[Africa Renewal] The campaign starts on 25 Nov - 10 Dec under theme: "Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!"

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Somalia's government has declared a state of emergency in the country following a report submitted by a committee set up to evaluate the drought situation in the country. In a statement, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble c...

[HRW] New York -- Violations, Flimsy Evidence, Speculative Reasoning Led to 6-Year Sentence

[DW] Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi son's hopes of running for president are dashed, as the country's electoral commission disqualifies him.

[ISS] Investing in girls' education from an early age is essential for building their resilience and financial independence.

[East African] The United Kingdom is concerned about human rights violations in Zimbabwe, which include the targeting of prominent opposition and civil society leaders, a new report says.

[East African] South Sudan is staring at a catastrophic humanitarian crisis as extreme floods hit the country for the third consecutive year.

[Citizen] The Democratic Republic of Congo has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers to join the East African Community (EAC) as the seventh member state.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gedaref / Darfur -- While the military junta in Sudan has released some detainees, several are still imprisoned, despite the undertaking in the political agreement signed in Khartoum on Sunday by Gen Abdelfattah El Burha...

[East African] Teen mothers in Tanzania who had been stopped from returning to classes have been allowed back to school, in a big policy shift by President Samia Suluhu's administration.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Important Step for Justice; Special Criminal Court Arrests Former Armed Group Leader

[UN News] With one month left until elections in Libya, it is important that the international community remains united in support of the process, UN Special Envoy Ján Kubis told the Security Council on Wednesday.

[The Conversation Africa] The Kingdom of Eswatini, the small, landlocked southern African country that shares borders with South Africa and Mozambique, has been in political turmoil since May. The country is Africa's last absolute monarchy.

[The Conversation Africa] COVID-19 is a major global public health challenge. The pandemic's impacts cut across all sectors. One of the most worrying is its potential impact on antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a situation where bacteri...

[Premium Times] Exposure to violence was highest among women in Kenya (80%), Morocco (69%), Jordan (49%), and Nigeria (48%). Those in Paraguay were the least likely to report such experiences, at 25%.

[Vanguard] Nigerian traders on Wednesday flayed ECOWAS' silence over the closure of borders by the Ghana government, thus violating the policy on free movement in the region.

[This Day] Abuja -- Nigeria's national carrier, Air Nigeria, is set to commence operations by April 2022, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has said.

[UN News] With the dire humanitarian situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, continuing to deteriorate, it is critical to establish a regular flow of humanitarian aid into the region, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Government Communication Service Minister Dr. Legesse Tulu said in the office's daily briefing to state media today that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was providing leadership to the armed forces from the front-line as of ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The conflict between the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) and Tigrayan forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) expanded to Amhara and Afar region and reached Amhara region's Oromo Special zo...

[The Conversation Africa] Recent inflation numbers from Nigeria are creating serious concern over the rising cost of food items in the country. But this is not Nigerians' first encounter with food prices running hot, as the spikes date back roughly t...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nigeria's affordable housing push has led to a boom in new homes, but high construction costs and a lack of development tax mean the majority are too big and expensive for those who need them most

[African Arguments] Despite the state's policy of ignoring ethnicity, most people know their leaders are mostly Tutsi. This research examines the extent of this trend.

[ISS] For newly elected local government leaders, reining in graft will be as vital as service delivery.

[Monitor] Seychelles needs more Ugandan teachers (for Sciences) and doctors, and has the potential to import agricultural products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products, Uganda's high commissioner to Seychelles, Dr Hassan Wasswa G...

[New Frame] An oil and gas exploration survey off the Eastern Cape coast is scheduled to start in December. But fishers, residents, environmentalists and activists around the country want none of it.

[This Day] Maiduguri -- United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF) has said that 7,728 toilet facilities were constructed for various communities in the North-east zone of the country between 2018 to date under its campaign against open defecation.

[This Day] Notwithstanding threats posed by the Islamist insurgency in the north, clashes between Fulani herdsmen and pastoralists in the Middle Belt region as well as growing unrest in the South which have continued to threaten the country's existen...

[New Frame] In moving to a low-carbon economy, South African workers may lose out as unions weaken and renewable energy components continue to be imported at the expense of local jobs.

[Oxfam] A new Oxfam report shows an undeniable increase in gender-based violence (GBV) during the COVID-19 pandemic around the world to which too many governments and donors are not doing enough to tackle.