[allAfrica] As of December 17, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  9,090,268 while over 171,295,084 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] The E-cigarette summit -- science, regulation, and public health, took place on the 7th and 8th of December, 2021.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings, and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the Western Tigray territory of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.

[DW] The Democratic Republic of Congo said the latest outbreak of Ebola was over. It was the country's 13th outbreak of the deadly disease.

[allAfrica] The E-cigarette summit -- science, regulation, and public health, took place virtually on the 7th and 8th of December, 2021. Scientists, policymakers and public health professionals have been participating in this event annually since 201...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has urged Kenya and Somalia to ensure democratic and peaceful national elections describing impending polls as a litmus test to constitutionalism.

[Premium Times] The report said Nigeria has one of the slowest broadband internet networks globally (13.45 Mbps), ranking 105th out of 110 index countries.

[Nile Post] Police have said at least 81 people including Members of Parliament have so far been arrested for trying to orchestrate violence during the Kayunga by-election.

[New Times] The French court, Cour d' Assises based in the capital Paris, has condemned Rwandan national Claude Muhayimana to 14 years in prison over his role in the Genocide against the Tutsi.

[Premium Times] An official said the president has since approved the authority letter to release the funds of the resident doctors for September and October 2021.

[VOA] Cairo -- A militia blockade of the interim government's headquarters in Tripoli appears to have ended Thursday, amid strong tensions in the Libyan capital just over a week before scheduled presidential elections. U.N. envoy Stephanie Williams m...

[VOA] The United States and three other countries voiced encouragement Thursday over a political deal to reinstate Abdalla Hamdok as Sudan's prime minister.

[VOA] Yaounde -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has dismissed speculation that the Africa Football Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled from January in Cameroon, could be again postponed because of the pandemic.

[UN News] Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.

[UN News] Arguing that the world "cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way", the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that countries "must take concrete action in the coming days" to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world's population by the end...

[RFI] France's military camps in Mali are going quiet as Paris winds down its security presence in the restive West African country, but there is one notable exception.

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- 16 December 2021 - The first international Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021), hosted by the African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) concluded its main programm...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Gaborone -- Botswana has begun investing in the idea of a "knowledge-based economy" - one that does not rely on a finite resource

[African Arguments] When the military seized power on 25 October, one of the first casualties was Sudan's newfound freedom of expression.

[Vanguard] The duo of Omu Resort and the Nigerian Association of Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Parks (NAZAP), has called on the Lagos and Ogun State governments to save the largest and most important elephant herd remaining in Nigeria from endanger...

[This Day] Nigeria has rallied countries to propose the first ever draft resolution on 'Enhancing access and use of beneficial ownership information to facilitate the identification, recovery, and return of stolen assets'.

[African Arguments] Why does Nigeria elect former military heads of state and ex-governors as president? Will this change?

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President William Ruto has said his competitors have ganged up against him because they are opposed to empowerment of ordinary Kenyans.

[SAnews.gov.za] Former SABC Chief Operations Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been ordered to pay back at least R11.5 million "success fee" paid to him by the broadcaster's Governance and Nominations Committee in 2016.

[SAnews.gov.za] Government has noted Fitch's decision to affirm South Africa's long-term foreign and local currency debt ratings at 'BB-' and revise the outlook from negative to stable.

[Premium Times] With 75 judges currently on its bench, it means each judge, on the average, has over 1,700 cases to handle.

[Govt of SA] The government notes Fitch's decision to affirm South Africa's long term foreign and local currency debt ratings at 'BB-' and revise the outlook to stable from negative.

[Nile Post] Indians to Museveni: We want to be recognized as a Ugandan tribe

[Vanguard] The World Bank has approved a $700 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project.

[Premium Times] The Oxford Climate Journalism Network is aimed to address some of the challenges journalists face when reporting on climate change.