[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[SAnews.gov.za] Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted a further extension of the National State of Disaster on COVID-19, until 15 April 2022.

[Premium Times] The developments could deal a blow on Nigeria, which has plans to export oil in the neighbourhood of 1.5 million bpd in March.

[This Day] The national power grid collapsed yesterday, causing a nationwide outage as the entire system crashed due to the loss of 1,100 megawatts from a 3,700mw peak generation earlier recorded.

[The Conversation Africa] The sudden death of Tanzania's populist president John Pombe Magufuli on 17 March 2021 catapulted his then little-known vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, to the helm of political leadership. In one year, President Hassan ...

[Dabanga] Atbara / Dongola / Nyala / Khartoum -- Protests were held in towns and cities across Sudan at the weekend to call for the end to the military junta and a return to civilian government. Protests also erupted as a result of soaring prices for...

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Officials in Malawi say at least seven people have been killed and hundreds displaced by Tropical Cyclone Gombe, which also left 11 people dead in Mozambique. Authorities have deployed search and rescue teams to flood-hit ar...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has given some 7, 213 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) operating in the country that are yet to file their annual returns with the NGO Coordination Board 90 days to be compliant or risk deregistration.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Aid groups say Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are facing increased attacks and growing hunger as humanitarian access to the displaced persons camps remains limited. The aid groups are calling on Ethiopian authorities to protect refuge...

[Daily Trust] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has finally informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition, Daily Trust learnt from credible sources.

[UN News] To forge a sustainable future for us all, "women and girls must be front and centre, leading the way". Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Monday.

[RFI] A video has emerged of the French journalist Olivier Dubois who has been held hostage since April 2021.

[RFI] The Senegal army has launched a military operation against rebels in the southern Casamance region, the chief of staff said in a statement issued on Sunday.

[Premium Times] "Regulators for inspection visit and repair teams have been activated. The Federal Government, Bayelsa (Government) and security authorities were notified."

[Premium Times] The communities had given Shell a 14-day ultimatum.

[DW] Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Mokom is alleged to have committed the crimes in 2013 and 2014 in his role as an anti-Balaka militia leader.

[ISS] Since the transition started, there have been no signs of lessons learned from past political missteps.

[The Conversation Africa] India has just recently overtaken Nigeria as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty.

[Africa In Fact] The wave of coups and military takeovers that has swept through West Africa over the last 24 months calls into question the ability of both the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to uphold democ...

[RSF] Following the past weekend's circulation of a new undated video of Olivier Dubois, a French journalist held hostage in Mali for the past 11 months, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the French and Malian authorities to redouble efforts t...

[The Herald] Zimbabwe says it fully supports the adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution with an international legally binding instrument.

[The Conversation Africa] Droughts in water scarce regions are being aggravated by human-driven climate change. While rainfall reduction is the main driver, increased temperature and evaporation can also play a role.

[The Conversation Africa] A humpback whale we tagged while it was feeding off the Western Antarctic Peninsula made a nearly 19,000 km-round trip in 265 days, travelling north from Antarctica to its breeding area off Colombia and back. Whales migrate ...

[WHO] As societies, we are failing to protect children and families from the marketing of products that undermine their health and development. One of the most egregious examples of this is the aggressive promotion of commercial milk formula for babi...

[Dabanga] El Geneina -- The Resistance Committees active in the neighbourhoods of El Geneina, capital of West Darfur, organised a protest vigil in front of the state government offices condemning the recent violence in Jebel Moon, which killed at lea...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) is to receive the Human Rights Award 2022 from the German section of Amnesty International. The 10,000 euros award will be conferred in recognition of EHRCO's selfless human r...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Over 9,000 residents of Lare and Jikao woredas were displaced in fresh clashes near the South Sudanese border leaving six people dead and one injured, the Gambella regional government said. According to the head of the...

[Premium Times] The U.S government says justice is a mutual priority between it and Nigeria.

[Nigeria Health Watch] "... gender-based violence happens to our acquaintances, colleagues, friends and, yes, family members." Anita Hill.

[Daily Trust] The federal government has fulfilled its promise of allocating houses in the preferred state of choice to winners of the 1994 African Cup of Nations, saying it is better late than never.