[allAfrica] As of August 20, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,412,670 while over 57,848,461 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[The Herald] THE Government might invoke provisions of the Constitution to resolve differences between the Senate and the National Assembly over the Marriages Amendment Bill if a solution is not found by the end of the current Parliamentary session n...

[The Conversation Africa] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will inject $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights into the global economy. It will allocate them among its member states, which can then decide for themselves how they want to use their...

[VOA] Ouagadougou -- Saturday, August 21, is the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, a day that is unfortunately relevant in Burkina Faso which is engaged in fighting Islamist militants. One Burkinabe nonprofit, ...

[UN News] Speaking outside the Security Council chamber on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres told journalists that he is gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia, particularly the "unspeakable violence" against women and others in Tigray.

[Agenzia Fides] Juba -- The groups that did not sign the peace agreement are, according to the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, responsible for the deaths of the two nuns of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, killed who, along with th...

[VOA] Geneva -- World Health Organization officials warn that decisions by rich countries to provide COVID-19 booster shots to their vaccinated populations will set back efforts to contain the spread of this deadly disease in Africa.

[VOA] For decades, African athletes have traveled all over the world to take part in the Olympic Games. At the recent Tokyo Games, they took home gold, silver and bronze medals. And yet Africa has never hosted the Games, and some people are asking wh...

[Nation] Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised the alarm over the alleged conduct of Ethiopian authorities against Tigrayans living in Addis Ababa.

[Nation] Benson Kiplangat produced a stunning performance to win the men's 5,000 metres gold for Kenya in the World Athletics Championships on Thursday at the Moi International Sports Centre.

[Nation] At least seven people have been killed in Ethiopia after the capital, Addis Ababa, was hit by torrential rains that triggered flash flooding this week.

[WHO-AFRO] Lomé -- When Togo launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on 10 March, health workers on the frontlines of the pandemic were identified among the priority groups.

[WHO-AFRO] Africa's largest-ever vaccination drive is well underway.52 African countries are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and over 73 million doses have been administered on the continent.

[Monitor] President Museveni has appointed a total of seven judges, two of whom are to serve on the Court of Appeal Bench and five on the High Court Bench.

[VOA] Juba, South Sudan -- Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok arrived in Juba on Thursday for two days of talks aimed at bolstering peace efforts in South Sudan amid a political crisis that ousted South Sudanese First Vice President Riek Machar a...

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened problems of conflict, terrorism, and scarce resources in Central Africa to plunge millions of people deeper into poverty. That's according to members of the regional bloc CEMAC. CEMAC he...

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- West Africa has recorded its highest number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began as several countries grapple with outbreaks of cholera, Ebola Virus Disease and Marburg Virus Disease that threaten to further strain th...

[Premium Times] The judge says he cannot order the resident doctors to stop their strike without hearing them.

[The Conversation Africa] Within the last five years, the Big Brother Naija reality TV show has become Nigeria's most watched offering on television. Featuring a diverse mix of housemates drawn from across socioeconmic and cultural lines, this enduri...

[The Conversation Africa] The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third of these people live in Africa. One of the main reasons for this increase is the COVID-19 pandemic,...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Durban -- A warehouse storing chemicals was set ablaze during recent looting, poisoning a nearby estuary and strangling incomes of fishermen already crimped by repeated COVID-19 lockdowns

[ISS] Almost five million Zambians came out to vote on 12 August, and overwhelmingly rejected incumbent Edgar Lungu as president. After five attempts, Hakainde Hichilema swept ahead to victory by over a million votes and a secured a majority in the N...

[RFI] Burkina Faso's president has declared three days of national mourning from Thursday after suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in the latest attack in the north of the country.

[HRW] Government Should Consult Community, Respect Rights

[New Zimbabwe] Two suspected copper thieves, Christine Muvirimi and Valentine Peki, were Thursday remanded in custody while on their hospital beds after a car crash sold out on their $3,6 million copper cable stash.

[Nyasa Times] United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in conjunction with the Ministry of Youth and Sports have joined efforts to end child marriages and teenage pregnancies in Dedza and Mchinji districts.

[New Zimbabwe] MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has won big in Kwekwe after his party's candidate Future Titora beat MDC-Alliance Councillor Charles Juta to land the mayoral post in elections held Thursday.

[The Herald] Palestine has welcomed SADC's principled position objecting to the decision taken by the African Union Commission to grant Israel observer status to the continental body.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE's progress in rolling out the vaccination programme, which saw the country's prime tourist destination, Victoria Falls, becoming the first city to achieve herd immunity, has resulted in improved foreign tourist arrivals.

[Monitor] The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Ms Margaret Muhanga, on Thursday, received a consignment of 299,520 doses of Astrazeneca vaccines from the United Kingdom government.