[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing substantial numbers of deaths. So say the World Health Organization'...

[WHO] Almost two years in, and the COVID inferno still burns. Several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Others are recording their highest daily case numbers since the pandemic began. Low- and middle-income countries -- wher...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Sexism, harassment and violence against women permeate parliaments across Africa, according to a new study published Tuesday.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The Reconstruction Plans For Cabo Delgado approved by the Council of Ministers on 21 September consolidate power in Maputo, leaving little say for people in Cabo Delgado, concludes an investigative article in t...

[Citizen] Swift action by the government to launch a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 has had a positive effect on tourism, it was revealed here yesterday.

[Vanguard] Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid has bagged two nominations at the 64th Grammy Awards announced Tuesday by the Recording Academy.

[New Frame] With the manufacture of the Pfizer drug sidelined in favour of Covid vaccines, trans men fear not only for their bodies and physical health but also their psychological wellbeing and sense of self.

[Monitor] A report of an internal government investigations into the 2020 November riot killings has revealed that 39 out of the 54, or 72 percent, of people shot dead were hit by "stray bullets".

[The Conversation Africa] In August this year, Yves de M'Bella, a media personality in Côte d'Ivoire, brought a male guest, Kader Traoré, onto his prime-time entertainment show to demonstrate how a man might assault a woman. The segment, which was ...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Eleven Ministers representing the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), who participated in the transitional government before the military junta seized power in a coup d'état on October 25, announced that they have submit...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The military junta in Sudan has released several high-profile detainees, however lawyers in Khartoum report that several ministers, politicians, and activists are still imprisoned. Omar El Degeir, head of the Sudanese Cong...

[Capital FM] Kenya has recorded an increase in the number of road fatalities, recording 4,023 deaths between January and November 2021.

[VOA] A top U.S. diplomat said Tuesday he was worried that military developments in Ethiopia were overtaking efforts to stop escalation of the country's bloody yearlong conflict.

[Nation] An analysis of Covid-19 vaccination rates in the country suggests one socio-economic factor, more than others, is correlated to vaccine uptake. And it is not income, language or cultural barriers.

[RFI] France has advised its citizens to leave Ethiopia, as Tigrayan rebels advance on the capital. South Africa and Kenya have called on the rebels and the government, who have been fighting since last year, to commit to an immediate ceasefire.

[DW] The Western nations say their citizens should leave Ethiopia immediately, after Abiy Ahmed vowed to "lead from the battlefield" against Tigray rebels.

[Premium Times] The government says it will target 30 to 40 million people, but it will depend on resources.

[Premium Times] The director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ifedayo Adetifa, said countries in Europe have reintroduced some restrictions due to the surge in COVID-19 cases.

[African Arguments] The Anglophone film industry has overcome many odds to reach a global audience.

[African Arguments] "We owe the dead the debt of memory."

[Premium Times] The government has done so little for so long that it's unclear how recent COP26 pledges will be met.

[East African] A group of South Sudanese nationals sent to study in Zimbabwe six years ago are stranded after Juba failed to provide them air tickets to return home, they say.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' credit rating has been upgraded to 'B+' with a stable outlook from Fitch Ratings, reflecting the rebound of the tourism sector since the country reopened its border to visitors in March.

[HRW] It's vital that the international community not abandon Sudan at this critical juncture

[Nation] The Health ministry will only consider Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in January next year, as the focus now shifts to vaccinating vulnerable older people, who turned out for jabs in low numbers.

[MSF] On 21 November 2021, a healthcare centre supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Foube, Barsalogho department, in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso, was burnt down. A member of the MSF team was injured during an attack by unident...

[Ghanaian Times] Yahya Jammeh, the exiled former leader of The Gambia, has ignored a warning by incumbent President Adama Barrow not to intervene in the country's election campaign before polls early next month.

[Namibia Economist] The City of Windhoek approved 271 building plans in October, an 18.9% increase from the 228 approved in September.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The authorities in Sudan continue to block social networking sites for the fifth day in a row, after restoring internet services after a junta-enforced outage that lasted more than three weeks. Users have told Radio Dabang...

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- On Nov.25, Makerere University will host a stakeholders mobilisation event in commemoration of the 100 years (1922-2022) of its existence, it said on Nov.23 in a press release.