[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Scorpio, the investigative arm of South African publisher Daily Maverick, published a report revealing that "following  months of investigation" R650,000 from the department of health's allegedly corrupt Digital Vibes contra...

[allAfrica] As of August 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,810,542 while over 48,388,948 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[East African] The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) has expressed concern over the potential environmental disaster posed to the Red Sea by the FSO Safer, an aging oil tanker moored off the western coast of Yemen.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Power has appointed Rosemary Oduor as the Acting Managing Director, replacing Bernard Ngugi whose exit has been been abruptly announced after two years of service at the helm of the company.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The US government has called for the restoration of the status quo ante and an end of the nine months military hostilities in order for aid to reach more than five million people in need of food assistance in Tigray re...

[Nation] Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will withdraw its services from the anglophone region of Cameroon after months of fruitless negotiations with government authorities to lift a ban on its operations.

[Nation] Pregnant women in Haroresa village, Tana River County, deliver not in hospitals with modern maternity services but in the bush.

[Nation] Allies of South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar have dismissed an announcement of his ouster as SPLM-IO leader.

[VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- South Africa's Cape Town is struggling to cope with more than 38,000 active cases of COVID-19, making it the epicenter of the pandemic in Africa's worst-hit country.

[UN News] The new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator ended a six-day mission to Ethiopia with a fresh push to get badly needed food and other supplies into the embattled Tigray region.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- If passed, this legislation will drive LGBT+ people further away from HIV prevention, care and treatment services and endanger the advances made against the HIV epidemic in the last decade, says UNAIDS.

[Nation] The Ethiopian government has suspended the activities of three foreign humanitarian organisations which have been working in the restive northern Tigray region.

[OHCHR] A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed groups carried out a violent bid to disrupt elections. In response, the country's defence ...

[Premium Times] Described as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by the global health body, they are viral, parasitic and bacterial diseases that mainly affect the world's poorest people.

[Premium Times] "My appeal is that they return to the negotiating table so that whatever outstanding issues can be sorted out."

[Premium Times] By the second week of August, when the president is due back, he would have spent about 200 days in London on official medical trips.

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria has sponsored or co-sponsored six satellites, of which only two are currently operational. One of them is functioning even though it has passed its expiry date, according to the director general of the National Space...

[AIM] Maputo -- The governing board of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, its Standing Commission, on Tuesday decided to table for debate at the next full parliamentary sitting the question of foreign military support in the fig...

[RFI] South Sudan's vice president Riek Machar has been ousted as head of his party and the national armed forces, according to party rivals who accuse the rebel-turned-politician of no longer representing their interests.

[GroundUp] International Pentecost Holiness Church members undressed Karabo Ndlovu to conduct a gender test

[New Zimbabwe] NON Governmental Organisations (NGOs) forced to shut down last week by the government for having failed to submit their work plan have approached the High court challenging the decision.

[New Zimbabwe] CABINET has approved an immediate ban on all exports of unprocessed chrome ore in order to protect the ferrochrome industry, which it says is integral in the country's attainment of an envisioned US$12 billion industry by 2023.

[ISS] Zambians head to the polls on 12 August amid mounting economic challenges, reports of election-related political violence and COVID-19. The country is reeling from colossal debt, corruption, runaway inflation and a weakening currency. Compoundi...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Jambiani -- Zanzibari women are learning how to swim and farm natural sponges that can withstand climate shocks and protect their income

[Premium Times] The police said at least 21 personnel were killed in three months in Imo State.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a statement published on Ethiopia Fact Check today, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia's Agency for Civil Society announced the temporary suspension of MSF Holland, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Al-Makt...

[East African] South Sudan's real GDP is expected to contract by a further 1.1 percent this year as a result of a drop in revenues generated from oil, which accounts for 90 percent of the country's goods exports and more than 80 percent of total gove...

[Premium Times] The Warri and Kaduna refineries are to be rehabiltated at a total cost of $1.5 million.

[Nation] The boy from Kakamega who trekked a staggering 50 kilometres to report to secondary school in neighbouring Trans Nzoia County has now received a full year scholarship.

[Nation] Kenya Power managing director Bernard Ngugi has resigned after serving at the helm for almost two years.