[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of September 27, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,238,944 while over 86,505,912 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[New Times] Le Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), a civil society body based in France has implored the French government not to welcome the remains of the top genocide architect Col Théoneste Bagosora who succumbed to a disease in...

[Nation] The Southern African Mission in Mozambique (Samim) has killed 17 terrorists operating in Cabo Delgado province after their base in Chitama was destroyed, the mission said Sunday in a statement.

[Nation] The number of Covid-19 cases has significantly fallen this month, with various hospitals across the country reporting some relief in their coronavirus-dedicated wards.

[Nation] As the first term of 2021 comes to an end this week, parents are feeling the pressure of having to pay school fees after just two months.

[New Times] Rugamba, his wife and six children were killed during the Genocide against the Tutsi.

[Nation] Civil society members and political party representatives in Angola are criticising President João Loureço's budget for UN travel.

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted the necessity of reaching a legally binding deal on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in a way that serves the interests of all sides and in accordance with the UN ...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya bagged bronze at the Edmonton Sevens after thrashing hosts Canada 33-14 as South Africa were crowned the 2021 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Champions on Sunday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Thousands of protesters, including politicians and civil society actors on Sunday rallied in front of the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to denounce the exceptional measures decreed on July 25 by President Kais Sai...

[RFI] The corruption trial of ousted Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's younger brother, slated to begin this month, will be postponed for two weeks, local press reported Sunday, after the death of his brother earlier this month.

[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari on September 16 forwarded two letters to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.

[Daily Trust] The location of Radio Biafra, an internet radio station owned the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been identified in London.

[Premium Times] U.S. prosecutors say they are processing some of the documents obtained from foreign law enforcement agencies.

[Ayin English] Tensions in the capital and eastern Sudan have pitted the country's civilian politicians and military to near breaking point this past week as accusations and counteraccusations follow an alleged coup in Khartoum and ongoing protests i...

[The Conversation Africa] In little more than a year from the onset of COVID-19, scientists successfully developed vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus for world-wide use.

[New Zimbabwe] ELEVEN outstanding students from the University of Zimbabwe were awarded scholarships Saturday under the China-Zimbabwe Friendship Scholarship to cover part of their tuition fees.

[The Herald] The 111th Zimbabwe Agricultural Show kicks off today at the Exhibition Park in the capital with emphasis on showcasing the growth registered in the agriculture sector due to the past favourable rainy season.

[The Herald] The trial of a Harare man on allegations of swindling a woman of US$18 000 has opened with the suspect denying the charges.

[The Herald] two bodies of newly born babies were found in a bin in Harare, recently.

[The Herald] Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau

[The Herald] ROAD users in Harare have welcomed the announcement by the City of Harare that roads that were closed to facilitate various projects in the capital's central business district will be opened.

[The Herald] TWO men, including a South African, on Saturday appeared in court on allegations of sending threatening messages to a Harare man, Sivan Ofer.

[The Herald] Government is inviting applications from students intending to pursue undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Russian universities in 2022/2023 under the Presidential Scholarship Fund.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE'S junior motocross champion rider, Emmanuel Bako, was the toast of the day for Gauteng Province during the WOMZA North vs South Inter-provincial Challenge Championship in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

[The Herald] INVESTMENT banker and business man Dr Nigel Chanakira says the prevailing banking sector charges are still too high and make the formal banking system expensive in an economy trying to rise from turmoils of the recent past.

[Nation] Kenyan nurses set to work in the UK will earn more than double their current pay if they are put on the pay scales of local workers in the European country.

[Vanguard] The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said 330,000 Nigerian refugees were currently residing in neighboring countries due to protracted insurgency and banditry in the Nort...

[New Times] The Special Olympics Rwanda has announced that the 2nd Special Olympics Pan African Games which were scheduled in 2022 has been shifted to 2024, a move that will allow more preparatory period for participating countries.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has mandated the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies to eradicate insurgency and other acts of criminality bedeviling the country.