[allAfrica] As of September 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,874,954 while over 68,988,822  vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Nation] Angry police officers on Friday stormed a prison facility in Bamako, Mali and freed a top commander.

[Daily News] GOVERNMENT has issued 15bn/- for the National Food Security Agency (NFRA) to buy maize from farmers in a bid to strengthen country's food reserve.

[Ethiopian Herald] With the intention of inspiring the next generation of women in Africa who are passionate about leading change and challenging the Status Quo, Avance Media has recently presented 100 Most Influential African Women in its annual pub...

[This Day] The industrial crisis in Nigeria's healthcare sector appears to be worsening following the threat by health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to embark on a nationwide industrial action in 15 days if thei...

[East African] The Kivu Security Barometer, has said that 19 civilians were at the end of August in Beni, North Kivu, and at least 80 murdered since July. The non-governmental organisation just confirmed what the UN Office for the Coordination of Hum...

[Nation] The rise in banditry and kidnapping in six North West states has forced Nigeria to shut down telecommunication services. This is to enable the military and other security agencies to fight terrorism.

[New Frame] Francis Ngannou, Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya are the current mixed martial arts champions in their weight divisions, bringing Africa well into the fight for recognition in the sport.

[Capital FM] Johannesburg -- Africa Data Centres, has announced plans to build large hyper-scale data centres in ten African countries which will among other things, boost employment and the growth of economies.

[Daily News] REHABILITATION and upgrading of Nzasa-Kilungule- Buza road in Temeke Municipality under the Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development Project (DMDP) will be complete by October this year.

[Daily News] MEMBERS of the business community in Zanzibar have appealed to the East African Business Council (EABC) to help push for a conducive environment in the region so as to improve trade amid Covid-19 pandemic.

[UNFPA in WCA] Dakar, Senegal -- 3 September 2021: The new Regional Director for the United Natonal Populaton Fund (UNFPA)i West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO)i Ms. Argentna Matavel Piccin, has taken over her new role in Dakar, Seneg...

[The Conversation Africa] Statistics South Africa recently rebased South Africa's GDP.

[SAIIA] On 22 January 2021, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) entered into force. Under the Ban Treaty, states are prohibited from 'developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, acquiring, possessing, or stockpilin...

[Premium Times] In a rare cabinet reshuffle, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday sacked the Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, and the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, about two years after they took office.

[VOA] The African Union has announced that Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines assembled in South Africa will no longer be exported to Europe and will instead be distributed among African countries.

[New Frame] A youth development programme in the country gave young football players the chance to showcase their skills and clubs a new pool of talent from which to draw.

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- The African Union (AU), through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has worked with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to secure 12,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson single-shot...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The Zanzibar minister for Health, Mr Nassor Mazrui, has commended the Tanzania Society of Human Genetics (TSHG) plan of establishing a national genetic database, saying it will be crucial in providing scientists with releva...

[East African] Many a time, when looking for individuals and institutions to celebrate in Africa, we tend to overlook the scientific community. Even when we do applaud scientists, it is not unusual that our attention will be drawn more to those far b...

[East African] Somalia's journalists face many threats in the line of duty but the biggest scare on their daily work is lack of legal protection, according to their lobby, the National Union of Somali Journalists (Nusoj).

[DW] The EU could tighten visa requirements for Gambians following Banjul's refusal to accept deportees from Germany. Experts say Gambia's decision to reject its citizens may be political but not without consequences.

[Ethiopian Herald] Safaricom Ethiopia PLC will start operating in 2022 as per the business license agreement, said Ministry of Finance.

[GroundUp] June Dolley-Major said on Facebook that Melvin Booysen raped her

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has joined the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to caution against the use of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19.

[Monitor] Uganda has protested a 79 percent cut on its scheduled sugar exports to Kenya, reigniting trade disputes between the two East African Community states.

[The Herald] The Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, which seeks to punish those who abuse the social media, internet and communication networks and make the growing financial digital systems and e-commerce more efficient and better protected, h...

[Daily Trust] Borno government and its people are in a dilemma following the release of 565 Boko Haram members to the state by the military authorities that reportedly profiled them.

[Swazi Media] A high school in Swaziland (eSwatini) has been closed indefinitely after pupils boycotted classes in protest at beatings that some had received.

[Nation] Ever heard of Entito (Maasai) or egesane (Kisii)? Girls and women who have not undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) are called by these names in the open - at the river, in the market and any other social place.