[allAfrica] Creatives from across the continent are gathering in Lagos, Nigeria, for the Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX). This initiative brings together Africa's creative talent, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders to unlock the economic pot...

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[allAfrica] Guinea-Bissau has cancelled a proposed hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborn babies following international criticism that it was unethical and potentially exploitative.

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[allAfrica] In this guest column for AllAfrica, the Dutch Trade and Development Minister and the head of the World Health Organization stress that addressing viral health crises anywhere protects everyone everywhere. The government of the Netherlands...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Mombasa High Court is expected to sentence controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 28 co-accused persons on Friday over the deaths of 191 people, including 190 children, in the Shakahola massacre.

[Capital FM] Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has announced plans to retire from the military leadership position in the coming months, saying he intends to dedicate his life to Christ.

[Premium Times] Atiku Abubakar says he will challenge the Federal High Court judgement invalidating his presidential nomination. At the same time, his campaign council says it will seek interim relief and disputes the ruling's legal basis.

[InfoWire] Speaking at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos, Adeniyi Adebayo, Chief Executive of RideTech and Chief Business Officer at Yango Group, highlighted the importance of locally developed infrastructure, strategic partnerships and new approaches t...

[Premium Times] The denial came nearly two months after The New Humanitarian reported that the Nigerian government entered into a secret ceasefire agreement with the Boko Haram faction led by Bakura Doro.

[UN News] Drone strikes that killed at least 30 people in Abyei last month have added "a new and concerning dimension" to security in the disputed area, the UN's peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Thursday.

[UN News] Attacks that damaged or destroyed water and sanitation systems in conflict zones tripled between 2021 and 2025, increasing children's risk of exposure to disease outbreaks, malnutrition and violence.

[The Conversation Africa] I visited a family of 19 in Sierra Leone in 2015. By the time I arrived, eight had died. The other 11 were left to live with the grief and fear of what might happen next.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) national Results Operations Centre (ROC) in Midrand is abuzz with activity, as political parties closely monitor the first results from the 2026 Local Government Elections.

[Africapractice] Africa Made It, the continental movement driving Africa's industrial sovereignty, today officially launched its campaign, "Power, Protect and Purchase," at the CANEX weekend in Lagos, Nigeria. Aimed at unlocking USD 34 billion in a...

[Premium Times] The judgement, if upheld by the higher courts, means the ADC, a major challenger to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is barred from fielding candidates in the upcoming general elections.

[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM -- TANZANIA, Kenya and Uganda are investing heavily in modern sports infrastructure ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), combining new stadium construction with the modernisation of existing facilities to meet i...

[InfoWire] Extreme heat is increasingly affecting productivity and incomes across Africa, particularly among workers in the informal economy. New evidence from Nigeria, Ghana and India suggests that simple, electricity-free cooling technologies could...

[Capital FM] Kisii -- Four suspects charged with the murder of a Kenyan-American couple who were brutally killed at their home in Gesima, Nyamira County, have been acquitted after the court found insufficient evidence linking them to the killings.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- UK Development Minister Kirsty McNeill says that sanctions her government has announced against military commanders suspected of atrocities, including conflict-related sexual violence, during the fall of El Fasher in western Sud...

[Scrolla] Eskom has asked to charge municipalities 8.84% more for electricity from July 2027. The energy regulator decides on 26 November. Johannesburg must send its electricity tariff request to the energy regulator by 30 March. New tariffs start ...

[RFI] A Nigerian court has disqualified Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate for the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), just two months before the country goes to the polls.

[Daily Maverick] DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis on Thursday at noon declared Cape Town a win for his party, and the only metro with an outright majority. Key Cape hinterland towns of Stellenbosch and Paarl (Drakenstein) remained in DA control, while in...

[Daily Maverick] In interviews with the DA's federal leader Ashor Sarupen, ActionSA's Funzi Ngobeni and the ANC's deputy secretary-general, Nomvula Mokonyane, we assess the future of Johannesburg's governance as the results start to land.

[RootsToFoods Capital Series] In a RootsToFoods Capital Series interview, Kanini Mutooni of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation follows one Kenyan cold-chain company from DRK's first check to the path to financial sustainability, and Dr. Frank Aswa...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Rescue teams have recovered six more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed multi-storey building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, raising the number of confirmed fatalities as the search for people still trapped beneath the debris conti...

[Africa CDC] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), through the CPHIA 2026 Secretariat, invites qualified and interested volunteers based in Ethiopia to express their interest in serving as Session Rapporteurs for the 5th...

[CPJ] New York -- The Committee to Protect Journalists was joined Thursday by 16 other civil society organizations in calling on Tunisian authorities to immediately release imprisoned journalist Zied el-Heni and end the judicial harassment against hi...

[Daba Finance] Ethiopia has become Africa's fifth-largest economy after revising its gross domestic product figures to account for sectors including digital finance, services and manufacturing. The country's economy was valued at $210.7 billion in th...

[Ghanaian Times] WORLD Vision Ghana has urged stakeholders to move from awareness to action on water, sanitation and hygiene, as 63 per cent of Upper East residents still practise open defecation.

[Bird Story Agency] Visionary creators, including Charlemagne Andoche Amoussou, founder of the Lolo Andoche brand, are giving the traditional Beninese Kanvô cloth new uses in fashion and interiors. Once associated with the royal court of Abomey,...

[Daily News] Dodoma -- PRIMARY schools are facing a teacher shortage of 37 per cent, compared with 16.4 per cent in secondary schools, prompting continued annual recruitment to address staffing gaps and improve learning conditions.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi is in the grip of a nationwide fuel supply crisis, and the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has threatened countrywide demonstrations to force the resignation or dismissal of Energy Minister Jean Chifuniro Mathanga.