[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[DW] The world's most ignored displacement crises are in Africa, according to an annual ranking. It's the first time all 10 are on the African continent.

[allAfrica] Harare -- MeerKAT, South Africa's radio telescope, continues to produce significant new discoveries.

[New Times] Celebrated American television personality, Ellen DeGeneres, together with her partner Portia de Rossi are expected in Rwanda to launch the couple's Gorilla campus on June 7.

[The Conversation Africa] Zimbabwe is heading for general polls in 2023 amid an ongoing macroeconomic crisis. In the decade starting from 2001, the state-led economy started to show signs of strain. Unemployment reached 85%. Inflation, which was a st...

[Premium Times] Governor Nyesom Wike, who picked reasonable votes from Lagos, won Oyo and Ekiti, where he got the backing of Governor Seyi Makinde and former Governor Ayodele Fayose respectively. But Atiku won overall.

[UN News] Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Wednesday against a UN Peacekeeping logistics convoy near the town of Kidal in northern Mali.

[VOA] Abuja -- A clergyman of Nigeria's Methodist Church has revealed the church paid a ransom of nearly a quarter-million dollars for his release. Gunmen abducted the prelate Sunday while he was traveling in Nigeria's southeastern Abia state. The pa...

[RFI] The ruling junta in Guinea-Conakry has rejected a call from the United Nations to lift a ban on political demonstrations, insisting protests should only be allowed during the election period in three years' time.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the next administration from using debt even as emphasized its importance as a key accelerator of economic development.

[The Conversation Africa] Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in east and southern Africa are getting a raw deal. To succeed they need fair and integrated regional markets. Research by the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economi...

[DW] A broken pipeline in Libya is releasing thousands of barrels of oil into the desert every day. The news is the latest blow to the country's struggling oil sector.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Durban / Cairo -- From online funeral service planning to voice-based messaging, Africa's innovators are tapping local knowledge and cultures to develop their own tech platforms

[ISS] The resurgence of Boko Haram's breakaway faction, with its al-Qaeda backing, threatens national and regional security.

[AFRASID] Zimbabweans are no strangers to using humour as a coping mechanism. For instance, during funerals, a close family friend (masahwira) lightens up the sombre atmosphere by sharing jokes about the deceased. Humour is also a form of escape for ...

[Nyasa Times] A recent report on tobacco use and production suggests that the green leaf kills eight million people worldwide each, with the majority of the deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries where 80 percent of the world's smokers ...

[Premium Times] Key findings of the report indicated that gender inequality and stalled development drive high rates of unintended pregnancies

[This Day] The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Musa Yadudu said it would be costly for the agency to maintain 24 hours operations at all the airports in Nigeria. He disclosed that only few airports a...

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari on Tuesday in a meeting asked the APC governors to allow him pick his successor..

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has extended the dusk to dawn curfew in Marsabit by thirty days due to increased insecurity in the region.

[Nile Post] The UPDF deputy Chief of Military Intelligence, Brig Abdul Rugumayo has reminded East African armed forces of the threat caused by terrorism to the people and economies.

[New Times] At least 40 Heads of State have confirmed to attend the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), slated for late this month.

[The Conversation Africa] One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three simultaneous dimensions: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition.

[The Conversation Africa] In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that "Every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation."

[VOA] Nairobi -- Aid agencies warn the number of people facing starvation in the Horn of Africa is expected to reach 20 million by the end of September without a stronger response to an ongoing drought.

[Premium Times] Many Okada riders across the state complied with the ban by the state government.

[Premium Times] Residents advised travellers to stop plying the highway until it is secured.

[RFI] A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya.

[CAF] The group phase of the qualifiers for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 start on Wednesday with the giants seeking to start their campaigns with victories.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has defended his decision to use the military in accelerating reforms and development in key government departments.