[News24Wire] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has described the late Botswana leader Sir Ketumile Masire as a "virtuous and humble" man, who "opened his life to us with a generosity of spirit that was so much a part of his character". [...]

[Premium Times] The Presidency says it is constrained to decry criticisms, mostly on social media, on the retention in London of Nigeria's Presidential Aircraft, NAF 001 as "mostly informed by lack of understanding of protocol around foreign trips by Heads of State all over the world". [...]

[263Chat] Ex cabinet Minister and South African based businessman, Dr Nkosana Moyo has today confirmed his ambitions to contest the 2018 President elections under the banner of Alliance for People's Agenda. [...]

[263Chat] High Court Judge Justice Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa on Wednesday 28 June 2017 ordered University of Zimbabwe (UZ) authorities to allow all medical students to return to halls of residence after they were evicted from their dwellings for allegedly protesting against the arbitrary hiking of fees. [...]

[263Chat] The Zimbabwe government is worried about fake websites which are bend on tarnishing the image of the country by spreading falsehoods, a senior government official has said. [...]

[Daily News] Tanzania's passport is the second most powerful travelling document in East Africa after Kenya, according to The Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index 2017. [...]

[News24Wire] Thembisile Yende's murder accused, David Ngwenya has been denied bail at the Springs Magistrate's Court in the east of Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon. [...]

[New Era] Ongwediva -The Ministry of Works and Transport plans to construct earth roads measuring 900 kilometres over the next 20 years as part of its Master Plan for Sustainable Transport for the four northern regions. [...]

[Ethiopian Herald] Experts of major livestock importing Middle East countries have given approval to the Mille International quarantine system, expected to uplift Ethiopia's livestock export. [...]

[Monitor] Makerere University Council has today voted Professor Barnabas Nawangwe to become the new Makerere University Vice Chancellor (VC). [...]