[allAfrica] Countries of the global South, which are already facing the worst impacts of the climate emergency, have expressed their deep disappointment about how the COP26 talks have unfolded.

[Nation] Babies born with low birth weight in Kenya last year were the leading cause of infant admission in health facilities. According to the 2021 Economic Survey, they accounted for 10.3 percent of all infant hospital admissions.

[Nation] More athletes have come out to speak against increasing cases of gender-based violence in the sport, with many recommending that counselors be brought on board to help curb the menace.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ann Kananu Mwenda is the new Governor of Nairobi County.

[Monitor] The first explosion went off at city square and minutes later another one exploded at the Parliament Avenue hitting the Jubilee Insurance Building that also houses the Inspector General of Government offices

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[Premium Times] "Officers of the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenceless protesters, without provocation or justification, while they were waving the Nigerian Flag and singing the National Anthem and the manner of assa...

[This Day] The World Bank has stated that the destruction caused by the Boko Haram sect caused economic activities in the north-eastern part of the country to decline by 50 per cent.

[Leadership] The government of Morocco is considering setting up a downstream division of state-owned ONHYM to manage domestic natural gas infrastructure, including a project to deliver gas by pipeline from Nigeria to Morocco through 13 countries.

[Leadership] Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom from Lagos pay higher tickets fare than those travelling from the Federal Capital Terirory (FCT), Abuja, LEADERSHIP investigation has shown.

[The Conversation Africa] Ethiopia is at war with itself --- all over again. Again, it is in the global media spotlight for the wrong reasons: war, displacement, rape, and killings. A nation with a long but turbulent history and a rich religious heri...

[The Conversation Africa] The cost of infectious diseases is somewhere between staggering and incalculable. Around $8 trillion and 156 million life years were lost in 2016 alone. Throughout human history, pestilences have wiped out more lives than fa...

[The Conversation Africa] Climate change is a devilishly complex challenge that affects all aspects of our lives. It affects weather patterns, biodiversity, access to and sustainability of water and land resources, air pollution, inequality, employme...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Kassala -- The number of victims of the November 13 Marches of the Millions in the Sudanese capital increased to seven, after two minors died of gunshot wounds in hospitals in the city. Many condemned the raids on hospitals...

[Nation] Failure to comply with safety standards, collapse of guidance and counselling programmes and increased permissiveness by society are some of the top reasons stakeholders in education have blamed for the perennial unrest in schools that has c...

[Nation] Dorothy Kemunto Nyangori has become the first woman to board the Presidential train to State House, following in the footsteps of her predecessors the late Wangari Maathai, Charity Ngilu and Martha Karua.

[VOA] Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- Burkina Faso's government says at least 32 military police were killed Sunday in the latest attack on security forces. Analysts say security in the West African country has worsened this year and the opposition has ...

[UN News] As the humanitarian crisis grows in Ethiopia's conflict-affected north, the UN announced on Monday that $40 million in funds have been made available to scale up emergency operations.

[DW] The African Union is forging ahead with mediation talks in Ethiopia as the US warns of the potential far-reaching consequences of the conflict. But productive negotiations are still far from assured.

[Premium Times] The pandemic further pushed lots of people into anxiety and depression, findings from the survey show.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday lauded Africa's collaborative journey towards collective economic prosperity through the African Continental Free Trade Area, adding that "Africa must be a marketplace where no country is left behind."

[The Conversation Africa] Six countries in Africa accounted for about half of all malaria deaths worldwide in 2019: Nigeria (23%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (11%), Tanzania (5%), Burkina Faso (4%), Mozambique (4%) and Niger (4%).

[East African] South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardiit on Friday night fired Finance and Interior ministers through a presidential decree.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The House of Representatives has passed into law Montserrado County District #8 Representative, Mr. Acarous Moses Gray's Dual citizenship bill that he recently introduced in House.

[Namibian] New Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) boss Elsie Nghikembua has promised to fully implement the provisions of the Electoral Act regulating political party finances to enhance accountability and transparency.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of November 15, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,560,043 while over 128,042,281 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[The Herald] PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has described Cde Simon Khaya Moyo, who was unanimously declared a national hero, as a distinguished freedom fighter who was ever willing to take any assignment.

[The Herald] The Supreme Court is today expected to hear the appeal against the urgent High Court judgment over the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's service by another five years.

[The Herald] With Governments and environmentalists worldwide now placing emphasis on the need to recycle waste and to use green energy, local innovators are coming up with projects which if rolled out on a large scale, will transform the lives of pe...

[Premium Times] Over the last two decades, Nigeria's CPI has varied with the annual score ranging from 10 to 28 per cent and its ranking from 90th to 149th.