[VOA] Kampala -- Ugandan officials have confirmed the country will be receiving 145 evacuees from Afghanistan on Sunday.

[Ethiopian Herald] The irresponsible comments by some western media journalists do not contribute to resolving the conflict and only fuel the existing differences in Ethiopia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakhariva said.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- US President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate Michael Battle, as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Tanzania.

[VOA] Blantrye -- Police said the death of 21-year-old Ian Muhama in the Kachere area of Blantyre brings the number of albino attacks this year to four -- a drop from past years, but still disconcerting.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon says its military has killed seven self-proclaimed separatist generals who blocked traffic for a month on roads in the central African state's English-speaking western regions. The military says during a two-week operation, ...

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[Nation] Kilifi County is home to tens of thousands of boda boda operators, dotting every corner of villages and towns because they provide affordable and quick transport.

[East African] There is anxiety again across Africa over low Covid vaccine supplies following announcements by several Western governments that they will start giving Covid-19 booster shots to their fully vaccinated populations.

[Ethiopian Herald] Foreign independent Journalist, Ann Garrison, said that the main objective of the U.S. and EU is attaining hidden agendas via blaming the federal government taking terrorist TPLF unfounded allegations for granted.

[New Times] Pie Habimana, a lecturer of Law at the University of Rwanda and a member of the Rwanda Bar Association has criticized the behaviour of Vicent Lurquin, a Belgian lawyer who showed up in Rwanda's High Court Chamber for International and Cro...

[New Times] The number of people who have died of Covid-19 in Rwanda has passed 1000, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday, August 20.

[Egypt Online] Elsevier said Egypt occupied the first position in Africa in the field of scientific publication in 2020.

[Nation] Vincent Keter is the new World Athletics Under-20 Championships men's 1,500m champion.

[Nation] Kenya has recorded 1,286 new covid-19 infections from a sample size of 8,310 tested in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate is now 15.5 per cent.

[Nation] It was another historic moment when Sheila Chelangat handed Kenya bronze in women's 400m, the first ever by a Kenyan woman at any World Athletics Championships.

[Nation] An American missionary has been detained at a private hospital in Kitale over a Sh259, 465 medical bill.

[Monitor] The dispute over ownership of 37 acres of land at Katanga valley near Wandegeya in Kampala has taken a new twist as Makerere University pushes to develop the land amid a pending court case.

[Egypt Online] Chief Executive Officer of the Egyptian Space Agency Mohamed el Qousy said on Saturday 21/08/2021 that Egypt will launch four satellites for scientific research in 2022.

[Vanguard] The former military governor of Oyo State, Brigadier General Adetunji Idowu Olurin (retd) is dead.

[Monitor] Government has suspended its earlier plan for the city's transport system for taxis and boda bodas to fast-track a legal framework under which the same scheme can be implemented.

[Nation] ODM leader Raila Odinga who jointly with President Uhuru Kenyatta were the key promoters of the push to amend the Constitution yesterday welcomed the appellate court's decision which found the initiative as unconstitutional.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Office of the Prime Minister disclosed that the terrorist TPLF is not only a threat anymore to Ethiopia, but also to the stability of the larger Horn region.

[allAfrica] As of August 20, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,450,043 while over 59,334,632 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[VOA] Kampala -- Authorities in Uganda have suspended 54 aid groups, accusing them of failing to comply with regulations. In return, the heads of the accused groups say they are being harassed for political purposes.

[New Frame] The regional body has essentially ignored the plight of the emaSwati who continue to suffer under the brutal reign of King Mswati III, activists say.

[DW] The ineffectiveness of military interventions has been underscored by the US failure in Afghanistan. This should lead to a rethink in Africa, writes Mimi Mefo Takambou.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Kenya's Court of Appeal ruled Friday that a plan by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga to change the Constitution was unlawful.

[East African] The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and, or conviction of Guinea Bissau's former head of Armed Forces Antonio Indjai.

[allAfrica] As of August 20, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,412,670 while over 57,848,461 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Nation] When Covid-19 was reported in the country, President Uhuru Kenyatta invoked the Public Order Act that put in place the curfew, with hopes of keeping infections down and protecting Kenyans from dying of the disease.