[allAfrica] As of January 14, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  3,142,330. Reported deaths in Africa reached 75,688 and 2,562,487 people have recovered.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Five years of drought have bludgeoned a "breadbasket" region of Madagascar and, along with the coronavirus, have disrupted local labour patterns in the south, resulting in a looming food crisis.

[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] Swiss prosecutors allege that the Israeli billionaire and business associates bribed a wife of the former Guinean president to obtain lucrative mining rights.

[Monitor] Some 18.1 million registered voters are expected to file at 34,684 polling stations across the country today to cast their ballot and pick a new president and 528 Members of Parliament.

[ISS] No fewer than 10 presidential elections are planned for 2021 - in Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia. Ethiopia is also having all-important general e...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Study predicts that fossil fuels will still account for two thirds of the electricity generated on the continent by 2030

[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

[New Zimbabwe] Only a fraction of Covid-19 patients will need to be admitted in intensive care unit (ICU) and every health facility in Zimbabwe is able to isolate and manage a person seeking treatment for coronavirus.

[East African] Heritage activist Mwazulu Diyabanza, from Congo, has been on a grabbing spree of African artefacts in European museums that were stolen from former colonies. His actions have left him with a total bill of $9,771 in fines.

[The Conversation Africa] Regardless of how Ugandans decide to vote in the January 14 presidential elections, the incumbent Yoweri Museveni will most likely be declared the winner. Museveni has ruled the country for five consecutive terms. He has his...

[This Day] Miffed by the spate of poverty bedevilling rural women in the country, the federal government has flagged off a special cash grant of N20,000 for 6,800 vulnerable rural women in Katsina State.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's multi-award-winning novelist and filmmaker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Wednesday scooped the PEN Award for Freedom of Expression.

[RFI] Some ten thousand civilians remain displaced after fleeing an attack in Niger's western Tillabéri region at the beginning of the year that killed at least 105 people and wounded many more, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees in Ni...

[Public Eye] Today, a historic trial is starting in Calvin's city. Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz faces charges of "corruption of foreign public officials" and "document forgery" with two business partners. He is alleged to have arranged the tran...

[African Arguments] If convicted, Ace Magashule's political career could be over. If acquitted, he could become politically indestructible.

[The New Humanitarian] Geneva -- 'Food supplies are very limited, widespread looting is reported and insecurity is high.'

[Citizen] Kampala -- Uganda's President Museveni on Tuesday confirmed closure of social media channels ahead of tomorrow's General Election.

[Premium Times] While some of the infectious diseases got worse in 2020 compared to previous years, others were better managed.

[Monitor] President Museveni in his address to the nation on Tuesday reacted with defiance to international criticism of a government crackdown on the opposition and Facebook closing down the ruling party's account, two days before presidential and p...

[Dalsan Radio] Somalia is among the least powerful passports globally, according to the 2021 Henley Passport Index.

[New Zimbabwe] The newly reintroduced urban commuter trains have been suspended following the return to a stricter Covid-19 lockdown.

[Nairobi News] The Kenyan passport has dropped three places to be ranked 11th most powerful in Africa from the previous year when it was ranked 8th according to a new research.

[SAnews.gov.za] The African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) has confirmed the acquisition of provisional 270 million vaccine doses for African countries, with at least 50 million being available for the crucial period of April to June 2021.

[New Zimbabwe] Machete-armed robbers recently broke into a Beitbridge couple's bedroom during the night raid before waking the husband, a businessman and his wife and forced them to be intimate while they video graphed the act from a cellphone.

[New Zimbabwe] THE United Kingdom (UK) is releasing an extra US$5,4 million of aid money to immediately provide food, nutrition, water and shelter to 110 000 vulnerable families living in Zimbabwe's urban areas

[Vanguard] The Nigerian Navy has warned Niger Delta militants, who last week threatened to resume attacks on oil facilities over alleged Federal Government lackadaisical attitude to the development of the zone to have a rethink and toe the path of di...

[Premium Times] Wednesday's figure pushed the total number of infections in the country to 103,999.

[This Day] Benue State Government has announced an outbreak of cholera in the state, which it disclosed has killed 25 persons.

[Leadership] With the alarm raised by the Department of State Security (DSS) over plans to incite violence that would breach peaceful coexistence.

[allAfrica] The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has estimated that external capital inflows to emerging market countries shrank in 2020 by about $700 billion relative to 2019. The inflows came from remittances, official ...