[allAfrica] As of October 8, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,373,344 while over  94,073,848 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- South African women's soccer team Banyana Banyana, fresh from the high of winning the Aisha Buhari Cup in Nigeria, came down with a crash as COSAFA Cup defending champs when they were dumped out by Malawi.

[The Conversation Africa] The world's first mass vaccination program against malaria, announced this week, is set to prevent millions of children from catching malaria and thousands dying from this debilitating disease.

[UN News] The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere.

[Gov.UK] From 11 October, the red list will reduce to 7 countries and proof of vaccination will be recognised from 37 new countries and territories.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee", the award-giving body said on Thu...

[Nation] Ailing Kenya Power is now a special state project.

[New Zimbabwe] SIX people, a child and five Chinese expatriate workers, died when oxygen tanks exploded at a Chinese owned mine, Saisai in Mazowe.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A petition by a Kenyan to have a day set aside as a public holiday for national prayers elicited mixed reactions on the floor of the National Assembly on Thursday leaving legislators split over its logic.

[New Zimbabwe] HIGH Court Judge Justice Owen Tagu has ruled he cannot overturn measures put by the Cabinet in curbing the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.

[The Herald] FORMER Health Minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after being discharged from prosecution on corruption charges for illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for Covid-19 medical supplies to D...

[The Herald] Zimbabweans should buy locally manufactured products given the significant growth of the manufacturing sector that has seen an increase in capacity utilisation and ease of doing business anchored by the National Development Strategy 1 (N...

[East African] Somaliland, the self-declared independent state in northern Somalia, has cited security concerns for evicting hundreds of people from its territory, in a move that sparked criticism from the United Nations.

[VOA] Geneva -- A report by U.N. human rights chief Michele Bachelet finds some progress has been made in the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the report finds extensive violations and abuses continue unabated in N...

[UN News] Differences in so-called multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, according to a new analysis released this Thursday.

[East African] Africa's wars and conflicts could be easier to deal with if countries tightened controls on the circulation of small and light weapons, Kenya has said.

[Nation] Guinea's military president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has appointed a former diplomat as prime minister in the transitional government.

[ISS] Like the rest of the world, the continent has seen public discontent growing even as wealth has improved.

[Daily Maverick] Graça Machel has described South Africa as a society at war with itself, where grotesque violence against women and children has been normalised, where protectors have become predators.

[Premium Times] Mr Obi continued to hold his position as a director of his UK company, NEXT International (UK) Limited, 14 months after becoming the governor of Anambra State.

[Premium Times] The Nigeria's economy slipped into recession in 2016 and 2020.

[VOA] This year's Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah for his body of work detailing the refugee experience and how colonialism shaped African culture.

[Seychelles News Agency] Defamation is no longer a crime under the Seychelles Penal Code after the National Assembly passed an amendment to remove it on Wednesday.

[RFI] Pressure is mounting on Libyan leaders to lay the groundwork for legislative elections, which will no longer take place on 24 December in tandem with presidential polls. The dual votes are part of a UN roadmap designed to help Libya emerge from...

[Namibian] The 10 men facing a host of criminal charges in connection with Icelandic-owned companies' use of Namibian fishing quotas will have a single trial in the Windhoek High Court.

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari presented the 2022 budget to the National Assembly on Thursday.

[East African] Ethiopia's parliament on Wednesday approved Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's new cabinet that includes opposition members.

[New Era] Rally for Democracy and Progress leader Mike Kavekotora says the genocide motion tabled by the late Nudo MP Kuaima Riruako in the National Assembly in 2006 was about restorative justice.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-emphasised his administration will put to an end drug and substance abuse now rampant across the country especially among the unemployed youths.

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE is among 47 countries that will be removed from the United Kingdom's travel red list next Monday, British authorities have said.