[allAfrica] As of December 18, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  9,131,083  while over  173,273,566 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[AMA] Lagos -- African CEOS expressed optimism about their business and economic growth over the next 12-18 months. A new survey of African CEOs from 46 countries conducted by PAFTRAC, the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee, fo...

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles has won the World's Most Romantic Destination title for the second consecutive year at the 28th World Travel Awards, the Tourism Department said Thursday.

[Ethiopian Herald] The recently published opinion on the New York Times exposes that the U.S. is demonizing Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his successful effort in thawing Ethio-Eritrea relations that has been in deadlock for two decades, e...

[Ethiopian Herald] The Ethiopian government said it will not acknowledge the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) resolution for the establishment of an independent investigation team for the alleged human rights violation in the northern conf...

[Leadership] A new study by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft has revealed that Nigeria may face difficulty producing its huge oil and gas reserves.

[VOA] Geneva -- Marking International Migrants Day, the United Nations reports hostility and xenophobia are growing against migrants. It warns the stigmatization and marginalization of migrants amid a raging pandemic is putting many lives at risk.

[VOA] The head of the World Health Organization says the continuing surge of COVID-19 cases is a result of the unequal distribution of vaccines.

[DW] Two weeks ago, the Ethiopian army regained control of key territories in the Amhara region from Tigrayan forces. Their war has left communities displaced and in mourning, infrastructure looted and the economy shattered.

[DW] The UN's human rights body voted to set up an experts panel to examine allegations of war crimes in Ethiopia. The resolution was brought forward by the EU.

[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.

[DW] Africans are getting around their continent in greater numbers these days. But the poor treatment many receive in some countries casts a shadow over the prospects for intergration, experts say.

[VOA] Following last month's release of a joint report by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the United Nations citing widespread human rights abuses in the country, a U.N. human rights body voted Friday to establish a group of experts to furt...

[VOA] With violence by armed groups spreading beyond Mozambique's northernmost province of Cabo Delgado into neighboring Niassa province, President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday cautioned against panic.

[UN News] Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by an international rights probe, the Human Rights Council agreed in a vote on Friday.

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

[African Arguments] The past months have seen the Covid debate shift decisively to the question of vaccines. The inequality of access to vaccines has been truly staggering.[1] Rich nations have virtually required younger citizens to be vaccinated aga...

[African Arguments] While Abiy may control the plains, the TPLF are almost impossible to defeat in the mountains. The one factor that could change things is external.

[African Arguments] Instead, he may be a giant of marketing or of missed opportunities.

[DW] Over 500 people were killed three years ago in a region considered peaceful in the conflict-ridden DR Congo. As Jonas Gerding reports, a highly political military trial has begun to look into the cause of the massacre.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Basic Education says it is confident that the damage caused by storm at a marking centre in Thaba Nchu, Free State, will not impact adversely on the finalisation and release of results in the province.

[SAnews.gov.za] Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, says COVID-19 infections during the fourth wave have exceeded the previous peaks reached in the previous resurgences.

[SAnews.gov.za] All branches of the South African Post Office (Sapo) will remain open on weekdays and Saturday mornings throughout the festive season.

[Daily Maverick] Two years ago, Mozambique's spectacular and vast Niassa Special Reserve, bordering on Tanzania, was just getting over a horrific period of elephant poaching. Then it was swamped by Cyclone Eloise. Yet the resilient Mozambicans took i...

[Govt of SA] President Cyril Ramaphosa is making good progress in his recovery from COVID-19 while continuing treatment for mild symptoms.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa is continuing his recovery from mild symptoms of COVID-19 after testing positive for the virus on Sunday.

[SAnews.gov.za] Portfolio Committee on Transport Chairperson, Mosebenzi Zwane, has called on long-distance drivers and travellers to make use of vaccination sites that will be placed next to roadblocks.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kayunga, Uganda -- The Electoral Commission is set to declare final results from the Kayunga District Chairperson by-elections, 16 hours after the polls ended.

[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.