African news feeds (<front>)

[GroundUp] Experts say this can be avoided if the South African government covers some of the defunded services

[AI London] Gang rapes of 36 women and girls as young as 15 recorded between April 2023 and October 2024

[Premium Times] Nigeria is a major cocoa exporter, though it ranks behind Ghana and Ivory Coast, with the EU being its largest market.

[Premium Times] I spent an hour yesterday watching Davido's interview on The Breakfast Club, and it felt so good for so many reasons.

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[New Zimbabwe] A total of 95 people who were arrested on allegations of staging a demonstration against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued stay in office on March 31 have been denied bail.

[New Zimbabwe] The Local Government Ministry has come out in defence of legislators fingered in questionable land grabs that might see them get between 300sqm and 1,000sqm of prime residential stands within Harare's leafy Borrowdale district.

[New Zimbabwe] OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said any of its legislators who will have their conduct in Parliament influenced by the government's recent allocation of residential stands to MPs must be embarrassed by their conduct.

[Daily Trust] The ongoing trade war between the United States and China is poised to have far-reaching consequences for Nigeria, Prof. Ken Ife, a distinguished economist and global trade analyst, has warned.

[The Herald] NINETY-FIVE people, who were arrested in connection with recent failed demonstrations, have been denied bail by Harare Magistrate Mr Isheunesu Matova.

[This Day] The Managing Director and CEO of Aero Contractors, Ado Sanusi, has confirmed that many business class passengers that patronise schedule commercial airlines are becoming worried about the high airfares and delays in flight, which have compelled them to go for private jet services in order to cut cost and to avoid further delays and cancellations from scheduled flights.

[The Herald] Mbare's growing bedbug crisis has sparked a wave of panic and disgust among dwellers at Matererini and Matapi Flats.

[The Herald] Fastjet Zimbabwe has successfully introduced the Harare to Lusaka flight, connecting the two vibrant cities with a thrice a week flight.

[The Herald] LEGISLATORS from the 8th, 9th and 10th Parliaments have started benefiting from a Government programme offering them residential stands as part of a broader package of non-monetary incentives to improve their welfare and working conditions.

[The Herald] Victoria Falls -- Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has reaffirmed that the Government is actively exploring the use of nuclear energy, particularly through small modular reactors, as part of a balanced energy portfolio.

[UN Women] The number of people at risk of gender-based violence, including sexual violence, has tripled to over 12 million since the beginning of the war.

[UN News] As governments and global markets struggle to deal with the deep concerns and disruptions caused by trade tariffs, Rebeca Grynspan, the head of the UN trade and development agency (UNCTAD), told UN News on Thursday that the poorest countries - whose activities have a negligible effect on trade deficits - should be exempt.

[UN News] Recent funding cuts have caused "severe disruptions" to health services in almost three-quarters of all countries, according to the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

[UN News] The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, leaving millions of women, children and displaced families suffering from violence, food insecurity and the collapse of essential services.

[The Conversation Africa] Voters in Gabon head to the ballot box on April 12, 2025, in a vote that marks the first election in the Central African nation since a 2023 coup ended the 56-year rule of the Bongo family.