[VOA] Geneva -- African countries risk a new wave of coronavirus infections because of the slow rollout of life-saving vaccines and the circulation of new variants, the World Health Organization warns.

[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- Ugandan victims of former Lord's Resistance Army Commander Dominic Ongwen are not happy about the 25-year prison sentence given to him by the International Criminal Court. One victim has called the sentence a joke.

[The Conversation Africa] A decade ago the Ivoirian government, with the help of the United Nations, started programmes to build peace after nine years of war. The conflict ended after President Alassane Ouattara was brought to power with the help of...

[Premium Times] The Super Eagles are in Group C with Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, and Liberia

[Nairobi News] The High Court in Kenya has cleared the way for the slaughter and sale of donkey meat in Kenya.

[Nation] Kinshasa -- The governor of Tanganyika, a southern province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been impeached on Thursday by his provincial deputies.

[Nation] Zimbabwe is considering mass killing of elephants for the first time since 1988 in a bid to reduce the 100,000 strong population of the animals and protect the environment.

[DW] The International Criminal Court had found the former child solider guilty of 61 out of 70 counts, including murders, rapes and sexual enslavement.

[VOA] Khartoum, Sudan -- A delegation of U.S. senators who visited Sudan this week expressed support for Khartoum's transitional government in moving toward democracy and debt relief.

[VOA] New York -- The United Nations is disbursing $65 million for humanitarian needs in Ethiopia, $40 million of which will go to the aid operation in the northern Tigray region.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon's poultry farmers and sellers are calling on authorities at home and in Europe to loosen trade restrictions put in place over the coronavirus pandemic and avian influenza, which have more than doubled the price of ...

[VOA] Abuja -- Military spokesperson Onyema Nwachukwu said the military will uphold the country's democracy and warned against plots to overthrow the government.

[The Conversation Africa] The House Judiciary Committee voted on April 14, 2021, to recommend the creation of a commission to study the possibility of paying reparations to the descendants of enslaved people in the United States.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -- Gay sex is illegal in dozens of countries around the world, deterring many people from coming forward for HIV testing, according to former British health minister Norman Fowler

[African Arguments] Rwanda joined in 2009 despite its poor human rights record. At the CHOGM summit this June, the Commonwealth must stand up for its values.

[ISS] After years of stagnation, Tshisekedi's 'sacred union' could transform the country's prospects through five sectoral policy choices

[East African] Somalia has restored diplomatic ties it cut with Kenya, following back channels masterminded by Qatar.

[Namibian] Icelandic fishing company Samherji, which is at the centre of the Fishrot corruption investigations, is suspected of using the Faroe Islands to avoid paying employee income tax in Namibia.

[Namibian] A GROUP of Swapo connected youth and sport individuals are among the main beneficiaries of N$11,2 million paid from a fishing consortium co-owned by the state-owned National Youth Council and "Struggle Kids".

[Nation] Kenya would be thrown into a constitutional crisis should President Uhuru Kenyatta dissolve Parliament as advised by retired Chief Justice David Maraga, the electoral agency has told the High Court.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The joint intelligence and security task force comprised of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), the Federal Police Commission, and Information Network Securi...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Sennar -- Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an "impending health disaster". Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of Health reported 138 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths.

[East African] The Supreme Court in The Gambia on Tuesday declared as "unconstitutional" a decision by the country's lawmakers to award themselves personal loans from the public purse.

[Monitor] Uganda has for the second time within seven years criminalised gay sex and this time imposed a 10-year jail term for convicts.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development, Tumiso Rakgare, says sport authorities have been working with various international bodies to assist with development of guidelines and procedures for saf...

[Botswana Daily News] Kasane -- African Union (AU) chairperson and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Mr Felix Tshisekedi is scheduled to officially open the multi-million Kazungula Bridge on Monday.

[The Conversation Africa] The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat - people are now living with the consequences of centuries of greenhouse gas emissions. But there is still everything to fight for. How the world chooses to respond in the com...

[The Conversation Africa] COVID-19 is overwhelming hospital oxygen systems. COVID-19 pneumonia creates breathing difficulties leading to low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia). Unable to get enough oxygen to supply vital organs, patients with hypoxaemi...

[Daily Maverick] The UK's major funding cuts to UNAids will hit home hard in Africa and South Africa where the fight to beat HIV/Aids is far from over.

[Monitor] The government has announced that the country is now in the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic after the number of infections increased by 81 per cent between March and April.