[The Herald] The National Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe has attributed the shortages of bread on the market to lack of foreign currency to import wheat to make flour.

[The Herald] ZESA Holdings lost electricity infrastructure worth almost $3,7 million in the first 10 months of last year due to vandalism - affecting power distribution in the process.

[The Herald] The National Social Security Authority has submitted a request to Government for an upward review of monthly pension payouts.

[Deutsche Welle] Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied reports of a rift between himself and his deputy, a former army general who led the coup that toppled longtime ruler Robert Mugabe.

[allAfrica] A senior representative of Dubai-based harbour operator DP World has been killed in the port town of Bosaso in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Bloomberg reports.

[New Zimbabwe] Bailed Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general, Japhet Moyo is still languishing in remand prison after police have indicated they were still holding on to him over a different offence.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -A new collection of photographs showcasing the changing attire of Kenya's pastoralists aims to spotlight how the recent discovery of oil in the country's remote northwest is slowly altering their traditional way of life and culture.

[East African] The EastAfrican has learnt that the volumes of coffee exports from Uganda to Sudan have "dropped drastically" since June 2018.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -A new collection of photographs showcasing the changing attire of Kenya's pastoralists aims to spotlight how the recent discovery of oil in the country's remote northwest is slowly altering their traditional way of life and culture.

[The Herald] Government has drawn-down $45,9 million, representing 30 percent of the total project cost for upgrading and modernisation of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.

[East African] Tanzania will earn $180.2 million from its stock of cashewnuts after it entered into an agreement with a little known Kenyan-registered firm, Indo Power Solutions Ltd, for the purchase of 100,000 tonnes of the product last week.

[East African] Technocrats from Uganda and Tanzania are scheduled to hold another round of discussions next week to iron out three contentious issues that were deferred during negotiations of the Host Government Agreements (HGAs) for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

[Guardian] Nigeria's telecommunications industry has perfected plans to deploy first Artificial Intelligence to enhance service delivery.

[Nation] The Kenya National Union of Nurses has dismissed attempts by the national and county governments to stop a strike expected to begin Monday.

[Nation] Patients across the country are staring at agonising moments ahead as nurses vow to effect their planned strike starting tomorrow.

[This Day] Ado Ekiti -The Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has disclosed that the country is losing a staggering sum of $9 billion annually due to poor investment in agribusiness.

[IPS] Benin City -"Don't assume if you attempt the journey your fortune will change for the better," a woman says over the public address system in the crowded Uselu market in Benin City, the capital of Nigeria's Edo State. "Many embarked on the journey and never made it. Many people are dying in the Sahara Desert."

[This Day] People of Kpasham, Bali, Lawaru and Dong communities in Demsa local government area of Adamawa state, ravaged by herdsmen attacks, have cried out over lack of security and water, infrastructural decay, poor electricity supply and closure of schools.

[AIM] Maputo -The British government is to appoint three honorary consuls based in the Mozambican cities of Beira, Tete, and Pemba to boost trade and promote cultural and scientific ties between the two countries.

[AIM] London -The Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation on Friday announced that Mozambique LNG1 Company Pte Ltd has signed an agreement with China's state-owned hydrocarbon company CNOOC for the long-term supply of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) from the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Under the agreement, CNOOC will purchase 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per annum for 13 years.