[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of August 24, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,555,183 while over 60,059,474 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[New Zimbabwe] Children born to victims of Gukurahundi massacres have been deprived of their right to access birth registration leading to dire human rights violations associated with statelessness, a new study has shown.

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[263Chat] Regional borrowing induced by macro economic impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic - which has led to the first economic recession in Africa for thirty years, is placing citizens at great risks, the African Forum and Network on Debt and Devel...

[Premium Times] As attacks by bandits intensify in the villages, urban communities in Katsina are swelling with displaced people.

[UN News] Ahead of the opening of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Tuesday, Alphonso Davies, footballer for German league champions Bayern Munich and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), has offered words of encouragement for what h...

[This Day] As cases of Cholera continue to rise in Zamfara, Bauchi, Kano, Gombe, Plateau, Niger, Zamfara states and Abuja, the federal government yesterday announced moves to stem the spread of the water-borne disease, including activating a sanitati...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Twenty four witnesses are expected to testify in the economic sabotage case facing national chairman of the main opposition party in Tanzania, Chadema Freeman Mbowe and three others.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- A group of Somali opposition presidential candidates has rejected the government's plan for upcoming elections. The rejection could result in yet another delay for the Somali polls.

[UN News] Protection for children caught up in war must be at the heart of the international agenda, including COVID-19 response, a senior UN official said on Monday.

[WHO-AFRO] Ebola booster dose vaccination kicks off in Sierra Leone following administration of the prime dose of the Johnson & Johnson Ebola vaccine in May this year. Frontline health workers, practitioners of traditional medicines or traditional he...

[Nation] Somalia's opposition figures on Monday opposed a new framework for elections in which delegate lists would be determined by leaders of federal states.

[Nation] Just hours after the United States imposed sanctions on a senior Eritrean military leader for engaging in "serious human rights abuse" in Tigray, the Horn country has come out to rubbish the move.

[IPS] Johannesburg, South Africa -- Migrants across the Southern Africa region are massively disadvantaged as they find themselves excluded from vaccine programmes - even when the global vaccine initiative COVAX often funds these programmes.

[The Conversation Africa] Tails come in all shapes and sizes and can be used for all sorts of things. For instance, tails can help with locomotion, to keep balance, and to communicate with others. Some tails are even able to grasp an object firmly an...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] There are over 100 slum and squatter settlements in Nigeria's largest city Lagos. We visited five such communities as part of a Prindex study on land and housing rights, speaking to countless residents who have been repea...

[New Frame] The lives of thousands of workers in KwaZulu-Natal who were already barely surviving have been upended, either by losing their jobs or having to scramble to keep them.

[ISS] Rwanda and SADC took the high road, but should they have invited the African Union on the journey?

[Premium Times] The recently submitted NDC document shows that Nigeria has proposed a stronger NDC than it last did in 2015.

[The Conversation Africa] Now in its 23rd year, JOMBA! is a contemporary dance festival housed at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Centre for Creative Arts, one of five festivals run by the Durban-based centre. It connects South African dance makers...

[DW] Rwandan forces have driven out Islamist militants in Mozambique's gas-rich Cabo Delgado province. Their success underlines the failure of Mozambique's army, but some observers want Rwanda to state when they will leave.

[Nyasa Times] The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it is set to investigate former President Joyce Banda over the controversial sale of the presidential during her tenure of office.

[Daily Trust] A leading independent newspaper in Nigeria, DAILY TRUST, has called for nominations of exemplary personalities for the coveted African of the Year 2021 award. Nominations are open from August 22, 2021 to midnight of October 22, 2021.

[Nyasa Times] Connect Plus Resource Institute (CPRI) - an organization dedicated to promote mental health and wellness, and champion suicide prevention, helping save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide - has called for the decriminaliza...

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[New Zimbabwe] Traditional leaders cannot resolve the Gukurahundi issue that has left the people of Matabeleland and part of Midlands provinces with incurable wounds, Sibangilizwe Nkomo has said.

[Nyasa Times] Police in the Northern Region have arrested a truck driver for Nangaunozge Building Contractors, Lusungu Chirwa, for allegedly obstructing President Lazarus Chakwera's convoy in Mzimba district.

[New Zimbabwe] Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the recently held elections in neighbouring Zambia have shown that Africa as a continent is capable of running credible elections.