation] Sao Tome and Principe President Evaristo Carvalho has been hospitalised since Saturday following an illness.

[Nation] They are young, aged between 13 and 26, and residents describe them as "young and dangerous".

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- COVID-19 protocols are flouted with impunity in Kenya despite tough measures announced by the Ministry of Health on July 30.

[Premium Times] Bandits attacked Zamfara College of Agriculture on Sunday and abducted 15 students, a teacher and his wife.

[Daily Maverick] As former President Jacob Zuma recovers from an operation at a KwaZulu-Natal hospital, his legal team has had another crack at getting him out of jail, calling on the Constitutional Court judges not to let 'pride' and 'pettiness' det...

[Daily Maverick] Climatologists have issued dire warnings about the impact of rising global temperatures on southern Africa, which is becoming increasingly hotter and drier.

[VOA] Mora -- Cameroon's President Paul Biya has sent his top military officials and a governor to reactivate old militias and create new ones to combat terrorism on the central African state's northern border with Nigeria. The militias are, for the ...

[This Day] With Shell Petroleum Development Company's increasing divestment of onshore assets, Ejiofor Alike writes that the sister company, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company, should focus on the development of new deepwater assets to ...

[Vanguard] IN compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines, President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his entourage to the United Kingdom have gone into quarantine.

[Premium Times] Bandits kidnapped the Zamfara speaker's father, step mother and five other relatives in their village on August 4 and demanded a N500 million ransom for their release

[Premium Times] Africa's total haul of 11 gold, 12 silver, and 14 bronze medals is less than Australia's haul at the Tokyo Olympics.

[East African] Zambian President Edgar Lungu is under mounting pressure to concede defeat after five opposition candidates challenged his claims on 'unfair' elections.

[New Zimbabwe] ANOTHER iconic male lion was killed by an American hunter using a bow and arrow in the giant Hwange National Park, sparking global outrage.

[The Conversation Africa] Since its establishment as a state in 1948, Israel has placed great importance on foreign policy. This is because it had been under a political and economic boycott by surrounding Arab states. The boycott has been falling ap...

[East African] Africa's largest wireless carrier MTN Group announced its interim results for the first half of 2021, and posted a decline in earnings per share and subscribers, despite the telco claiming "solid" performance in terms of revenue growth...

[New Zimbabwe] Most conventional churches such as United Methodist and Anglican were still closed Sunday despite the lifting of a government ban in worshipping at synagogues as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 national lockdown.

[Nation] It cheaper to buy fuel in Nakuru, Naivasha, Gilgil, Nyahururu, Mogotii and Londiani than it is in Nairobi, in yet another puzzle that continues to baffle many motorists given that it goes against the stated principles of the fuel pricing for...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Though he admits the decision is out of his hands to keep as many players in the squad as possible, new Gor Mahia head coach Mark Harrison hopes he can have a strong squad for next season as he seeks to put the club back on to...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The ongoing pandemic and economic slump has continued to adversely affect the retail sector.

[NexTVAfrica] The Walt Disney Company has announced that its popular Disney+ streaming service will be accessible in South Africa in 2022.

[This Day] The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has owned up to N17.69 billion tax evasion by some companies whose addresses it claimed could no longer be traced.

[This Day] Continued negligence of the compulsory third party motor insurance policy among road users in Lagos and other parts of the country despite efforts to curb this by insurers through the Nigeria Insurance Industry Data Base (NIID), is startin...

[Premium Times] A sit-at-home order recently announced by IPOB in the South-east was obeyed by many residents.

[Premium Times] Mr Akanji served as Senior Pastor and Minister in Charge of the First Baptist Church, Garki, Abuja, for 22 years.

[Daily Trust] Two housemates, Arin and Princess have been evicted from the BBNaija reality TV show after polling the lowest votes from the list of housemates put up for eviction this week.

[Premium Times] In June, the National Bureau of Statistics said Nigeria's inflation rate fell to 17.75 per cent from 17.93 per cent.