[allAfrica] As of September 18, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,382,398. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 33,428, and recoveries 1,133,444.

[New Zimbabwe] A war veterans group has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court seeking the nullification of the recently signed US$3,5 billion deal by government and commercial white farmers who lost their land during the country's violent land reform process in the past two decades.

[Premium Times] Some Nigerians recount how they or their loved ones fell prey to medical referral kickback scam of doctors and diagnostic centres.

[allAfrica] Dakar and Cape Town -- The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is celebrating a decade of its Feed the Future campaign, which enables partner organisations to target the root causes of poverty and hunger. Projects in Burkina Faso and Benin have produced expertise and economic stability for local agricultural producers.

[UN News] UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since the death of former President Pierre Nkurunziza, who ran for a third term in 2015, in a move deemed by opposition to be unconstitutional.

[East African] The American Bar Association says it intends to send representatives to monitor the trial of Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina in Kigali, as the court case continues to gain international attention.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least 1,600 post-graduate scholarships, for university lecturers, are being made available by the government under the Higher Education Support Programme.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The reduction in drilling activity, whose financial losses have yet to be quantified, is one of the consequences of the impact of Covid-19 on the oil sector in Angola.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved Angola's request for increased financial assistance and immediately disbursed USD one billion.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to celebrate this year's Heritage Day on September 24 by taking up the Jerusalema dance challenge.

[allAfrica] As of September 17, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,373,765. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 33,250, and recoveries 1,126,752.

[allAfrica] Nairobi -- When Etabo Lopeyo Lotonia was attacked by a crocodile while fishing in Lake Turkana, members of his social enterprise group put aside all the day's tasks to ensure he received treatment.

[Daily News] TANZANIA and Rwanda have agreed to meet at the end of this month to discuss and address various bottlenecks that impede smooth flow of trade between them.

[ECDPM] This year was supposed to be crucial for Africa-Europe relations, culminating in the sixth AU-EU Summit, scheduled for 28 and 29 October in Brussels. But then COVID-19 happened. After a long palaver, a decision was finally taken: the summit will be postponed to 2021, although a date still needs to be fixed. Geert Laporte explains why postponing may not be such a bad thing.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan government has reiterate resuming classes in various education sub-system of the country from October this year.

[New Frame] Sixty years after independent Congo's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, was murdered and dissolved in acid, his teeth, kept as a trophy in Belgium, will be returned to Africa.

[ANGOP] Caxito -- The earthquake recorded on 10 September in the municipality of Nambuangongo, northern Bengo province, had a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale, the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics (Inamet) said on Wednesday.

[AIM] Maputo -- Two journalists were attacked on Sunday night, one in the southern province of Inhambane, and one in the northern city of Nampula, according to the Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body, MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa).

[263Chat] Internationally-acclaimed and award-winning novelist and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has been shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction for her latest literary work, The Mournable Body.

[Nation] Health authorities have raised concerns following a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases in Mombasa and Turkana counties in the recent past.

[WHO] 15 September 2020 -- Twenty-two (22) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1935 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to four thousand, six hundred, and twenty-four (4624). To date, two thousand, seven hundred, and sixty-seven (2767) patients have recovered and been discharged, including thirty-one (31) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, eight hundred, and thirty-five (1835) and twenty-two (22) deaths.

[ANGOP] Menongue -- Timber traders in Cuando Cubango province have accumulated losses of 125 billion kwanzas from 2018 until now, due to the non-transformation of roundwood in the logging areas.

[Premium Times] The Nigerian government says it is waiting for the acceptance of two-third of Member States to proceed with the Regional Maritime Development Bank project.

[Nation] A study by Oxfam Kenya last February, found that a heavy and unequal responsibility of unpaid care and domestic work is borne by women and girls.

[Nyasa Times] State House confirmed on Monday that the Termination of Pregnancy Bill will be tabled in the current sitting of Parliament. As expected, voices against this bill are already soaring.

[allAfrica] As of September 16, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,366,455. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 33,071, and recoveries 1,116,986.

[New Times] When Rwanda confirmed her first Covid-19 case in mid-March, the country would conduct only 300 sample tests within 24 hours.

[ANGOP] Lubango -- Around 70 tonnes of plastic waste is acquired monthly by the Marplastico factory of the Marivel group, from individuals and companies in the municipality of Lubango, Huila and Namibe province, who two years ago found a livelihood for their families in the business.

[Cameroon Tribune] The entrepreneur made the announcement recently on twitter.

[New Times] The substantive trial of the case involving 32 terror suspects linked to Rwanda National Congress (RNC) and affiliated militia groups, started yesterday September 15, at the Military High Court in Kanombe, Kicukiro District.

[New Times] Players of the men's senior national football team have started informal fitness training at Amahoro Stadium as the resumption of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers edge closer.

[Lesotho Times] The government has expressed concern over the United States' decision to impose sanctions on a Lesotho citizen, Phakiso Mochochoko, in connection with his work at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

[DW] The Ivory Coast Constitutional Council has approved President Alassane Ouattara's bid for a third term in office amid fresh violence. Vehicles were reportedly set alight by protesters in several cities.

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stood adamant, South Africa's governing African National Congress was only engaging his Zanu PF party and no-one else, insisting there was no crisis which warranted the involvement of other political parties in the country.

[allAfrica] As of September 15, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,359,892. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 32,794, and recoveries 1,106,694.