[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The popular radio personalities DJ Fresh (Thato Sikwane) and Euphonik (Themba Nkosi) have parted ways with music radio station 94.7 following rape allegations that were levelled against them.

[The Conversation Africa] Less than 30% of researchers worldwide are women and UNESCO data shows that only about 30% of all female students choose science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at a tertiary level. Four African women ...

[allAfrica] Dubai -- The conclusion of the African Union (AU) Summit on Sunday was an important moment to reflect on the pace of change across the continent and the friendship that my country, the United Arab Emirates, enjoys with the people of Afric...

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[The Conversation Africa] Australia has recently seen SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) escape several times from hotel quarantine, including in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.

[East African] Juba -- South Sudan's Central Bank on Tuesday introduced a 1,000 Pound banknote in a move to ease transactions.

[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga yesterday signalled the formation of a "bigger political movement" with the ruling party that he described as unstoppable in the run-up to next year's General Election.

[East African] Uganda will buy 18 million doses of the Oxford vaccine at a higher price than South Africa, and more than triple what the European Union is paying for the same, the government announced this week.

[East African] Burundi marked unity day last week, a few days after sentencing of the coup plotters of 2015 to life imprisonment.

[Monitor] The government is considering taxing cash withdrawals from commercial banks, according to a leaked letter seen by this newspaper.

[New Zimbabwe] Mutasa South -- Four Chinese nationals working under the controversial Zhong Jian mining company sustained severe injuries this week after they were attacked by artisanal gold miners over mining rights dispute.

[Namibian] Cabinet has given its approval for Air Namibia to be voluntarily liquidated.

[New Zimbabwe] The Harare City Council has given an ultimatum to residents operating illegal tuckshops to immediately stop operations and remove their structures before the municipality moves in and demolish them.

[Monitor] By now you might have seen or heard about the sensational piece of fake news that went viral a few days on WhatsApp, claiming that western Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni's home region (with a third of Uganda's population), had 270 MPs, m...

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 statistics could be highly misleading due to the health ministry's derelict of duty which has seen some sub-standard test kits finding the way on the market.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected a Bill that would have compelled employers to give leave to parents of adopted children or those born through surrogacy.

[New Times] The number of people who have contracted cancer since 2015 has more than doubled, rising from 2,115 cases to 5,040 in 2019, the Director of Cancer Diseases Unit at the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), Marc Hagenimana, has said.

[Vanguard] The Senate said yesterday Nigeria is becoming a failed state on account of the insecurity situation in the country, which has culminated in high level insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, herdsmen attacks, and asked President Muhammadu Buhari...

[Capital FM] Mogadishu -- The survival of Somalia is facing new uncertainties amid a prolonged impasse over national elections which threaten ongoing efforts to achieve durable peace, stability, economic development and cohesion in the Horn of Africa...

[UN News] Some 20 UN peacekeepers serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were injured on Wednesday, after their temporary base came under attack in the restive central region of the country.

[Africa Renewal] Annual US$88.6 billion illicit capital flight loss needs to be seen as missed development opportunities.

[Chatham House] Despite huge economic cooperation and unrestrained reciprocal praise, Egypt and China's relationship is more complex and unilateral than either would admit.

[This Day] Former Nigerian Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has expressed gratitude to the United States, President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians for supporting her bid to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

[DW] A spate of disappearances linked to January's general election have raised alarm among members of the opposition and the families of those kidnapped.

[Premium Times] Members of the community witnessed the October 20 shooting of peaceful protesters by Nigerian soldiers and had provided details of the incident

[Premium Times] The Milkmaid is a Hausa language-based thriller on insurgency, especially as it affects women and children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

[Premium Times] "The world must not short-change Africa on access to vaccines," Mr Adesina said.

[Crisis Group] With ongoing fighting in the Tigray region, Ethiopia's chronic instability is set to worsen unless the federal government adopts a conciliatory approach toward opponents. In this excerpt from our Watch List 2021, Crisis Group urges the...

[Crisis Group] Ten years after independence, South Sudan is faring poorly, beleaguered by political and socio-economic ills. The civil war's two main antagonists have an uneasy peace, but others fight on. The country needs a reset rooted in power sha...

[The Conversation Africa] Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier, has been convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Three judges found him guilty of 61 of 70 charges. These ranged from the war crime of the forced conscript...