[allAfrica] New York -- In the lead-up to the 26th global conference on climate next week in Glasgow, Scotland, nations, scientists and climate activists have begun to discuss the role of low-income countries in reducing fossil fuel emissions. Many r...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need for greater investment in Africa's vaccine manufacturing capacity. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) held a high-level panel which brought together...

[DW] Separatists accused the government of killing civilians in the strike that Adis Ababa said was targeting arms depots. Amid the turmoil, the UN announced withdrawing half of its staff from the country.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has lifted the dusk-to-dawn curfew that has been in effect since March last year.

[HRW] Nairobi -- The Kenyan government has failed to fulfill its pledge to support health workers fighting Covid-19, exposing them to avoidable risks of trauma, infection, and even death, Human Rights Watch said today. The government's haphazard, unc...

[Monitor] East African glaciers will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new United Nations (UN) backed report warned Tuesday.

[Nation] The prime suspect in the murder of two-time world 10,000 metres bronze medalist Agnes Tirop, Ibrahim Emmanuel Rotich, admitted to killing her before he fled her Iten home.

[Nation] South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says his hands are tied from intervening in the violent pro-democracy protests now rocking Eswatini, his office has said on Tuesday.

[VOA] The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement Wednesday that an investigation it conducted with the FBI has led to federal charges related to internet scams against seven leaders of the Cape Town Zone of the Neo Black Movement of Africa, also kno...

[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana wildlife authorities have refuted reports the country's rhinoceros population is on the verge of extinction due to poaching. The southern African country has battled a rise in poaching, with more than 60 animals killed in t...

[VOA] Harare -- A prominent professor studying communication in Namibia says member countries in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community, or SADC, have enacted and drafted cybersecurity laws which infringe on citizens' freedom of express...

[UN News] Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the situation in Africa's Great Lakes region on Wednesday, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy, Huang Xia, told ambassadors that the countries concerned now stand "at a crossroads".

[UN News] Although poverty and privilege "continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles", it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Wednesday.

[UN News] State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country's most prominent civil society leaders, issuing "credible" death threats that have undermined peace effor...

[DW] Experts question whether Google's planned $1 billion investment in Africa stands to benefit the continent in the long term. Instead, some see it as another avenue for big tech companies to acquire budding start-ups.

[The New Humanitarian] Mogadishu -- 'I've been caught three times in explosions and gun battles already, and I worry that one day my luck might run out.'

[ISS] If the continent is to capitalise on the benefits of urbanisation, cities must prepare for weather-driven migration.

[RFI] Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's four-day visit to Africa this week has put Ankara's policy on the continent under the spotlight again, as Turkey positions itself as an alternative ally for African countries.

[This Day] Kaduna -- The Kaduna state government said a total of 343 people were killed, while 830 others were abducted by bandits between July and September 2021.

[The Conversation Africa] Clashes between herders and local farmers in several communities in Nigeria have increased in recent years. One report put the number of deaths at more than 3,641 between 2016 and 2018. Over 1,300 deaths were recorded in the...

[Monitor] Government has said more than one million people staying in mountainous areas and those bordering water bodies and landing sites have been affected by the ongoing floods and heavy rain.

[Nation] Just hours after fervent denials, Ethiopia has admitted to carrying out Monday's deadly airstrikes that hit two locations in Mekelle, the capital of the troubled northern Tigray region.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto shared light moments on Wednesday during Kenya's 58 Mashujaa Day celebrations which was marked at Wanguru stadium in Kirinyaga County.

[MSF] TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has found that a new all-oral six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) than the currently accepted standard...

[New Zimbabwe] DESPITE their immense contribution to the country's food security, female smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe practicing agroecology (AE), and growing 'women seeds' particularly in rural areas are often discriminated against and not recogn...

[GroundUp] Numerous cases postponed, judgments cannot be enforced, bail hearings delayed. Master's offices are also affected.

[This Day] Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu has arrived the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, venue of his trial over allegations of terrorism and treasonable felony.

[Premium Times] One expert says it is "ridiculous" for the presidential food bill to rise significantly at a time of low government revenue and high food inflation that has left most citizens with declining purchasing power.

[The Conversation Africa] The field of ancient DNA has grown rapidly in recent years, largely thanks to technological advancements. This work involves sampling human remains from long ago and analysing the DNA to understand human and population histo...

[VOA] Nairobi -- Laborers from Kenya say they have endured abuse in the Middle East, often at the hands of their employers. But an aid agency is offering them a chance to rebuild their lives in Kenya. Hundreds of survivors of forced labor are now abl...