[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A Tigrayan general and former commander in the African Union mission in Somalia died in custody after he was arrested along with other senior officers in the early days of the war in 2020. The rebel authorities in Tigray are ...

[allAfrica] Guinea's attorney general has ordered legal proceedings against former President Alpha Conde and 26 of his former officials for alleged crimes, including acts of violence while in office, Al Jazeera reports.

[allAfrica] As of May 5, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,540,181 while over  294,169,448 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[VOA] Somali lawmakers have set May 15th as the date they will select the country's next president.

[WHO] New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (described as "excess mortality") between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14...

[UN News] A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country's forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner of a UN-backed international environmental prize.

[Premium Times] Authorities say the funds looted by the late Abacha and his family have been transferred to the UK Home Office for onward transmission to the United States Department of Justice.

[New Frame] The xenophobic and violent Operation Dudula is part of a global trend of rising right-wing vigilantism that is finding favour in an era of crisis.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The total number of crimes reported to police across the country rose by 16.7 per cent in the last 1 year, according to a new report from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- New data in the latest economic survey report shows that Kenya's fertility rate has gone down, particularly in urban areas.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and The Institute of Social Accountability (TISA) Kenya, are suing the government seeking information on Kenya's debt treaties, agreements, and contracts signed with other States and in...

[UN News] A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday.

[Premium Times] The U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday, the biggest in 22 years, is expected to reverberate around the globe and spur Nigeria and other economies to hike rates in the coming weeks.

[Premium Times] The country has embraced democracy, but crime and communal clashes threaten gains made under Barrow's leadership of The Gambia.

[The Conversation Africa] Since its emergence more than two years ago, COVID-19 has reached nearly every corner of the globe. It has infected hundreds of millions of people, and overwhelmed health systems worldwide. But its impact goes beyond its dir...

[ISS] The country has embraced democracy, but crime and communal clashes threaten gains made under Barrow's leadership.

[The Conversation Africa] The Sahel - the region just south of the Sahara - is home to the world's fastest growing extremist group, Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin or JNIM, and the most deadly group, Islamic State in West Africa, according to the ...

[DW] The Economic Community of West African States has reacted to putches in the region with appeals, sanctions or troop deployments. But criticism of the bloc's inconsistent actions is growing. DW takes a closer look.

[DW] Central African Republic and El Salvador have made Bitcoin legal tender and Panama has approved a bill to regulate crypto assets. Experts have warned that nations that adopt crypto currencies risk instability.

[New Zimbabwe] THE sharp decline in the value of the Zimbabwean dollar is a result of a sustained onslaught on the currency by economic saboteurs, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has claimed.

[RFI] The President of Togo has agreed to mediate in Mali, where the military junta is under international pressure to re-establish civilian rule after taking power in 2020.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on the public to utilise water with caution as the winter season sets in with a minimal amount of rainfall.

[The Herald] The Victoria Falls carnival ended successfully, although South African musicians DJ Maphorisa, Kabza De Small and Zimbabwean Shasha, did not show up according to the programme.

[This Day] Many Nigerian airlines were shocked yesterday when they were informed by oil marketers that aviation fuel had risen from N500 per litre to N680 per litre.

[This Day] Barring any urgent intervention, Nigeria's foremost carrier, Aero Contractors may be on its way out of the skies after over 61 years of flight operations.

[The Conversation Africa] Food serves as one of the critical needs a person requires for daily survival. In South Africa it's recognised as a fundamental human right under the country's constitution.

[Africa Renewal] How business start-up kits are changing lives in Mozambique.

[New Frame] Kicking the president out of the federation's main rally shows how tired workers are of the government protecting the private sector while claiming to be on the side of the working class.

[VOA] Nairobi -- Kenya's Marsabit county is one of the country's popular tourist attractions, but unrest generated by ethnic conflicts in the region is paralyzing economic activities, said Nuno Galma, a driver in the town.

[IPS] Lake Chad -- Fourteen-year-old Hadiza smiles as she clutches a purple bag in her hands. Inside the cloth bag is a Menstrual Hygiene Management kit, an essential item that gives her dignity and enables her to continue with school even when menst...