[Premium Times] Terrorists have turned Kaduna State into a war zone and made travelling between the state and Abuja a nightmare with impudent attacks on road, rail and air facilities. The growing infamy of Kaduna as the most terrorised state in Niger...

[JusticeInfo.net] The Special Criminal Court opens its first trial on April 19. But this mixed court in the Central African Republic, composed of national and international magistrates, is experiencing a serious crisis of confidence. Five years after...

[Seychelles News Agency] Sey No Plastic, a non-profit organisation in Seychelles, is educating local communities on the dangers of plastic in the environment and the importance of recycling in a series of roadshows.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Lari -- Forest authorities say Kenya's scheme to let farmers grow crops in forests has slashed illegal logging, as the country aims for 10% of its land in trees by the end of the year

[DW] Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said the al-Feel oil field had been shut down due to a group of people disrupting the operation. Disruptions were also reported at the Zueitina oil port.

[VOA] Blantyre -- The Media Institute of Southern Africa in Malawi (MISA-Malawi), a watchdog group, has accused the Malawi Police Service of hacking a website for the Platform for Investigative Journalism. The accusation comes after the media organiz...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The newly elected members of Somalia's Federal parliament have on Saturday convened their first session in Mogadishu to discuss the preparation of the election for the leadership of both houses.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The Russia and Ukraine conflict is having an impact on the situation in Somalia which is facing famine conditions, the United Nations agencies said.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Geoffrey Kamworor will line up in the streets of Boston on Monday evening, seeking a second World Marathon Major title, motivated by his close friend and training partner Eliud Kipchoge.

[VOA] Some countries have offered to help Tunisia prevent damage to the environment after a merchant ship carrying up to one thousand tons of oil sank off the coast of Gabes, the Tunisian defense ministry said on Sunday.

[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The President of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has issued directives to the competent authorities to review the State of Emergency, and release political detainees 'within days', to prepare the atmosphe...

[RFI] Kenyan Sharon Atieno, 23, considers herself a busy woman. She believes in the saying 'the early bird catches the worm', and every day she leaves her Nairobi home at the crack of dawn to go to work. She is one of the waste collectors at the expa...

[Premium Times] Reacting to the killings in Plateau, where more than half of the killings occurred, President Muhammadu Buhari directed security agencies not to spare those behind the atrocities.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The East African military intelligence institutions have agreed to work together on the security issue in the region.

[New Zimbabwe] A TOP government official has warned of severe floods that are later this week forecast to hit the Eastern parts of the country.

[Daily News] THE Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence against four militia men, who were found guilty of killing a suspected habitual cow thief and village mate, Salum Gambi.

[SNA] Djibouti -- The Director of Economic Cooperation Department and Regional Integration of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Osman Babiker said that the IGAD launches studies on solar system complex and policies of regiona...

[New Times] "It is a long story." That is Louise Uwamungu's first response when I ask her about how the Genocide against the Tutsi affected her life.

[New Times] The national basketball team expects to start preparations for the second window of the FIBA World Cup qualifiers on June 6.

[New Frame] Residents of a land occupation in Durban held a pageant to showcase their young people and bring some much-needed sparkle and hope amid the state's brutal evictions and arrests.

[New Times] Govt targets to enroll 60% of ordinary level graduates into TVETs.

[Leadership] Commercial activities in Amaifeke in the Orlu local government area of Imo State was on Sunday brought to a halt as gunmen engaged EbubeAgu operatives in a gun duel, which left residents terrified.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Sunday directed the government to work for promoting the role of civil societies as well as the mechanisms for coordination between NGOs and the national network of female community leaders.

[Daily Trust] Mrs Oriaku Nmadu, mother of late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, says her daughter saw hell in the hands of her husband.

[New Zimbabwe] ZAPU says it will not be celebrating Independence Day on Monday, but will be mourning the loss of lives before and after independence.

[New Zimbabwe] TRADITIONAL healers and apostolic healers are the biggest perpetrates of sexual gender based violence (SGBV) against women and girls in Zimbabwe, a senior government official says.

[VOA] Durban, South Africa -- The death toll from floods that have battered South Africa's east coast has risen to 443, including a rescuer, a regional official said on Sunday, as dozens more are still missing.

[New Times] The Rwandan High Commission in India, on Saturday, April 16, held a virtual event to commemorate the Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] Christians in Rwanda on Sunday celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

[New Times] Rwanda National Police (RNP) have arrested three men in connection with the recent murder of a woman in Nyamasheke District.