[Premium Times] Mr Gide rose to prominence in 2018 after he reportedly killed Tsoho Buhari, who used to be the most ruthless and most feared bandit in the region.

[RFI] Central African Republic's Special Criminal Court, set up to probe war crimes and crimes against humanity committed since 2003, opens its first trial Tuesday, seven years after it was created.

[Premium Times] "They killed so many people. It started while we were in the church, but we had to run back home," a resident of Orlu in Imo told PREMIUM TIMES.

[DW] A mortar attack interrupted a parliamentary session in Somalia as the newly elected lawmakers were meeting in the heavily fortified compound. Somalia is trying to complete the process of choosing a new president.

[The Conversation Africa] Agenda 2063 is the African Union's long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture.

[Premium Times] The pardon finally puts a lie to President Buhari's claim that the judiciary is responsible for the shattered anti-corruption war of the APC government.

[The Conversation Africa] Banditry in Nigeria emerged as an isolated rural phenomenon in the late 2000s. It's now evolved into sophisticated violent criminality, characterised by syndicates with immense reach across regions and countries.

[Daily Maverick] There would be no room for corruption, mismanagement or fraud 'of any sort' as South Africa embarked on a long-term recovery after the devastating flooding in KwaZulu-Natal that had led to more than 400 deaths, President Cyril Ramaph...

[IPS] Blantyre, Malawi -- One polio case is one too many, global health experts say.

[Vanguard] IT'S becoming commonplace that women now go on low-cut. That, usually was not the case, even a decade ago.

[New Zimbabwe] Government and development partners have injected at least US$51 million towards the Small Holder Irrigation Revitalisation Programme (SIRP) to rural farmers across the country.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has dispelled rumours that heavy rains which recently pounded South Africa could spill to Zimbabwe.

[New Zimbabwe] The leader of South Africa's anti-immigration group, Operation Dudula, claims they were attacked on by Zimbabweans in Soweto's Kliptown informal settlements while looking for people linked with the stealing of power cables.

[The Herald] Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church members have applauded President Mnangagwa for taking a leading role in ensuring that indigenous churches are fully supported to enhance their operations countrywide.

[The Herald] The burial of the 38 people who perished when a St Charles Luwanga bus crashed along the Chimanimani-Chipinge road on Thursday night has started.

[Daily Maverick] Addressing the mental health effects of the climate crisis as independent of the broader sociopolitical and psychosocial South African context would effectively deny the reality experienced by the country's majority.

[Govt of SA] Impact of severe weather events in South Africa declared a national state of disaster in terms of the National Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002

[Govt of SA] My Fellow South Africans,

[The Conversation Africa] It's common in both Kenya and South Africa for there to be everyday conversations about inequalities in power relations and between "races", classes and ethnic groups. Kenya, in East Africa, and South Africa, in southern Afr...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Evans Chebet won his first ever major marathon title, clinching victory in a time of 2hrs, 6mins and 51secs, with Lawrence Cherono coming in second and defending champion Benson Kipruto coming in third.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir put up a sensational sprint finish to beat Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh to the Boston Marathon women's title, clocking 2hrs, 21mins and 2secs.

[RFI] The family of kidnapped French journalist Olivier Dubois were on Monday waiting for French authorities to respond to their request for a top level judge to oversee what steps are being taken to secure his release.

[Nigeria Health Watch] In 2020, we shone a spotlight on RICOM3, a programme focused on helping Nigerian women take ownership of their pregnancy journey, by going the extra mile to implement a Quality of Care (QoC) model that women and health care wor...

[Africa Renewal] The renewed push for Kiswahili to become a lingua franca in Africa promises to benefit the continent and the world. The effort is set to reduce Africa's reliance on foreign languages in official communications, lead to the recognitio...

[allAfrica] Just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in March, General Stephen J. Townsend - commander of the U.S. Africa Command, known as Africom - testified before the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. The impact of the Russian i...

[Vanguard] A crude oil leak from the 12-inch Benisede-Brass Creek Delivery Line has been reported in the riverine enclave of Peretuorugbene in Bayelsa State.

[Leadership] United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that 11, 536 schools were closed in Nigeria since 2020 over abduction and related security issues.

[New Zimbabwe] Leader of Johane Marange apostolic sect, High Priest St Noah Taguta, has died.

[New Zimbabwe] Nine suspected rustlers linked to 66 stolen cattle have been arrested in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province.

[New Zimbabwe] Fourteen Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists were arrested in Mutare Saturday and were charged with public nuisance after they conducted car rallies to drum up support for the party's candidates contesting for two wards ahead...