[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A number of African leaders have been named by an international consortium of journalists as secretly owning assets overseas which show some of them to be enormously wealthy compared to the citizens of their own countries.

[Premium Times] The Pandora Papers series is launching more than five years after the Panama Papers revelations of 2016. That investigation exposed offshore companies linked to more than 140 politicians in more than 50 countries.

[Nation] Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei claimed her second World Marathon Major Series victory when she won her maiden London Marathon title on Sunday.

[Nation] "The past 18 months have been some of the most difficult periods in the history of Nigeria.

[Nation] If Kenya Power was not majority owned by the State, it would now be a company in receivership. Banks would be circling around it, ready to strip down its assets, and sell them to cut loses.

[Nation] The drought that has left millions of Kenyans without food and water and killed hundreds of thousands of animals in the north and Coast region is bound to get worse, the Met department has warned.

[The Conversation Africa] Across West Africa, violent conflicts between farmers and herders have been regular occurrences for decades. Some analyses of these conflicts see the driver as competition over scarce resources like water and grazing land. O...

[The Conversation Africa] The evidence of child labour on cocoa farms in West Africa became public knowledge in the late 1990s. This followed press reports documenting the existence of hazardous child labour on cocoa farms. Pressure on the cocoa indu...

[The Conversation Africa] One of the world's most spectacular marine migrations is the KwaZulu-Natal sardine run. The so-called "greatest shoal on Earth" takes place during the southern hemisphere's winter. It involves the movement of tens to hundred...

[Nation] Ethiopia on Thursday expelled seven UN aid workers, including Mr Adele Khodr, the Unicef Country Representative for Ethiopia, over claims of interference with the country's internal affairs.

[DW] Millions of leaked documents reveal the financial secrets of how world leaders, billionaires and celebrities use tax havens. Tony Blair, Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Shakira are among those named.

[Oxfam] The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a new report today exposing the wealthy individuals and multinational corporations using tax havens to avoid paying their fair share of tax.

[RFI] According to French newspaper Le Figaro, France no longer has the right to fly its military aircraft over Algerian territory. Paris uses Algerian airspace on its way to northern Mali, where French military run the anti-terrrorist Opération...

[UN News] The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian 'blue helmet' dead, and four others seriously injured.

[RFI] Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations after what it called "irresponsible" comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron, Algeria's presidency said on Saturday.

[Monitor] Legal experts and human rights activists have dismissed President Museveni's push to scrap court bail for suspected capital offenders and renew the mandatory death penalty for convicted murders.

[The Herald] THE Federation of Young Farmers Clubs of Zimbabwe (FYFCZ) has been commended for playing a key role in boosting agriculture production and creating the rural middle class while pushing Zimbabwe into self-sufficiency for all major crops.

[Premium Times] The total number of infections in Nigeria now stands at 206,138.

[Daily Trust] Ten months after a series of high-level bilateral talks between the Nigerian government and authorities in Ghana aimed at addressing the nearly decade-long controversy that led to the closure of Nigerian traders' shops in Ghana, the iss...

[Daily Maverick] South African youth have made it clear that their voices go beyond being tokens at climate action discussions and have taken action by drafting steps to climate action in line with a future that they would like to live in.

[The Herald] Local coal miners are seeking an upward review of the price of coal used for power production citing high operational costs arising from the wide disparity between the official and black market foreign currency exchange rates.

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[The Conversation Africa] More than a million students completed primary school in Kenya last year. All were expected to join high schools in early August under the country's policy of ensuring 100% pupils transition from primary to high school.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A rally in support of President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed's decisions started Sunday in Habib Bourguiba avenue, downtown Tunis.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has announced plans to overhaul the energy sector as part of government measures to lower fuel and power costs.

[Leadership] Poor record-keeping, inaccurate and incomplete data, and a lack of transparency on how information of births and recorded deaths are managed by the National Population Commission (NPC) and state governments could seriously taint the Inde...

[VOA] Washington -- Current and former leaders from throughout the world have amassed vast wealth and secret real estate holdings across the globe, hundreds of investigative journalists reported on Sunday after months of combing through millions of p...

[State Department] The United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway (the Troika) commend the Sudanese people as they celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) on October 3, 2020. This historic agreement responds to...

[Premium Times] Whitemoney has been a fan favourite since the show began on July 24. He also had the backing and support of his kinsmen and several Nigerian celebrities.

[New Zimbabwe] MAURITIUS headquartered, FMB Capital Holdings Plc (FMBCH) has realised a gross profit totalling US$22, 5 million in the financial year ended June 30 2021.