[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of December 7, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,749,742 while over 156,583,736 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised travel bans imposed on parts of Africa by western countries because of the outbreak of Omicron,  a variant of Covid-19.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Africa faces 10 key governance challenges it must resolve in order for it to fully recover from the Covid-19 outbreak, according to this report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. And unless the continent can vaccinate 70% of its ...

[DW] Dessie and Kombolcha are now the front lines of the ongoing Tigray conflict. Ethiopian forces have claimed they have taken the key towns but Tigrayan forces say they made a planned withdrawal.

[HRW] Johannesburg -- ISIS-Linked Militants Should Free Captives; Authorities Should Assist Survivors

[Premium Times] Over 100 residents of Tse-Poor, an agrarian rural community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, are still licking their wounds, weeks after the Nigerian Air Force's bulldozers ravaged their ancestral land.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, a former anti-apartheid fighter who, like the greats of the struggle he encountered, spent part of his life in Robben Island penitentiary in South Africa, died Monday at the age of 84.

[VOA] Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators rallied in the capital, Khartoum, and other parts of the country Monday to protest the country's October military coup.

[VOA] Khartoum, Sudan -- Inter-communal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs left at least 30 people dead and 40 others injured in Sudan's West Darfur state on Sunday, according to eyewitnesses and officials.

[UN News] Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens its operations there over the coming six months, the UN agency warned on Monday.

[UN News] Disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between 2019 and 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

[Nation] Kenya is among countries lagging behind in Covid-19 vaccinations in Africa, a new report shows.

[Premium Times] At about 7:20 p.m. local time, the officers fired teargas to disperse the massive crowd of supporters, leaving many scampering for safety.

[VOA] Six nations including the United States say they are "profoundly concerned" about reports that the Ethiopian government is carryout mass detentions based on ethnicity and without charge.

[RFI] Sudanese police fired tear gas Monday as thousands of protesters rallied against the military-dominated government near the presidential palace in Khartoum.

[RFI] The trial of 21 people accused of planning a coup d'etat, including two French men and their wives, opens today in Madagascar.

[This Day] Abuja -- The Federal Government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to put Nigeria on the red list and place a ban on foreign travels originating from the country following the discovery of Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19...

[spotlight] High blood pressure (hypertension) is the leading cause of heart disease and premature death worldwide, according to an article in Nature. While it is not specifically listed on the World Health Organization's list of top 10 causes of dea...

[ISS] While COP26 didn't produce any rapid or large-scale commitments, it did provide some tools to improve the future.

[New Frame] Creatives in different mediums, from filmmaking to fine art, are documenting and depicting their experiences in the beleaguered country for all the world to see.

[263Chat] High Court judge, Justice Musithu has declared the prosecution of freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono on charges of incitement to commit public violence through posting tweets denouncing looting and corruption in 2020 a nullity.

[The Conversation Africa] Diabetes is rising at an alarming rate. One in 10 adults worldwide - 537 million people - now live with the disease. This is higher than the 463 million adults who lived with the condition in 2019. It presents a significant ...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Pate Island -- Coastal communities rely on mangroves to provide habitats for fish and protect their homes from flooding - and giving financial incentives to plant more can boost conservation

[WHO] WHO welcomes the historic decision by the Gavi Alliance Board to invest in the first malaria vaccine programme. The decision secures investment in the long-awaited malaria vaccine and assures that many more children at risk will benefit from th...

[The Herald] High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi is today expected to testify in the trial of Marry Mubaiwa, who allegedly lied that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga had consented to legalise their marriage during the time he was of ill he...

[East African] Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, has been granted provisional release after 20 months in detention.

[The Herald] The trial of Marry Mubaiwa started yesterday with her pleading not guilty to numerous charges which include attempting to kill Vice President Chiwenga and money laundering.

[The Herald] AN estimated 4 020 children have died of Aids since 1985 and most of them had not reached the age of five, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Timothy Stamps has said.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- At least four people have died and 17 others injured after building that was under construction collapsed in Goba in the outskirts Dar es Salaam on Monday, December 6.

[East African] The US Embassy in Ethiopia has urged its citizens in Addis Ababa to leave the country, providing several evacuation options for its citizens, amid heightened conflict in the country.