[allAfrica] The Mastercard Foundation announced in June that it would deploy $1.3 billion for a three-year partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) "to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people i...

[VOA] The World Bank announced a partnership with the African Union Tuesday to finance the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine for 400 million people in Africa.

[allAfrica] Nigeria's healthcare sector has received a boost of N10billion, courtesy of the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa).

[This Day] Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a perennial woody shrub that has an edible root that was first cultivated in South America and introduced to Nigeria in the sixteenth century. Cassava is considered a source of food for the poor and has been ...

[East African] Nairobi and Mogadishu have agreed to have their respective ambassadors return to their duty stations, ending six months of frosty ties.

[East African] Gambia national football team players have boycotted a meeting with the country's President over the government's failure to fulfil a promise of paying them bonuses for qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

[Daily Maverick] In a bombshell day of testimony at the Zondo Commission, it was revealed that money from the Gupta enterprise paid Jacob Zuma's Arms Deal legal fees - even while the state was ostensibly footing the legal bill. It has also emerged th...

[The Conversation Africa] Lake Chad's declining water level has been on the political agenda of the Sahel region since the 1960s. The water is shared by Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon though it also affects communities in the larger regional sprea...

[Radio Dabanga] Brussels -- It is important for Sudan, Ethiopia, and Egypt to reach an agreement on the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD before Ethiopia starts the second filling in the current summer season, even if the agreement is...

[VOA] The head of the World Food Program said Tuesday that more than a million people in southern Madagascar are "marching toward" starvation, and some 14,000 are already in famine-like conditions.

[Nation] Two activists have sued in a Mombasa court seeking the disclosure of documents related to the Sh450 billion Standard Guard Railway (SGR) project.

[Nation] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa bought some comic relief live on television Tuesday when his iPad containing his speech purportedly 'disappeared', before it was found.

[Nation] An American citizen, who was in Ethiopia to observe its sixth general election, was found dead in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Tuesday.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's government Tuesday announced a goal to eliminate malaria, a leading cause of death in the country, by 2030. The mosquito-spread parasitic disease accounts for about 15% of Malawi's hospital admissions.

[VOA] Istanbul -- Analysts say Turkey is expected to come under pressure to remove its military from Libya when world leaders gather Wednesday at a conference in Berlin. The meeting will include discussions on elections and the withdrawal of foreign ...

[AI London] Germain Rukuki given hefty jail term on 'trumped-up' national security charges in 2018 Human rights defender has been subject of intensive Amnesty campaigning 'Germain should never have been jailed in the first place' - Deprose Muchena

[RFI] Vote counting in Ethiopia's long-delayed parliamentary elections has begun after polls finally closed at 9 pm local time Monday following a three-hour extension. The vote process was reportedly riddled with intimidation and irregularities, in a...

[The Conversation Africa] In a landmark judgment a South African high court has declared that people living on customary land in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, notionally held in trust by the Ingonyama (king) of the Zulu people, are the "true and ben...

[New Frame] An interdict that basically outlaws disruptive forms of protest is a dangerous tool used to muzzle capable leaders and represses legitimate grassroots opposition to the ruling party.

[ISS] With political violence and terrorism rising in Africa, negotiation and dialogue need as much attention as peace support operations.

[CAFI] Gabon is the first country in Africa to receive results-based payments for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. The first payment is part of the breakthrough agreement between Gabon and the multi-donor UN-hosted Central...

[Premium Times] "Nobody at the hospitals said they were shot at."

[Premium Times] "German Government, Edo Government, NCMM and Royal Benin Palace are jointly setting up a museum centre in Benin City, to form a cultural hub with the Oba's Palace. And we shall replicate this in other cultural centres like Ife, Kano, ...

[Premium Times] The ruling followed the suit filed against the government by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

[Premium Times] His request was conveyed in a letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who read it at the start of the plenary on Tuesday.

[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the federal government's Team to engage with Twitter over the recent suspension of the operations of the microblogging and social networking service in Nigeria.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Charities and churches race to ensure pensioners, not just the rich or digitally connected, are immunised against COVID-19 in Africa's worst-hit country

[Lesotho Times] A Covid-19 outbreak has affected six schools and 20 villages in the Leribe district, the National Covid-19 Secretariat (NACOSEC) has said.

[Nation] Kenya Power has launched a self-service portal that will enable customers to apply for electricity connections online following a pilot phase that processed 7,000 applications through the platform.

[This Day] The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) yesterday criticised ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend two media-related laws, describing it as an attempt to criminalise journalism.