[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of September 15, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,082,697 while over 78,322,836 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[This Day] -Chevron votes $10bn to cut carbon emissions in Nigeria, others by 2028

[New Zimbabwe] AWARD-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is being sued for defamation to the tune of US$100 000 by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lawyer Tinomudaishe Chinyoka.

[New Zimbabwe] FINDINGS of a recentl study by Pan-African research network, Afrobarometer show that Zimbabweans see unemployment as the biggest facing the country at the moment.

[Nation] Kenya will next year start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines locally in collaboration with unnamed pharmaceutical firms in a move aimed at easing supply hitches that have derailed mass inoculation.

[RFI] France says its military has killed the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, who has been blamed for personally ordering the killing of six French charity workers and their driver in 2020, and who has b...

[HRW] Nairobi -- Need for Urgent Protection, Assistance; Thousands Still Missing

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The financial ratings agency Moody's Investors Service (Moody's), in New York, United States of America, Monday raised the long-term foreign and local currency issue rating of the Angolan government from Caa1 to B3, maintaining a st...

[AI London] Human rights activists and political opponents subjected to repeated summons, coercive questioning, arbitrary detention and torture Tactic has increased rapidly in past two years, with thousands now affected 'This new NSA tactic ... is d...

[UN News] The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, are to be sent home immediately, following credible reports alleging that unidentified '...

[UN News] South Sudan has made history with the appointment of two women to senior leadership positions within its Transitional National Legislature, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Wednesday, as he encoura...

[UN News] The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), says a new report released on Wednesday, including inc...

[Nigeria Health Watch] Growing up I dreamt of being a renowned obstetrician or surgeon like Ben Carson. After reading his book, Gifted Hands, I was pumped-up with zeal, so, using my monthly student allowance, I bought as many medical books as I could...

[Vanguard] Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has been listed as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people for 2021.

[Premium Times] UNICEF said there have been 20 attacks on schools this year, leading to the abduction of 1,436 children, 16 deaths and more than 200 children missing.

[Premium Times] The Nigerian resident doctors have been on strike since August 2.

[Premium Times] Mr Mohammed said progress is being made in talks with the social media giant.

[The Conversation Africa] In early August the former president of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, floated the idea of creating a new political party. Gbagbo's comments came after his return to Côte d'Ivoire on 26 June after nearly 10 years of facing...

[DW] DW has put together a list of mysterious deaths and disappearances of people critical of Rwanda's government. Monday's killing of businessman Revocant Karemangingo in Mozambique is the latest on the list.

[Chatham House] Organized violence targeting civilians is a serious problem in some African states but the word terrorism is rarely a useful description for such fluid, complex, and long-term conflicts.

[African Arguments] 200 organisations call on donors to stop supporting industrial agriculture and instead listen to farmers' visions for an equitable food system.

[ISS] Violent clashes between armed factions in Riek Machar's camp highlight the urgency of creating a unified defence force.

[The Conversation Africa] The capture of democratic political systems by private power networks is arguably the greatest threat to civil liberties and inclusive development in Africa. That's the conclusion of two new reports that address the issue of...

[Namibian] The government has failed to set the process in motion to extradite the three Fishrot-accused directors of Icelandic fishing and fish processing company Samherji, despite a decision to do so.

[Lesotho Times] Top prosecutor Shaun Abrahams has resigned over lack of pay.

[Namibia Economist] President HE Dr Hage Geingob on Tuesday said that Covid-19 vaccinations in the country remain voluntary amid broad discussions on various platforms about mandatory vaccination including by private employees.

[RFI] The military junta that managed a bloodless coup just over a week ago in Guinea has started its four-day consultation with civil society members, diplomats, politicians and religious and business leaders.

[Nation] South Sudan's peace monitors are warning that the country is running out of time to make key reforms needed to avoid war in future.

[Premium Times] The announcement comes ahead of Friday's meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria's monetary policy committee which will decide on the benchmark lending rate.

[HRW] Kinshasa -- At Least 739 Civilians Killed in Ituri, North Kivu Provinces Since May