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Nurses at one of Harare's main hospitals have resorted to washing bandages to re-use them on patients as the health crisis at the institution deepens, New Zimbabwe reports. Earlier senior doctors and consultants at the hospital embarked on a strike saying that despite assurances from the government, conditions at Parirenyatwa Hospital have worsened, putting patients' lives at risk.
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The government appears to be in a dilemma on how to source funds to pay the new U.S.$83 (N30,000) minimum wage to workers. This development is generating tension as the government fears that this might lead to conflict between it and organised labour.
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Botswana's High Court is considering a challenge to the provisions of the penal code criminalising consensual same-sex relations in the country, offering advocates a rare chance to argue for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights on a continent where homosexuality remains highly contentious. It will hand down its judgment in June. The challenge raises similar legal issues as the one pending at the Kenya High Court, which is due for a decision in May.
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The Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television, known as FESPACO, was first launched in 1969. The festival is the largest biennial event to celebrate African cinema and is held every two years.
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A British museum says it will return a lock of hair that the Ethiopian government considers a national treasure.
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President Omar al-Bashir's declaration of a year-long state of emergency indicates that he has opted, for now, to take the route of greater repression to quell popular protests that are calling of an end to his 30-year rule, writes The Conversation.
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Steinhoff between 2009 and 2016, apparently created fictitious profit-boosting schemes totalling R106 billion, which is just under three times the net profit of the company over that period, writes Tim Cohen for Daily Maverick.
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During a construction site visit, Energy Minister Medard Kalemani has told the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Minerals that 5,000 Tanzanians would be temporary workers and 400 others would be permanent. The Stiegler's Gorge hydroelectric project in the Selous Game Reserve triggered heated debate, with ecologists opposing it in 2018.
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UN agencies are aiding the rescue effort after tens of thousands of people were hit by floods across southeast Africa. The regional death toll has already reached 174 and hundreds more remain missing.
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A Polish aviation turnaround expert has told journalists that if the government does not succeed to push through the controversial plan to have Kenya Airways take over management of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the carrier will, in a span of five years, diminish to the level of its low cost subsidiary Jambojet and lose its prestigious tag of the Pride of Africa.
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