[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of November 10, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,539,045 while over 125,419,589 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- AllAfrica's Silence The Guns series focuses on peacebuilding on the continent. Today we take a closer look at the role of women and youth in peacebuilding in Africa. There's no question that the role of women and youth in bui...

[VOA] United Nations -- The United Nations said Tuesday that 22 of its Ethiopian national staff were detained by the federal government in Addis Ababa, following raids reportedly targeting ethnic Tigrayans. Six of the U.N. staffers have been released...

[New Zimbabwe] The government has dismissed claims that it has plans to introduce another currency saying that the only recognised local currency is the Zimbabwean dollar not cryptocurrency.

[Premium Times] Many developing economies, including Nigeria, that rely majorly on fossil fuels may be prone to financial challenges in the coming days.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya is among the first African countries to receive the new formulation of the Paediatric ART to be administered to children and infants living with HIV.

[AI London] Women raped at gunpoint, robbed and assaulted Lack of medical care after TPLF fighters damaged and looted hospital Abuses committed as Tigray conflict has spilled over into Amhara region

[The Conversation Africa] At the 2021 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, moving between the corporate slickness of the official "Blue Zone" (a UN-managed space which hosts the negotiations) and the wider fringe was quite a disconcerting experie...

[The Conversation Africa] Most foods consumed across the world like maize, wheat, rice and potato contain carbohydrates (starch) as the main food macro-molecule. Starch is a good source of energy for humans. But eaten in excess it poses a grave healt...

[The Conversation Africa] We were in Obalende: a bustling working-class neighbourhood of office buildings, shops and residential areas, on Lagos Island, Nigeria. During the day, the neighbourhood teems with small market stalls selling all manner of t...

[Nation] Safaricom has evacuated some of its employees from Ethiopia because of armed conflict and civil unrest in what could disrupt the firm's operations in the populous nation.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon military officials say separatists have abducted and tortured several hundred civilians they accuse of violating a lockdown the fighters have imposed in the English-speaking western regions every Monday. The claim ...

[VOA] Nairobi -- An estimated 35 schools across Kenya have been set on fire in the last month, forcing many to shut down. Authorities say the fires are being set by students, and have warned that any student caught in an act of arson will be locked o...

[VOA] Harare -- The World Food Program says it is seeking $65 million to ease food insecurity in Zimbabwe. The U.N. agency says its assessment shows that more than 5 million people in the southern African nation are looking at food shortages in comin...

[HRW] New York -- Urgently Allow Entry of Food, Medicine; Support International Investigations

[UN News] Fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least 11,000 people to flee to neighbouring Uganda since Sunday night, representing the largest refugee influx in a single day for more than a year, the UN refugee...

[This Day] Nigeria, in a bold move to fight malnutrition in the country, has finalised arrangements to launch 'Operation Feed Yourself' among the citizenry.

[RFI] On Tuesday, France returned 26 artworks to Benin from the royal treasures of Abomey looted in the 19th century by colonial troops and kept until now at the Paris' Quai Branly Museum.

[Citizen] Hundreds of Congolese nationals have fled into Uganda following heavy gunfire exchange between government forces and M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo.

[New Zimbabwe] Newly formed Front for Economic Emancipation (FEEZ) leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has castigated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF party for fronting foreign interests by looting the country's mineral wealth.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO)'s partnership with the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) partnered with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) in the provision of commuter trains in urban areas has suffered a maj...

[New Zimbabwe] Police in Mashonaland East Province have impounded 346 pirate taxis in a blitz meant to deal with the menace caused by their operations.

[New Zimbabwe] Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance vice president Tendai Biti says he, for a moment, felt as if he was at the heart of Taliban-ruled Afghani capital Kabul after escaping an alleged Monday night abduction attempt.

[Daily News] IT was on 2nd of this month last year, when Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi took oath of office as the 8th President of the Revolutionary government of Zanzibar since 1964 when the sultanate British backed administration was overthrown by the loca...

[New Era] A Windhoek-based police officer has been charged for allegedly aiding and abetting a trial-awaiting suspect to escape from custody.

[New Era] Fishrot accused Mike Nghipunya was plucked from relative obscurity to the position of CEO for the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia and earning an annual salary of N$1.3 million.

[New Zimbabwe] Grocery retailer, TM Pick 'n Pay suffered a 21 % sales decline, prompting management to devise strategies to keep the entities on the profitable margin.

[Namibian] Defending African champions South Africa got off to a winning start at the Africa Netball Cup with a comprehensive 78-27 victory against Zimbabwe yesterday at the Wanderers court in Windhoek yesterday.

[New Zimbabwe] Defence and War Veterans Affairs Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has revealed liberation war veterans are set to receive end-of-year bonuses denominated in United States Dollars, a privilege not extended to civil servants.

[Times of Zambia] Zambians arriving from Ethiopia yesterday after being evacuated following President Hakainde Hichilema's directive as hostility surges in that country.