[allAfrica] CEO of Development Partners International (DPI) Runa Alam talks about the history of Pan-African private equity, the potential for institutional capital to drive the continent's development, and the role of the Prosper Africa initiativ...

[allAfrica] As of August 12, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,119,131 while over 52,001,051 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Monitor] The high prevalence of psychosocial distress and suicide among refugee families in northern region is due to gender-based violence, a new study indicates.

[VOA] Washington / Lusaka -- Updated August 12, 2021 01:45 PM - Zambians voted in general elections Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes, a debt crisis and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

[East African] The International Criminal Court is set to establish an office in Khartoum to follow on a case in which former President Omar al-Bashir and other former senior officials are accused of crimes against humanity.

[Crisis Group] Somaliland took an important step toward stable democracy with parliamentary and local council polls on 31 May. To keep moving in this direction, authorities and the opposition should build consensus on how to run future voting and how...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania government has started providing electronic Covid-19 vaccine Electronic Certificates that fulfill international requirements as confirmation for those who are vaccinated.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Abduljebir Hussien, a member of the Oromo Political Prisoners Defense Team and the lawyer of major political figures such as Lidetu Ayalew, Bekele Gerba and Jawar Mohammed was found dead in Adama city yesterday.

[UN News] Political strides are breathing new hope into the country's fragile State-building process, driven by an electoral agreement signed by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, and the heads of Somalia's federal member states, a senior UN offic...

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Kenya's Olympic team won 10 medals at the Tokyo Games, the most of any African nation. However, Kenyan officials say the medal count could have been even higher if not for the training restrictions brought on by COVID-19.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged rampant corruption within his ruling African National Congress party under former President Jacob Zuma. Addressing a judicial inquiry on graft this week, Ramaphosa said a...

[Nation] The Ethiopian government on Thursday downplayed a new military alliance announced by the country's two major rebel groups.

[Nation] Pregnant women are showing poor outcomes once they get infected with Covid-19, with doctors raising the alarm over increased risk of maternal, foetal, and neonatal complications.

[Nation] The long-awaited rewards for Uganda's Olympic medallists came in the form of brand new Mitsubishi Pajeros handed out by President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday at Kololo Independence grounds.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- United Nations experts said the bill, which makes it a crime to be LGBT+, could 'create a recipe for conflict and violence'

[DW] A damaging heat wave is sweeping across North Africa in the wake of the release of the IPCC findings on climate change. Some experts in Africa say the panel hit the right tone and the onus to act is on the continent too.

[The Conversation Africa] "Nowhere is safe." As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned in a recent report that climate change and its consequences are here to stay, is there still an opportunity to mitigate some of the dangers an...

[ISS] Food security levels are no longer improving globally, and the trend for Africa is especially worrying.

[Premium Times] "But this is not what government is aiming to do, no government wants to do a lockdown."

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Doctors in Nigeria are on strike over unpaid salaries and poor benefits. But the strike by some 40% of the country's medical workforce comes amid a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, severely straining Nigeria's health care...

[The Conversation Africa] Antibiotics are life-saving drugs produced primarily by microorganisms which have been found in a variety of environments.

[CAJ News] Bamako -- THE United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has condemned the terror attack that left no less than 50 people dead in northern Mali.

[This Day] Abuja -- The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday that fighters of terror groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) were depleted following intensified kinetic operations launched by the military.

[Daily News] TANZANIA is set to receive another consignment of Covid-19 vaccines this month through the COVAX facility, as the country looks to scale up innoculation.

[Premium Times] A viral had showed at least three men in a vehicle assaulting the Nigerian diplomat in front of his official residence.

[Premium Times] Israel Balogun was detained by the police in Abuja after he posted a video clip of Mr Suleman on YouTube, praying for the audience to receive mysterious money alerts.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Eliud Kipchoge has not been listed for the London Marathon, scheduled for October 3 as organizers on Thursday afternoon released the list of the men and women's elite fields.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican defence and security forces on Wednesday showed reporters from the independent television station STV weaponry, other military equipment and documents captured from ISIS terrorists in the town of Mocimboa da Praia, in t...

[Capital FM] Mombasa -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for the elevation of the Kenya-South Africa Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) so as to deepen bilateral ties between the two countries.

[Monitor] President Museveni has ordered for the dissolution of the board of directors of the national carrier, Uganda Airlines, following an investigation that revealed widespread corruption, collusion and mismanagement.