[Cameroon Tribune] This follows a demand by the President of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for the dissolution of the Civilian Government.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Outdoor spaces is what most people have been craving during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a series of lockdowns across the world forced countless people indoors. And these enforced restrictions on our movement have reignited ma...

[Nation] Kenya's former women's only world record holder in 10km road race Agnes Tirop is dead.

[GroundUp] Vereeniging is a disaster. But will voters punish the ANC?

[Independent (Kampala)] London, UK -- A new US$1 million fund launched by the Freedom Fund aims to get money directly into the hands of organisations led by survivors of modern slavery - and then trust them to spend it in the ways they think will ach...

[New Times] The project to construct a multibillion central sewerage system in City of Kigali is yet to take shape, which continues to expose urban dwellers to threats stemming from poor waste management.

[Nation] The State appears to be making progress in the fight against corruption and economic crimes such as abuse of public office, theft and mismanagement of public funds.

[Nairobi News] About 11,000 City Hall employees on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, downed their tools over reported failure by their employer to address their grievances.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Weatta Gbelly has seen hardship in her 35 years but nothing prepared her for the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms. Gbelly has never had the virus, neither does she know anyone who has, but she has suffered just the same.

[Nation] The United States, the European Union, France, Germany and the United Kingdom have called on all parties to the Tigray conflict to immediately engage in negotiations to end the bloody civil war in north Ethiopia.

[Vanguard] The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has decried the usage of Nigeria as a transit route for the smuggling of Pangolin scales and claws, even as the Service in collaboration with the Wild Life Justice Commission, WLJC, intercepted 1,014.5 kil...

[VOA] Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield returned to public service earlier this year when President Joe Biden nominated her to be the representative of the United States to the United Nations.

[VOA] Police shot a protester to death Wednesday in Eswatini, the latest casualty in months of demonstrations that have left more than a dozen people dead.

[VOA] A South Sudan women's rights activist has been named one of three winners of an award given by Amnesty International USA recognizing women who the group says "protect the dignity, liberties and lives of women and children in crisis regions."

[Daily News] ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi has praised the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature Abdulrazak Gurnah as the national pride, while welcoming the Tanzanian-born novelist and academic to Zanzibar.

[UN News] Although COVID-19 deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, again calling for greater support for developing countries.

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Kinshasa -- Ebola vaccination began today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on 8 October. People at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed case and first responders...

[The Conversation Africa] The United Nations recognises mediation as one of the most effective methods of preventing, managing and above all, resolving conflicts.

[The Conversation Africa] The United Nations recently appointed a new envoy for Western Sahara - Staffan de Mistura. This is a welcome step towards resolving the long-running conflict between the pro-independence Polisario movement, which represents ...

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya recently took on the presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of October 2021, a role which is assumed in turn by each member of the Council. The East African nation assumed non-permanent membership of the C...

[ISS] Criticisms of Macron's Montpellier summit show why more honest analysis is needed of African countries' relations with world powers.

[IPS] Stockholm -- Hunger, violent conflict and the visible impacts of climate change are all on the rise. World Food Day, October 16, is a reminder that we need to talk about the intricate ways that these challenges are connected--and how to tackle ...

[Vanguard] The Federal Government says the repatriation of the 1,130 looted Benin bronzes from Germany to Nigeria is on track and the matter is on the front burner of both countries.

[Premium Times] "With effect from 1st December, 2021, Federal Government employees shall be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination..."

[DW] Nigeria's dependence on crude oil makes its economy vulnerable. But the transition to an economy not based on oil won't be easy.

[The Conversation Africa] Young migrants make up over 20% of the youth population across the European Union. In cities like Hamburg in Germany, half of all children and youth under the age of 18 have a migration background (50.4%), meaning they or th...

[Nairobi News] President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed police to expedite investigations into the killing of Kenyan athlete Agnes Tirop.

[HRW] (Nairobi) -- Tanzania's ban on pregnant students and adolescent mothers attending school has denied tens of thousands of girls their right to education, Human Rights Watch said today. Public schools across mainland Tanzania conduct compulsory p...

[OHCHR] Geneva -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on States to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council's landmark decision.

[HRW] It is almost five months since an environmental activist, Mama Fikile Ntshangase, was gunned down in her home in Somkhele in KwaZulu-Natal province, after raising concerns about a coal mine in the area. No arrests have been made. Mama Fikile ha...