[New Zimbabwe] A learner at Chogugudza Primary School in Domboshawa who was suspended for wearing long hair to school has been readmitted after successfully challenging the school with the assistance of rights lawyers.

Staff were told they should note that higher marks are awarded at other universities.

[New Zimbabwe] The government has declared the accident which claimed 24 lives along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway on Thursday a national disaster and has pledged to assist bereaved families with funeral expenses.

[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has declared the Beitbridge accident which claimed 24 lives a national disaster and said the deceased will be accorded State-assisted burials.

[allAfrica] Sénégal/Suicide de Matar Diagne : Les derniers mots d'un étudiant condamné par la société

[New Times] The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has maintained its key lending rate at 6.5 per cent, signaling confidence in the economy's stability while keeping inflation in check.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- In the last 24 hours, Angola registered 141 new cases of cholera, specifically in the provinces of Luanda, Bengo, Icolo and Bengo, Cuanza-Sul and Malanje.

[GroundUp] "If I don't change my card there will be no income in my house," says 84-year-old KZN pensioner

[RFI] The High Court in London commenced a hearing to address allegations that the oil company Shell has polluted vast areas of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, particularly in regions traditionally claimed by the Ogoni people.

[People's Dispatch] Morocco launched a nationwide strike to protest passage of "strike law", reaching a participation rate of over 80%

[Premium Times] The lawmakers noted that the North-east remains the only zone not connected to the superhighway project under President Bola Tinubu's administration.

[Premium Times] The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that SPDC Joint Venture commenced the Gbaran Ubie Biodiversity Action Plan in 2016.

[Nile Post] Uganda's economy continues to show resilience, registering steady growth across multiple sectors, according to the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi.

[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- President Joseph Boakai has suspended the Director-General of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NAFAA), Emma Matieh Glassco, over allegations of financial and administrative inefficiencies.

[Premium Times] The increment comes about a week after President Tinubu requested an upward review of the budget from the initial proposal of N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion.

[Premium Times] Air Peace says the passengers constituted security threat during the flight and were apprehended on arrival.

[Independent (Kampala)] Ogot Tribute -- When I learnt of Prof. B.A. Ogot's demise on January 30, 2025, I was flabbergasted, not that I considered him to be immortal, but because of the immense loss to his family in particular, and to the academe, much as he was 96. I was indeed dumbfounded.

Members of the EIS union were due to walk out on 20 February unless cuts were halted and reversed.

[Gabonews] L'analyse des performances des candidats au Baccalauréat au Gabon sur la période 2012-2021 révèle des dynamiques intéressantes en matière d'accès, de réussite et d'échec. Avec une augmentation constante du taux de réussite, qui passe de 53,54 % en 2012 à 78,78 % en 2021, et une diminution corrélative du taux d'échec, le système éducatif semble afficher des résultats encourageants.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Le secrétaire d'État à l'Agriculture et à l'Élevage, Castro Paulino Camarada, a reçu en audience, mercredi, à Rome, en Italie, le directeur du Département d'Ingénierie et d'Entreprise de l'Université Tor Vergata de Rome.