[allAfrica] As of January 29, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  10,669,963 while over  210,635,964 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[The Herald] Schools open for all classes in nine days time on February 7 as Covid-19 infection levels continue falling, with the curfew now starting at midnight and bars and restaurants able to stay open until 10pm, but only for vaccinated customers...

[ISS] Less than two years into his term, the high expectations of President Lazarus Chakwera are fast fading.

[Times of Zambia] The loss of 14 people in a single road traffic crash is unfortunate and painful as Information and Media Minister Chushi Kasanda has noted.

[The Herald] Former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF Secretary for Finance, Cde Patrick Chinamasa, and ex-diplomat Dr Andrew Mtetwa have landed top regional posts after they were appointed to the SADC Panel of Elders and Mediation Reference Group respect...

[Leadership] Amid rumours making the rounds that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, travelled out of the country to seek medical treatment in the United Kingdom, his spokesperson, Tunde Rahman, has debunk...

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[New Era] One of the men on trial for murdering 71-year-old Gerhardus Petrus Koekemoer at his Outjo home in 2014 has denied knowing his co-accused and having a hand in the death of the elderly, although he had admitted guilt in a warning statement.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has heightened security following terror threat warnings issued by various embassies in the capital Nairobi.

[MBC] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 94 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, has made the following additional appointments to his Cabinet with effect from Thursday 27th January...

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's yearly and monthly inflation levels have registered declines, the latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) reveals.

[New Era] Anti-Corruption Commission director general Paulus Noa has questioned the formula used to determine Namibia's ranking on the latest corruption perception index. Namibia fell two places in Transparency International (TI)'s Corruption Percept...

[New Zimbabwe] The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has asked top human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to respond a complaint filed by a fellow legal practitioner, Tinomudaishe Chinyoka who accused her of making claims that Chief Justice Luke Malaba was ...

[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF and the opposition MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora have received half a billion dollars ahead of the March 26 local council and parliamentary by-elections.

[Premium Times] A former Group Managing Director of New Nigeria Development Corporation [NNDC] Mohammed Hayatudeen, who is also a former Chief Executive Officer of FSB bank, has reportedly re-united two factions of the opposition PDP in Maiduguri, Bo...

[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said Friday 28/01/2022 that 2,007 new coronavirus infections were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in Egypt since the beginning of the outbreak to 419,460.

[Premium Times] Ahead of the 2022 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the Federal Government says it is reviewing existing studies, campaigns, WASH and NTDs analysis in the country.

[Egypt Online] The Foreign Ministry vehemently condemned Friday's missile shelling of Baghdad International Airport, which resulted in material damage.

[New Zimbabwe] SENIOR officials in Zanu PF and the government are unsettled by the militant approach adopted by Harare Metropolitan provincial secretary Tafadzwa Muguti.

[New Zimbabwe] Former Harare East MP Tendai Biti and five other Citizens for Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates Friday filed their nomination papers for March 26 parliamentary by-elections.

[New Zimbabwe] A crunch meeting that was supposed to put an end to Masvingo Urban, Ward 4 double candidature mess in the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) hit a snag Friday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has expressed reluctance to drop stalled projects estimated to have already cost the taxpayer Sh390 billion in a new raft of conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has intensified voter registration campaigns targeting the youth on social media platform amid a low turnout and missed targets.

[Vanguard] Rising singer, Jed Otah who goes by the stage name Dice has made good his promise to release a body of works, '48 Hours In The Motherland'.

[Vanguard] By audience demand, season three of the hit drama series, Gifted, will soon hit the screen. Season one and two premiered last year and received much critical acclaim and commendations for their originality.

[Vanguard] For those wondering if DJ Cuppy and ex BBNaija housemate Kiddwaya ever dated, DJ Cuppy has a response. In an Instagram live with Kiddwaya, DJ Cuppy laid all rumours to rest.

[The Herald] The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s national crisis and emergency management authority has lifted restriction on entry for passengers arriving from 12 countries, including Zimbabwe beginning today.

[Daily News] THE Ministry of Health intends to revise the country's non-communicable disease policy to incorporate infant screening during vaccination as well as premarital counselling as a means of reducing the country's Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) bu...

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE are looking at sending a team to this year's Homeless World Cup football tournament which will be held in New York, United States, in September.

[UN News] A UN envoy will travel to Burkina Faso over the weekend on a "good offices mission" in the wake of the military coup last Sunday.