The Tigray conflict in Ethiopia escalates +++ Former South African president Jacob Zuma lays charges against a chief state prosecutor +++ The Africa YouthConnekt summit wraps up in Accra, Ghana +++ Tributes continue for Kenyan running star Agnes Tirop who was killed last week

Sudan rivalry deepens between pro and anti-transitional council supporters +++ Kenya's Kenyatta lifts nationwide lockdown +++ Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu appears before a federal court +++ Will The Gambia's Jammeh ever face justice?

News+++Nigeria: One year after Lekki toll gate killings +++ Uganda doubles down on arrest request for Fred Lumbuya +++ Kenya drought lingers on +++ Africa and climate change

News+++eSwatini's pro-democracy protests+++Cameroon's French speaking villages form militias+++Streaming services hope for African boost+++Somaliland's women's basketball dreams+++Italy's stict COVID-19 rules+++

News+++Sudanese protesters demand return to military rule+++Cameroon separatists declare days of national mourning+++Nigeria battles to revive palm oil industry+++mRNA hopes for malaria vaccine+++Sports

Nigeria's military says Abu Musab al-Barnawi leader of ISWAP dead+++Zimbabwe: Mandatory COVID-19 jabs for civil servants

US President Joe Biden hosts Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta++Pro-democracy protests flare up in Eswatini++Abu Musab al-Barnawi was the leader of ISWAP dead

That's our topic on this week's 77Percent. If so — why? And if not — why not?

Rwanda education sector in shock after 60,000 students fail+++Ethiopian offensive in two northern regions intensifies+++Guinea's military ruler, Col. Mamady Doumbouya, force some 42 military generals to early retirement+++Nigeria approves electronic transfer of election results+++Elderly fend off sexual predators through learning Karate

International court backs Somalia in sea dispute with Kenya++ EU places temporary visa restrictions on Gambians++Turkey: Social media under increased threat from government