[RFI] Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who ruled Algeria for two decades before resigning in 2019 amid mass protests, died on Friday.

[UN News] Health leaders agree that a world without COVID-19 will not be possible until everyone has equal access to vaccines. More than 4.6 million people have died from the virus since it swept across the globe from the beginning of 2020, but it's ...

[UN News] In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with UN News, Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on world leaders to 'wake up', make an immediate course correction at home and abroad, and unite.

[New Frame] The regime in the small country stands accused of using the sport to curry favour with its young population instead of investing meaningfully in uplifting the nation.

[New Zimbabwe] THE High Court Friday granted non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which were facing an imminent ban, an interim relief after suspending a directive by the government to stop operating if they failed to tow new state directives.

[Monitor] In Uganda, 74 per cent of farming households grow cassava but the majority of them are poverty-stricken communities, with very limited access to markets. More than 96 per cent of the cassava farmers access low cassava planting materials fro...

[Nation] The presidents of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire are in Conakry to hold talks with the Guinean military leaders, a day after the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) imposed sanctions on the junta.

[East African] Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu last week confirmed her political ambitions, saying she intends to run for office in 2025 - to become the country's first elected female president were she to win.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE women's cricket team coach, Adam Chifo, has saluted Precious Marange for her player-of-the-match knock which secured the Lady Chevrons a place in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier final tomorrow.

[Nation] The first consignment of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport yesterday. The 795,000 doses were donated by the US government.

[The Herald] FOR almost 10 years, a vast tract of arable land, which forms Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Scheme in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province, has been lying idle despite its huge potential to improve the locals' livelihoods.

[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.

[Seychelles News Agency] A new 60-bed field hospital that will be used if Seychelles' current facilities become overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients was officially opened on Saturday.

[Monitor] The national men's netball team, The Rock have shown a lot of vigour and talent in their expedition.

[Monitor] Last Sunday, Uganda Swimming Federation (USF) held a meeting to brief coaches on what to expect at today national time trials - the first event the body is organising in the midst of this nearly two-year long pandemic - at Greenhill Academy...

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- The World Health Organization (WHO), a South African consortium and partners from COVAX, are working to set-up a technology transfer hub for mRNA vaccines in South Africa to help boost and scale up vaccine production in Afri...

[Nation] Dozens of squatters occupying land previously owned by East Africa Portland that KCB Bank wants to sell have urged the lender to investigate possible conflict of interest in the process.

[Namibian] VELD fires are continuing to destroy grazing areas in the Omusati region's Okahao constituency.

[Reporter] The Addis Ababa Education and Training Quality Professional Competence and Assessment Assurance Authority announced that it revoked the license and recognition of eight Kindergarten (KG) and three primary private schools for allegedly perf...

[Vanguard] Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, also known as Danbardi, the association's Chairman in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia is among the countries with low climate risks for children. It is ranked 121 out of 163 countries in terms of the Children's Climate Risk Index (CCRI) released in August 2021 by UNICEF as part of the re...

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles kicked off the Clean Up the World campaign on Friday with a dive-clean held in the Ste Anne marine park.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- ODM presidential ticket aspirant Jimmy Wanjigi is going back to Migori for campaigns in a show of defiance a day after he was stoned and heckled by people believed to be supporters of his rivals during a roadside rally.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Only 55,531 people honoured their jab appointments out of 136,822 text message invites sent on September 17, standing at over 80 thousand who missed their appointments, according to the Health Ministry.

[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles Football Federation has confirmed that the 2021/22 league season will start on November 20 after a revision of COVID-19 restrictions which allow for competitive team sports to take place without spectators.

[The Herald] Global DNA Diagnostic Centre principal consultant Mr Tinashe Mugabe is not professionally qualified to issue DNA test results, the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe (MLCSCZ) has said, urging the public not to...

[The Herald] Improved maternal and neonatal care has been classified as a critical strategy to reduce the number of women and newborns who die every day due to preventable causes.

[Premium Times] The PDP chieftain described pensioners involved in the petition against Mr Kwankwaso to the EFCC as ingrates

[The Herald] One of Hwange Thermal Power Station's two largest boiler-turbine-generator units went back on the grid on Monday giving Zesa an extra 150MW and Zimbabweans can expect the ongoing load shedding to ease.

[The Herald] Mkhululi Ncube and Leonard Ncube Bulawayo Bureau