[allAfrica] As of December 14, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,965,128 while over  164,971,945 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court in Nairobi has halted the implementation of a government decision to lockout millions of unvaccinated citizens from public transport, public utility areas and government services.

[FAO] How communities are bringing fish back to one of Malawi's lakes

[RFI] A court of appeal in France has found Congolese rumba star Koffi Olomidé guilty of holding four of his former dancers against their will, but acquitted him of charges of sexual assault.

[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT claims it has secured 100 million litres of petrol, enough to last the entire festive season.

[GroundUp] A couple in Level Two informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town are growing vegetables on a small plot next to their home to feed their family and a local soup kitchen. They say they cleared the area that had once been used as a dump s...

[East African] Kenya says it will restrict any movements of military or diplomatic redeployments through its territory in the wake of temporary relocation of foreign staff from Ethiopia over security reasons.

[The Conversation Africa] When South Sudan became independent 10 years ago, oil revenues were supposed to fuel the economy of the world's newest country. But shortly after, civil war resumed, oil prices plummeted, and the South Sudanese pound lost va...

[HRW] Nairobi -- Kenyan authorities should amend measures requiring everyone seeking government services to be fully vaccinated to avoid undermining basic rights.

[Monitor] President Museveni Sunday reshuffled his representatives abroad, dropping the last two remaining career diplomats.

[East African] South Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested a US government decision to impose sanctions on two local companies over alleged corruption.

[East African] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has returned to the frontline and announced more victories against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

[East African] Juba -- South Sudan's government has dismissed claims that it is supporting the rebel group, Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

[East African] The Democratic Republic of Congo has entered the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, head of the technical secretariat of the response against the Covid-19 has announced.

[VOA] For the second time in a matter of days, food aid for starving Ethiopians has been stolen from the World Food Program in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations said Monday.

[UN News] Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals - the judicial body that assumed the remaining work of the two UN war crimes tribunals in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia - updated the Security Cou...

[UN News] The UN continues to take steps to address allegations of sexual misconduct by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the wake of the repatriation of Gabonese troops three months ago.

[UN News] Life-saving sexual and reproductive health services are more vital than ever, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Monday, launching an $835 million appeal to support people in crisis settings during 2022.

[Premium Times] The Bill provides for enhancing domestic revenue mobilisation efforts to increase tax and non-tax revenues, Tax Administration and Legislative Drafting Reforms, particularly to support the ongoing automation reforms by the Federal Inl...

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's National Assembly has adopted legislation that allows direct primaries - where all party members and not just delegates will vote in political parties' primaries to choose candidates for elections. But President Mu...

[IPS] Lilongwe, Malawi -- When a former deputy speaker of Parliament shot himself dead within the National Assembly buildings in Lilongwe in September 2021, it shook Malawi. It also turned attention to the mental health burden in the country.

[Oil in Uganda] On Thursday parliament approved the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) (Special Provisions) Bill 2021, amidst protests mainly opposition Members of Parliament who argued that the process leading to its enactment was rushe...

[ISS] Sudan's 25 October coup was a miscalculation on the part of the military. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the government and the Sovereignty Council, suspended the Constitutional Charter of 2019 and imposed a nationwide state of emerge...

[Africa Check] "BREAKING! MALAMI NIGERIA ANTHONEY GENERAL TO BE SÀCKÈD," is the title of a video posted on Facebook in November 2021.

[Premium Times] Containing the spread and impact of Covid-19 is a herculean task for Africa and African governments. It is even more challenging when western countries and their allies deliberately conspire to allow politics and economic nationalism ...

[Citizen] Juba -- The East African economic bloc, Inter-governmental Authority on Development (Igad) on Friday suspended South Sudan over unpaid dues.

[Africa Check] An image of Nigerian musician Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour, was posted on Facebook on 11 December 2021 with the claim that he supports the movement for the restoration of the Republic of Biafra in southeast Nigeria.

[Premium Times] The judge adjourned the case until December 21 for hearing of the preliminary objections of the defendants and the substantive matter.

[State Department] The recent trial and sentencing of political opponents Reckya Madougou and Joel Aivo raise grave concerns about political interference in Benin's criminal justice system.

[OHCHR] The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday, 17 December, to address the "grave human rights situation in Ethiopia".