[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Mr Mohammed Dewji's abductors reportedly took less than 30 seconds to kidnap him from a Dar es Salaam hotel last week.

[FIAN International] Many have warned that if women's unpaid work were to be duly counted, the economic model as we know it would fall apart. Yet, are we aware of how the world would be fed if women in the rural areas simply stopped?

[Premium Times] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has raised an alarm over the 24 hours deadline given by Boko Haram to eliminate another female staff held captive by the insurgents.

[ICRC] Geneva/Abuja -The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is making an urgent public appeal to the Nigerian Government and to communities and individuals with influence to work toward the release of two committed medical workers abducted in north-eastern Nigeria earlier this year. Speed and urgency are critical. A deadline that could result in the killing of another health-care worker is less than 24 hours away.

[VOA] The U.N. Children's Fund reports a local militia fighting Boko Haram Islamists in northeast Nigeria has released 833 child soldiers. UNICEF says it hopes the move will be followed by further releases.

[VOA] Zimbabwe's growing economic crisis, which has sent consumer prices spiraling upward and created shortages of everything from gasoline to medication to fried chicken, is shaping up to be the first major test for Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sworn in barely two months ago.

[The Conversation Africa] The Chinese have established themselves as one of the biggest investors in Africa's infrastructure projects. In Kenya, one of their flagship projects is the country's new standard gauge railway, which is estimated to be worth $3.2 billion.

[Deutsche Welle] Foreign passports are in high demand in South Africa and their are indications that the number of applicants will reach a record high in 2018. In many cases, people are reacting to political and economic instability.

[Deutsche Welle] Nigerian group CJTF has released over 800 children from its ranks after agreeing to end child recruitment in its fight against Boko Haram. UN officials warn that many other militias still use children as fighters.

[VOA] Six African women with albinism, a condition that affects the pigmentation of the skin, hair and eyes, set out to climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro earlier this month in a bid to raise the visibility of people living with the condition.

[VOA] In signing a historic peace deal with Ethiopia and cooperation agreements with Djibouti and Somalia earlier this year, long-isolated Eritrea gained fresh opportunities to re-emerge on the world stage.

[VOA] A U.N. employee in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the first such incident during the current outbreak, according to the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission.

[allAfrica] Johannesburg -It's the third day of the African Fashion International Joburg Fashion Week at the Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. Local and international designers and models are not here to play, so you'd think everyone would have let their guard down, especially since the show has been running for three days straight. But noooo!

[Monitor] The Bududa mudslides search and rescue operation has been interrupted by heavy rains that resumed Friday afternoon making it even harder to find more bodies and missing persons.

[Nation] Migori Governor Okoth Obado will on Friday know whether he will be freed when he returns to court this morning for the bail hearing and determination.

[Premium Times] Gambo Sallau, a career farmer in Kano, was not expecting to vote for any other presidential aspirant except Rabiu Kwankwaso. But in the weeks leading up to the Peoples Democratic Party 2018 National Convention in Port Harcourt, the delegate became increasingly enamoured with the message of Atiku Abubakar campaign.

[Nairobi News] For as long as Kenya has been independent, Mr Lucas Asang'asa had quietly lived through it; seeing the country's main highways transition from dirt tracks to the deadly thoroughfares we know today.

[The Herald] The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has started receiving the 30 000 tonnes of wheat imported recently and millers who had temporarily closed shop due to the unavailability of the cereal are now expected to resume operations.

[The Herald] Government has expressed concern over the number of people still presenting with cholera signs and symptoms, despite vaccination against the diarrhoeal disease that started last week.

[Deutsche Welle] World efforts to lower hunger to zero by 2030 are being negated by warfare and climate change, warn nutritionists. Their latest global index categorizes 51 nations, mainly in Asia and Africa, where hunger is alarming.

[Monitor] Ugandan pop star Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine, has described President Museveni as one drunk with power.

[VOA] The five-year war in South Sudan is among the deadliest the world has seen in recent years, according to a new analysis by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Police have thrown a security cordon around the country as the hunt for abducted Tanzanian billionaire Mohamed Dewji got underway.

[The Conversation Africa] The latest reshuffling of South Africa's finance minister, following the resignation of Nhlanhla Nene and appointment of Tito Mboweni, may have negative origins but it brings with it some positive energy.

[New Times] The number of people using the internet in Rwanda increased from 4,375,016 in June 2017 to 5,475,448 in June this year, according to figures released by Rwanda Regulatory Agency (RURA).

[New Times] A comprehensive list of names and case details of those convicted of corruption will henceforth appear in the media as part of the government's plan to discourage the masses against getting involved with the vice, the Ombudsman has said.

[Premium Times] Eleven people on Wednesday in Abuja suffered various degrees of burns from a gas explosion that occurred at Rosy Restaurant Area 11.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Long queues in many places suggest that turnout will be higher this year than in past municipal elections, when turnout has been less than 50%. Based on reports from our correspondents, most polling stations opened on time at 7 am, but some opened more than two hours late due to missing materials and late allocation of polling station staff. Problems seemed to occur in larger cities - Beira, Maputo, Matola and Quelimane. In smaller towns such as Marrromeu and Sussendenga, some polling stations had not open

[IPS] Washington DC -A disease that we know how to prevent, treat, and cure has become the world's leading infectious killer: tuberculosis (TB), an airborne bacterial infection.

[News24Wire] South Africa's fifth finance minister in less than three years, Tito Mboweni, is certainly relatable at a time of pinching pockets and questions over political policies.

[Bhekisisa] The Life Esidimeni tragedy makes headlines again in a new global report.

[Daily Trust] A family, displaced from their village in Mafa, arrive at the outskirts of Maiduguri. With little food or water, most of those displaced walk for more than three days to reach Maiduguri.

[Govt of SA] Fellow South Africans,

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The campaign ends today, Sunday, with two days for reflection before the vote on Wednesday. In most municipalities it was been orderly and calm, although there have been a handful of violent incidents.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] A violent confrontation between Frelimo and Renamo caravans and a violent police raid on the Renamo headquarters brought the campaign to an end in Tete. Twelve Renamo members remained in jail late Monday, and 14 people were injured and 6 remain in hospital. The detained include one member of the provincial assembly and two candidates for municipal assembly.