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[Citizen] Russia's Government has on Monday announced the suspension of flights between Russia and Tanzania, with effect from April 15 to June 1, due to the status of the coronavirus pandemic.

[MAP] Rabat -- Morocco has started its association process within the European Union's program "Horizon Europe", under the new European programming 2021-2027, as part of the strengthening of relations of cooperation between the two sides.

[Ghanaian Times] No - "the ravens of the sky" have not been transmogrified into the Duke of Edinburgh. The story of the birds will be continued next week.

[New Times] Rwandan has secured ?78 million (Approx.Rwf90 billion) grant from Germany to support decentralization, good governance, export promotion and vocational training

[New Dawn] President George Manneh Weah has sent a condolence message to the Government and people of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Following the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Two former prisoners convicted for the alleged commission of the crime rape in Kakata, Margibi County have testified to the adequate acquisition of tailoring skills, which have immensely contributed to their transformation, under the European Union Delegation to Liberia's funded Strengthening Democracy and Respect for Fundamental Human Rights of Prisoners program.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya has been added to the list of designated states for mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland due to the increased infections of COVID-19.

[Nairobi News] Kenya has been added to a list of states in whose travellers will have to undergo a mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- International players among them the African and European Union have called for an urgent solution to the current political stalemate in Somalia over delayed elections.

[RFI] The Ugandan and Tanzanian governments have signed a series of agreements with oil companies Total of France and the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation. The deal paves the way for the construction of a pipeline to carry crude oil from Uganda to a Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean. French and Ugandan environmental action groups have confirmed they will continue legal action against the project which they claim will cause major human and environmental problems.

[East African] Kenya has been added to the list of designated states for mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland leaving Uganda as the only country in East Africa which has not been listed among states which require mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland.

[Govt of SA] Message of condolence on the passing of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

[Daily News] THE East African region is gearing to tap into opportunities emerging from the upcoming German Hannover trade fair (Hannover Messe), slated for the 12th -16th April this year.

[New Times] Rwanda has joined the rest of the world to send messages of solidarity to the United Kingdom following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II who died Friday aged 99.

[Nairobi News] President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined other world leaders in mourning Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburg, who died on Friday.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, has conveyed a message of condolence to Queen Elizabeth II of England on the death of her consort Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

[Nation] Kenya and the UK expect business disruption after the travel bans kicked in yesterday, but officials say it may not last long.

[Nation] Sweden- based Kenyan artiste Lioness Afreeka has been on a mission to not only popularise her music in the diaspora but also to promote Kenyan and East African artistes.

[Daily Maverick] After facing challenges such as Covid-19 and Brexit during his time in SA, the British High Commissioner is back in Britain, where he is ready for a new role heading a directorate in the Foreign Office.

[New Times] On the 7th of April 2021, as Rwandans were commemorating the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, US and UK officials engaged in a sordid competition of genocide denial by issuing shameful statements found here and here in which the victims and the historical truth of what happened twenty-seven years ago were erased.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President João Lourenço Friday sent his condolences to the Queen Elizabeth II on the death of her husband the Prince Philip Duke of Edinburg, expressing, on behalf of the Angolan People and on his own, the deepest sympathies.

[Daily Maverick] Turkey sees Somalia as a strategic bridgehead to the Horn of Africa and beyond, but for this to become a reality, political stability in the country has to be restored. Turkey's attempts to rebuild the Somali Defence Force without a guiding national political framework is tantamount to taking a journey without a roadmap.

[Nyasa Times] Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has offered his country's deepest sympathies and condolences to Queen Elizabeth II on the passing of Prince Philip who died at Windsor Castle on Friday, aged 99 years--two months short of clocking 100 years.

[Nation] Debutant Eric Kiptanui and Angela Tanui bagged victory in Xiamen Siena Marathon in Italy on Sunday.

[Nation] The list of the 39 countries on the United Kingdom's restricted travel list that now includes Kenya is dominated by nations in Africa and South America.

[The Point] Gambian midfielder, Dembo Darboe scored two fantastic goals (brace) for his Belarusian First Division League side FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk during their 4-0 home win over FC Isloch in their week-three fixture of the Belarusian Premier League played at the Stadyen Shakhtsyor on Saturday.

[Govt of Liberia] Monrovia, Liberia - President George Manneh Weah has extended heartfelt sympathy to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and all nations of the Commonwealth following the death of the Queen's husband, Prince Philip. The Prince, officially titled the Duke of Edinburgh, died on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99. President Weah extolled the crucial role the Prince played alongside Queen Elizabeth in helping steer global affairs, while leading the people of the UK. The President said Liberia fondl

[NEWS] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday, April 5, 2021, received the European Union (EU)'s contribution of SDR 141 million (equivalent to EUR [170] million or US$[199] million) to the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT), which provides grants for debt service relief to countries hit by catastrophic events, including public health disasters such as COVID-19, a statement has said.

[New Times] The High Commissioner for Rwanda to the United Kingdom (UK), Yamina Karitanyi, has called on the UK to bring to book the five genocide suspects who have been roaming freely in the European country for the last 13 years.

[allAfrica] After 30 years in power, Chad's brutal ruler Idris Déby Itno is just coming into his own.  With elections on April 11 in his oil rich, yet crushingly impoverished country, he is offering a masterclass in how to not just win an election but crush an opposition, dispirit a population, and seduce foreign backers so completely that his tenure as president is assured for years to come.