[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.

[allAfrica] Ce 11 février, le Sénégal s'est réveillé avec une terrible nouvelle, celle du suicide de Matar Diagne, étudiant à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis. Cet acte, annoncé dans une lettre posthume publiée sur Facebook, a plongé la communauté estudiantine, les internautes et la population dans un tourment sans précédent.

[Les Dépêches de Brazzaville] A l'occasion de la Journée internationale des légumineuses, le 10 février de chaque année, l'Université Marien-Ngouabi l'a célébrée pour la première fois, dans l'auditorium de sa grande bibliothèque, sous les auspices de son président, le Pr Parisse Akouango, sur le thème « Etat des lieux des travaux et perspectives de recherche sur les légumineuses au Congo ».

[African Arguments] Recycling Cairo's trash for free while providing employment to tens of thousands, the Zabbaleen have much to teach other cash-strapped cities.