[RFI] The Gambia's presidency is up for grabs, with the youth vote playing a pivotal role in the 4 December vote - where former dictator Yahya Jammeh still has support, despite living in exile in Equatorial Guinea, accused of rights abuses.

[East African] When former Speaker of the Somali Lower House Mohamed Osman Jawari protested "plans to rig me out" last week, he sounded like a sore loser.

[This Day] Latest data by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that total direct remittances from Nigerians in Diaspora dropped by 62,4 per cent to $1.96 billion in 10 months of 2021 from $5.21billion it recorded in prior year's 10 months.

[GroundUp] Decision to be made at next UCT Council meeting on 4 December

[Chatham House] Alexander Rondos warns that the ongoing conflict spells turmoil for the Horn of Africa

[Chatham House] The international community must ensure a clear and workable election process if Libya is to achieve stability, argue Tim Eaton and Tarek Megerisi

[New Times] Sexual and reproductive health activists have cited religious beliefs as some of the barriers that impede the procurement of safe abortion and the implementation of the law on abortion, affecting many, especially the youth.

[Nairobi News] City Hall has again been plunged into darkness after Kenya Power disconnected the electricity supply.

[Premium Times] We live in a world that is transforming, where norms are disrupted at the speed of light. However, a dimension of disruption that I still look forward to - the transfer of presidential power to the womenfolk.

[The Conversation Africa] In 1928, microbiologist Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was hailed as a scientific breakthrough. In the nearly 100 years since then, scientists have discovered numerous other antibiotics that have saved billions ...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- International representatives have condemned the ongoing use of unjustified force against peaceful demonstrators as wells as human rights violations, as the Central Committee of Sudan Doctors reported 98 cases of injuries,...

[UN News] Over 700,000 children have been impacted by school closures due to often brutal violence inCameroon, according to an analysis released by the UN humanitarian arm,OCHA, on Thursday.

[The Conversation Africa] Since conflict erupted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in November 2020, there have been widespread reports of atrocities in the region. Hundreds of massacres and attacks on civilians have been documented. Recently, the confli...

[DW] President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has vowed to improve the fight against terrorism following protests in Burkina Faso. However, many people feel that these are empty words and have been calling for his resignation.

[African Arguments] The new president's first 100 days have seen a combination of promising steps and worrying tendencies.

[VOA] Abuja -- Abuja resident Freda Igri was preparing to make her native afang soup for her family, but her cooking gas tank was empty.

[Premium Times] Some 262 inmates escaped from the facility on November 28, but the interior ministry said only 10 of them have been recaptured.

[AI London] Nigerian authorities are failing children as at least 61 children in northern Nigeria remain in captivity months after their abduction during mass attacks on schools, Amnesty International said today.

[Premium Times] The Kaduna government says the teachers will be referred to the Ministry of Justice so they can be prosecuted for forgery.

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] As predicted, and following Frelimo's model after the Portuguese 1970 Operation Gordian Knot  (see this newsletter last week https://bit.ly/Moz-580), the guerrillas are moving away from the heavy military push...

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says next year's by-elections will be seriously hampered by the inadequate allocation in the 2022 national budget allocated to the electoral body by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube.

[New Zimbabwe] THE ZIMBABWE Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has expressed doubts over the US$13,7 billion government's external debt announced by Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube in his 2022 national budget.

[New Zimbabwe] FORMER Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) chief executive Farai Zizhou has been ordered by the High Court to pay his ex-personal assistant Rita Marque Mbatha US$180 000 damages for sexual harassment.

[Times of Zambia] AT long last, Zambia has changed the narrative about having no national airline for more than two decades.

[The Herald] ZESA Holdings Group financial controller, Mr Tafireyi Chikwenhere, yesterday told the court that three top executives at the power utility allowed a local law firm to perform debt collection services on its behalf for six months without ...

[The Herald] Africa Moyo -- Deputy News Editor

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is pushing for additional funding to the $11 billion it was allocated in the 2022 national Budget as the election management body has started making preparations for by-elections set for March next...

[Cameroon Tribune] Most of those killed in the northwest of the Central African Republic are civilians and two soldiers' local officials said on Tuesday.

[The Conversation Africa] The participation of Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane, in the Miss Universe competition in Israel on 12 December has created a furore. Some South Africans support her participation while others have called for her withd...

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya's central bank has been mulling the official use of a digital currency. More than 60 central banks have already entered the digital currency race since 2014.