[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is reportedly under house arrest after an unidentified military force besieged his house early on Monday October 25, 2021, according to local television station Al Hadath TV.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nairobi was named Africa's Leading business travel destination during the World Travel Awards, Africa and Indian Ocean 2021 trouncing Accra, Cairo, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Lagos and Pretoria.

[RFI] Joint military forces detained Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday after he refused to support their "coup", the information ministry said. Other members of the transitional government have also been detained and taken to an unident...

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[Premium Times] Many Nigerians including the Nigerian Senate and Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai have asked the president to declare the bandits as terrorists.

[VOA] Washington -- A former al-Shabab commander who is under house arrest in Somalia says he is being held to prevent him from seeking elected office.

[Nation] The Ethiopian military on Sunday carried out airstrikes on two rebel-held towns in northern and western Tigray. The ongoing aerial offensive campaigns are aimed at weakening Tigray forces.

[DW] A 20-year-old waitress was killed and three others were injured at the blast at a grilled pork joint in Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni vowed to "get the perpetrators."

[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari is one of the most powerful Muslims in the world, according to The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center.

[The Conversation Africa] Many people still think of climate change as a phenomenon that we will only face in the distant future. Perhaps that's partly because climate change projections about rising temperatures and extreme weather events are tied t...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Police in the Sudan capital of Khartoum fired tear gas and arrested a number of protesters "after limited clashes and hit-and-run operations" at the Mak Nimr Bridge and on Nile Street on Sunday, to clear barricades that gr...

[Monitor] The University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) in England is set to return historic artefacts to the Uganda National Museum in Kampala. The items were collected and donated to MAA by the late British anthropologist...

[The Herald] The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has breathed a sigh of relief after the High Court ruled that the central bank's assets cannot be attached in a lawsuit over more than US$26 million in unsettled debt with a London-based grain and fertiliser ...

[The Herald] Chaka Village in Chirumanzu was a hive of activity at the weekend as friends and close associates gathered for the late sungura music icon Leonard Dembo's tombstone unveiling.

[The Herald] Foreign currency deposits, on a broad money basis, registered growth of 55,53 percent in the year to August 2021, latest statistics from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) show.

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe International Film Festival Trust (ZIFFT) on Friday night announced the launch of the 21st edition of ZIFFT with new a theme and a programme which will benefit both upcoming and established film producers and directors.

[The Herald] MIGHTY Warriors skipper, Emmaculate Msipa, has promised the nation they will finish off the job in Eswatini tomorrow, to book a place in the last qualifying round, of the Africa Women Cup of Nations.

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[New Zimbabwe] The deputy minister of Home Affairs David Musabayana has accused the United States (US) of shifting goal posts in a bit to frustrate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts.

[Namibian] THE B2Gold mine and Omake Charity Organisation donated over 1 000 packets of sanitary pads to girls in the Okakarara constituency last week.

[New Zimbabwe] Health and Child Care Minister Costantino Chiwenga says government should introduce taxes on beer and cigarettes to raise money for medical services.

[New Zimbabwe] Political temperature is boiling up in Zanu-PF's Mashonaland West province after acting chair Abiel Mujeri at the weekend barred provincial members from Zvimba, Chegutu, Makonde and Kadoma from presiding over district elections in Huru...

[The Herald] The collective voice of SADC member states in the call for the unconditional removal of the illegal economic sanctions that were imposed on Zimbabwe by Western nations, combined with the Second Republic's re-engagement and engagement pol...

[New Zimbabwe] Malawi president and SADC chairperson Lazarus Chakwera has called for the immediate and unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the Western bloc of states saying this would facilitate economic recovery.

[The Herald] Zimbabwe's junior motocross champion rider, Emmanuel Bako, edged closer to claiming the 85cc Pro Mini Class title.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE international, Tino Kadewere, had a day to forget yesterday after he missed a glaring chance before seeing red as Olympique Lyon's late collapse saw them crash to a 2-3 defeat away to Nice yesterday.

[The Herald] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has intensified its call for sanctions against Zimbabwe to go, saying the illegal restrictions are impeding on the country's ongoing economic recovery efforts.

[Daily Trust] Payment of salaries by about 33 states of the federation is uncertain as the decision of the federal government to debit local government accounts in commencement of a payment of $418 million (N172 billion) to private consultants on Par...

[Vanguard] KACCIMA bids for Kano Airport We ought to be given right of first refusal --Bi-Courtney Concession'll improve airports facilities --Airline operators