[allAfrica] As of November 1, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,498,303 while over 117,311,369 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[UN News] Multiple mediation efforts are underway one week after the military coup in Sudan, UN Special Representative for the country, Volker Perthes, told journalists in New York on Monday.

[SAnews.gov.za] The African National Congress (ANC) has emerged as early frontrunner in the wake of Monday's 2021 Local Government Elections, with results confirming the party had secured three local municipalities.

[Premium Times] The university's spokesman, Habib Yakoob, confirmed the development, saying the victims are about six in number.

[Nation] The African Union (AU) High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa, Raila Odinga is calling on African Nations to invest in infrastructure as a lifeblood of economic recovery post Covid-19.

[HRW] Alleged Killings by Military, Armed Islamist Groups Go Unpunished

[Nation] Agricultural experts have declared Kenya free of desert locusts, at least for now.

[Nation] Benin's parliament recently voted to legalise abortion.

[The Conversation Africa] There are growing demands for the UN Security Council to act on the war in Tigray. The Security Council has held 11 sessions on the war that started in Tigray a year ago. But each session ended without even a single official...

[The Conversation Africa] The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region broke out on 4 November 2020. A survey done in parts of Tigray and investigative reports by human rights bodies Amnesty International and the Human Rights Watch show that thousands of civi...

[CPJ] Abuja -- Authorities in Nigeria must prioritize the safety of journalists covering protests and hold officers responsible for abuses accountable, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

[Premium Times] Excavators from the relevant agencies were still being awaited as of 5.45 p.m. while crowd control remained a challenge at the scene.

[Daily Maverick] Voting got off to a slow start in some parts of Soweto, where President Cyril Ramaphosa cast his vote on Monday. The area has recently been rocked by service delivery protests over the haphazard supply of electricity.

[The Conversation Africa] Conflicts and disasters around the world have forced millions of people to move from their homes. By the end of 2020, about 11.1 million people were internally displaced in sub-Saharan Africa.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Fekadu Tesema, head of the Oromia Prosperity Party office, called on all Oromo youth and the Oromo people to do their part to "bury the junta", party affiliated FanaBC reported.

[Monitor] The whereabouts of a Tanzanian pilot who went missing as he flew on a mission to Selous Game Reserve remains unknown.

[Nation] How safe are our girls in their homes, public spaces and places of worship?

[Premium Times] "Clearly, we are in a climate emergency. Clearly, we need to address it. Clearly, we need to support the most vulnerable to cope."

[New Frame] An operation in the Sundays River Valley has resulted in deportations and increased hostility towards those who cannot get valid documents because refugee offices remain closed.

[Africa CDC/Mastercard Foundation] I remember my first COVID-19 patient. She was 16 and I was called to see her after she had been admitted to hospital. Alone in her hospital room, she looked scared. Though I tried to hide it, I was too. I was, after...

[Africa CDC/Mastercard Foundation] It was 6pm. Bathtime. Assetou, the neighbour's cleaning lady, chased after my neighbours' children trying to wrangle them into the house. As she struggled with her bosses' kids, I thought about her own. Assetou has ...

[East African] Burundi, currently under European Union sanctions over its human and political rights record, is asking its East African neighbours to help unlock its economic development potential.

[SAnews.gov.za] Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) officials escaped unharmed on Election Day in Mpumalanga after they were ambushed shortly after they concluded vote counting.

[HRW] Johannesburg -- New Reports of Attacks by Security Forces

[The Herald] Unicef has hailed Government's commitment to citizens' welfare and the success it continues to register in health provision, placing Zimbabwe on the cusp of achieving the Abuja Declaration, a pledge in 2001 by African Heads of State to s...

[The Herald] The European Council, which includes all European Union Heads of Government that sets the EU agenda, is ready to work with Zimbabwe, including in the fight against climate change, Council President Charles Michel said yesterday after mee...

[Vanguard] The International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday, said that Nigerian banks closed 234 branches and 649 Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, in 2020 leading to a decline in the country's Financial Access Score (FAS) to 4.44 in the year against 4...

[Daily News] L ast year I penned an essay here titled, "Our food security is wanting, let's pull up our socks". This came after a report on Global Food Security Index report annually produced by The Economist Intelligence Unit of The Economist Group ...

[Daily Maverick] Who would have thought that barely a month before the 25th anniversary of the signing of the democratic Constitution, South Africa would return to minority rule. For this is effectively what has happened.

[Monitor] The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recruited 47 Grade One magistrates that are expected to expedite the resolution of court disputes.