[allAfrica] As of April 27, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,497,393 while over 282,705,455 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[New Zimbabwe] THE ministry of local government has dismissed Enock Mupamawonde's recent election as acting Harare Mayor, saying the meeting which appointed him was not properly convened.

[263Chat] In a letter dated 25 April 2022, ARTUZ called on the Minister to treat the issue as a matter of urgency failure of which will render the second term a flop.

[VOA] Bamako -- Al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali say they have captured at least one Russian mercenary from the Wagner Group, a private military company with alleged links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

[ISS] There are no good precedents for outsourcing asylum processes, and the agreement could damage continental relations.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Joel Samson, a father to two minors, recounts the day in December 2020 when his family broke up due to what he says were financial misunderstandings after losing his job.

[Premium Times] In one of the photos, there were 23 abductees, mostly women and children. Among the children were two boys and three girls. The remaining 20 were all women.

[Daily News] President Samia Suluhu has pardoned 3,826 prisoners from different correctional facilities across the country as part of the 58 union anniversary.

[Premium Times] Nigeria's bitumen deposits are ranked sixth in the world in terms of reserve size, an official said.

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- The U.S. government is giving an additional $200 million to support humanitarian initiatives in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, where more than 20 million people are in need of food, water and medicine. Lack of rain in the region...

[RFI] The United Nations has called for an investigation into the killings last Sunday of residents of Kerneik, West Darfur in Sudan. An aid group working in the area said 168 people were killed, and 98 were wounded.

[VOA] Harare -- One of the citizens feeling the pinch of rising prices in Zimbabwe is Christine Kayumba. She says she can't afford to buy bread for her four dependents on her salary of less than $250 a month -- because a loaf now costs more than $2.

[RFI] Jihadists in Mali say they have captured a fighter working for Wagner, the Russian private security firm hired by the country's military junta to train the military - though France and other countries say the fighters are acting as mercenaries.

[RFI] The Democratic Republic of Congo's health authorities have declared a new Ebola virus outbreak in Equateur Province on Monday - its third since 2018. With help from the World Health Organization, it has identified more than 100 contact cases.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has reached an agreement to advance Sh28 billion loan to Kenya as part of the 38-month IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF)financed program.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- High cost of animal feeds has forced many farmers to scale down livestock-related businesses due to lower productivity which has subsequently resulted in the high cost of eggs, meat, and milk across the country.

[New Zimbabwe] AT least nine junior police officers have gone AWOL after are resisting transfers to rural outposts.

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The government has kicked off the implementation of a number of emergency response measures to avert a food crisis in the country following the outbreak of the African fall army worm.

[The Conversation Africa] If there is one musician as commonly associated as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the West African musical movements Afrobeat and Afrobeats (never mind Afro-Blues and Afro-Soul), this is the preserve of Orlando Julius Ekemode. Giv...

[GroundUp] Farm worker evictions are likely to spike with the end of the National State of Disaster, Women on Farms (WFP) has warned.

[New Zimbabwe] TWO armed robbers died upon admission at Kadoma General Hospital after they were shot during a shootout with police detectives in Kadoma Tuesday.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) now claims the only reason it will not be holding an elective congress anytime soon is because it does not have money.

[The Herald] PERSONS or companies engaged in the side marketing of tobacco will now be liable to imprisonment as the Government moves to protect one of the country's major foreign currency earners and source of livelihood for millions of Zimbabweans.

[The Herald] WARRIORS forward Tino Kadewere is cursing injuries which have dogged his season as he continues to fall down the pecking order at his French Ligue 1 football club Olympique Lyon.

[This Day] The country's ongoing railway modernisation project has the potential to catalyse the economy and requires the federal government to fast-track its completion with safety guarantees.

[Premium Times] Nigeria was once the world's largest palm oil producer but today, it produces too little it imports.

[GhanaToday] NGO Group at the News Conference

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government says the moratorium on scrap metal dealing will be lifted gradually from May 1.

[Daily Trust] Big Brother Naija star, Khafi Kareem, is being probed for misconduct by the authorities of the Metropolitan Police Force, UK, for her participation in the show in 2019.