[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[allAfrica] As of April 5, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,422,292 while over  270,570,107 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] Tigrayans are being targeted with ethnic cleansing in the contested Western Tigray zone, according to a new report by human rights groups. The onslaught of rape and killings amounts to "war crimes," they added.

[DW] Rangers at the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo are said to have raped and killed indigenous people with the aim of driving them out. The park is largely funded by Germany.

[allAfrica] A massive fire in the Somaliland's central market in Hargeisa has plunged the country into mourning. The flare-up began on Friday, 1 April and continued into Saturday. International solidarity followed the tragedy, including from Somalia...

[The Conversation Africa] The COVID pandemic has exposed long-standing structural fault lines in societies - especially in health systems. These same inequalities also drive another major global health concern: antimicrobial resistance.

[This Day] International aid agencies yesterday raised the alarm that the West African sub-region was currently facing its worst food crisis in a decade, with 27 million people currently going hungry.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] On top of rising poverty and child marriage, higher school costs are deterring low-income families from sending students back to class in the East African nation

[VOA] Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) says terrorist group al-Shabab is plotting to assassinate the country's president and prime minister.

[UN News] The UN chief on Tuesday together with the Security Council, strongly condemned an attack by suspected militia members, on peacekeepers serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Nepali 'blue helmet' dead.

[DW] Although Somalia now has a quota system for female lawmakers, women are frequently held back from pursuing leadership roles due to pervasive cultural and social barriers.

[The Conversation Africa] In developing countries, and the sub-Saharan region especially, the scale of unmet basic needs is enormous. It is estimated that 3 billion people in the developing world subsist on less than US$2 a day per person.

[African Arguments] Critics say state-backed farming cooperatives have become a tool for recruiting people into the ruling party and are sowing division.

[Premium Times] The Senate said the extension of the budget period from March 31 to May 31 became imperative in view of the need to complete ongoing projects nearing completion.

[Premium Times] The suspect appeared before Justice Farouk Lawan of Kano High Court 4 and pleaded guilty to all the 18 count charges.

[ISS] Weak oversight mechanisms and Africa's sea-blindness make the maritime industry an ideal target for graft.

[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- When driving at night in Zimbabwe, watch out for a pair of eyes on the road and slow down. You may hit a giraffe inside a pothole. So goes an often-told joke.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Bolloré Africa Logistics group has confirmed the sale of its activities in Africa to Franco-Swiss shipowner MSC for a record amount of ? 5.7 billion. In addition to its port activities, the group operates three railway l...

[RFI] An alleged Janjaweed militia leader has pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the first ever trial at the International Criminal Court dealing with Sudan's Darfur conflict of nearly two decades ago...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- There is a looming transport crisis as Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators countrywide start grounding their fleet due to the persisting fuel crisis in the country.

[New Zimbabwe] Political parties and pressure groups have angrily reacted to Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's declaration that the ruling party will never relinquish power and plans to rule for a very long time.

[New Zimbabwe] CITIZENS Coalition for Change's (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged the party's 20 legislators to focus on ensuring the amendment of the Electoral Act which will usher in sweeping reforms in the manner in which elections are conducte...

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa will this evening address the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy at a virtual event co-hosted by the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg.

[New Times] Rwandan youngster Noam Emeran is set to sign a new deal at premier league giants Manchester United.

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow evening, Wednesday, 06 April 2022, address the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy.

[New Era] The government has decided to increase the benefit amount for the disability grant for children under the age of 18 from N$250 to N$1 300 effective from 2023/2024 to strengthen support for children with disabilities.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' environment department is developing a national action plan to identify key sources, pathways, hot spots and impacts of plastic pollution including microplastics in the island nation.

[The Conversation Africa] Most parts of South Africa, specifically its summer rainfall areas, have received above average rainfall since October 2021. This has led to an increase in the country's national average water levels.

[VOA] Nairobi -- U.S. government officials warn that many African countries will continue to face shortages and high food prices as long as Russia continues to wage war against Ukraine, from which Africa gets much of its wheat and cooking oil.

[VOA] Korhogo -- In parts of northern Ivory Coast, local militiamen called Dozos drive along the countryside's dusty roads, where they help the state keep the locals safe. Unlike the nation's prosperous south, development, security and rule of law ha...