[allAfrica] As of September 9, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  7,975,855 while over 73,497,732  vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] The ECOWAS bloc called on Guinea to return to "normal constitutional order" after President Alpha Conde was deposed in a coup by special forces.

[The Herald] Nearly 90 percent of Covid-19-related deaths were of people who had not been vaccinated, legislators heard yesterday.

[263Chat] A book that discusses the life of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe, published by the Richard Mahomva led Leader for Africa Network (LAN) is set to be launched virtually by the SAPES Trust.

[Namibian] POLICE officers in the Kavango West region have arrested an assistant pastor (36) after he allegedly gave four congregants a 'medicine' laced with methylated spirits, salt and vinegar.

[263Chat] Workers in the country's public health and education sectors are overburdened by a host of challenges ranging from poor remuneration to deplorable working conditions, a local think tank, the Labour and Economic Development Research Institut...

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday declared the drought ravaging parts of the country a national disaster.

[New Times] Rwanda is piloting the possibilities of making HIV-prevention pills-which are currently only accessible to key populations in the country-available to all.

[Shabelle] Somalia's two most powerful leaders were locked in a deepening standoff on Wednesday after they named different men to head the politically unstable Horn of Africa nation's intelligence service.

[Radio Dabanga] The Hague -- The trial on 31 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman (also known as Ali Kushayb), will begin on April 5, 2022, Trial Chamber I of the Intern...

[The Point] The National People's Party (NPP) says it is informing the public, the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) trending on Social Media and purported to be signed by the recently formed NPP/APRC Alliance,...

[UN News] Although UN peacekeeping missions can help put a country on the right track following conflict, only a commitment from national governments can keep it there over the long term, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a Security Council...

[Monitor] By Tonny Abet

[DW] Rights groups in the Gambia are up in arms about the potential return of former dictator Yahya Jammeh to the West African country ahead of crucial December elections.

[ISS] The problem isn't new, but it is growing at an alarming rate and claiming new types of victims.

[Premium Times] As a densely populated neighbourhood, community members lament the impact of indiscriminate waste disposals by the cart pushers, with many saying they are used to the "terrible air pollution" in the area.

[East African] Three weeks into a forced marriage, a 19-year-old woman in Adamawa State, Nigeria, has allegedly stabbed her husband to death for refusing to divorce her.

[VOA] Rebel forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region denied reports Wednesday that they had killed dozens of civilians over a two-day period in the Amhara area.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Members of the independent group of global leaders, better known as The Elders, told members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that "the Council must take action to incentivise the parties to negotiate a ce...

[The Conversation Africa] Two states in Nigeria - Edo and Ondo - recently announced compulsory COVID-19 vaccinations for adults. Even after a court restrained the Edo State government from going ahead, it insists the order stands. The Federal Governm...

[East African] Somalia's President Mohamed Farmaajo has appointed embattled former intelligence chief Fahad Yasin as his senior national security advisor.

[East African] Residents living in Kigali will soon be able to move around the city on electric bicycles.

[Nation] More than 200 million women in developing countries who wish to prevent pregnancy are not using modern contraception, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed.

[Citizen] s Tanzania joins the rest of the world today in marking International Literacy Day, plenty of questions have been swirling with regard to literacy in the country in recent decades.

[GroundUp] But the African Reclaimers Organisation says they have still not been integrated into the City of Johannesburg's waste management plan

[WHO-AFRO] Kinshasa -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths - a high case fatality ratio of 50% - have been reported.

[The Herald] The first batch of 600 of the 1 200 laptops bought by Government to support e-learning at polytechnics, teachers' colleges and industrial training centres countrywide were handed over yesterday.

[263Chat] The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned citizens against disregarding level two lockdown regulations while warning that those found on the wrong side of the law will be arrested.

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is set to host this year's edition of the Sanganai / Hlanganani - World Tourism Expo virtually amid expectations to recruit more international buyers.

[The Herald] A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission on allegations of fraud involving almost US$84 000 and $26 million.