[Monitor] Educational institutions have been advised to exploit the online mode of learning as much as possible to prepare for other challenges to come.

[New Zimbabwe] Mutare -- A Manicaland-based environmental watchdog has called on government to facilitate an outgrowers scheme for the Shangani community which faces eviction from its ancestral land in order to pave way for a multi-million-...

[African Arguments] Faced with misrepresentation in the mainstream media, queer influencers are telling their own stories and creating communities on YouTube.

[Balancing Act] London -- At the end of February the Nigerian Government launched its National Cyber-Security Policy and Strategy, a weighty document that tackles an increasingly pressing issue. Russell Southwood spoke this week to Abdul-Ha...

[DW] Angered by opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's arrest, his supporters took part in the worst unrest seen in years in the West African country.

[ISS] With the rainy season approaching, tensions are once again rising among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the giant Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, just before it flows into Sudan.

[The Herald] GOVERNMENT will soon introduce the Presidential Rural Poultry Scheme where each household will receive road-runner chickens as part of efforts to empower Zimbabweans.

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa yesterday directed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to continue manning security checkpoints to ensure that only designated transport operators such as the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company continue to be...

[The Herald] Restaurant owners have appealed for more relaxed Covid-19 regulations governing their operations, especially being allowed to operate at half capacity for sit-in customers, to ensure they remain afloat.

[Nyasa Times] Chairperson of the Parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee, Gladys Ganda, has said the economic growth projections at 3.5 percent as contained in the mid-term budget statement presented on Friday February 26, 2021 by Minist...

[Nation] The Executive has bowed to pressure from Parliament and allowed MPs to make amendments to the Kenya-UK trade deal. However, the changes shall be considered a year after the deal comes into force.

[This Day] Nigeria is exporting more products by air than it has ever done in the past and most of the products are meant for Nigerians who live abroad, THISDAY's findings showed.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Serengeti National Park has been named the best national park in the world and positioned number One out of the 25 national parks by Trip Advisor.

[Daily Maverick] Three years and three months after Steinhoff auditor Deloitte refused to sign off on the company's accounts, triggering the resignation of the CEO and implosion of the share price, German authorities have reportedly indicte...

[ISS] On 24 January, the French frigate Nivôse seized 444 kg of methamphetamines and heroin worth more than ?40 million from a dhow in the Mozambique Channel. This is the latest demonstration of how transnational organised crime is spreadin...

[Premium Times] The governor says Lagosians should expect a roll-out of vehicles from the plant within the next 18 months

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Labour Ministry launched on Monday in Maputo the first edition of an Award on Good Practices about Health and Safety at Work, after expressing concern about the underreporting of work accidents, the consequenc...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced plans to resume direct flights from Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Charles De Gaulle (CDG), France. The direct flights are set to restart fro...

[Nation] A commercial plane in South Sudan's Jonglei State has left at least 11 people dead, according to eyewitnesses.

[SAIIA] The adverse effects of the climate emergency mean that it is critical for the world to accelerate the transition to low carbon technologies to reduce emissions.

[Monitor] Standard Bank Group has said a "preliminary finding report is currently under review" of the key concerns, especially on the environment and social impacts, related to the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

[Premium Times] The MoU is expected to utilise Nigeria's gas and Morocco's phosphate to produce ammonia and phosphate fertilizers by 2025.

[Premium Times] Zamfara State and other parts of the North-west and North-central zones are currently ravaged by banditry and kidnappings.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Airports Council International (ACI) - the voice of world airports has today awarded the coveted Best Airport by Size and Region to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi and Moi International Airport (M...

[East African] The US government has issued a new warning to civilian airlines flying in the Kenyan airspace to watch out for possible attacks by militant groups, in what could heighten anxiety for the industry already weighed down by massi...