[allAfrica] As of December 23, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  9,304,979 while over  178,613,238 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] A parliamentary committee has said holding the vote would be "impossible." The country's election board has now suggested January 24 as an alternative.

[allAfrica] As 2021 draws to a close, it's a good time to look back, and to look forward. This has been another tough year, but there's also a lot to be grateful for.

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi team won gold and silver medals at the African Schools Championship in Kenya.

[Daily Trust] The moves by some senators to override President Muhammadu Buhari's veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill suffered a setback Wednesday as the lawmakers failed to make good their threat after enormous pressure from their state governo...

[Capital FM] Nairobi Kenya -- An undisclosed number of Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff tested positive for COVID-19 in the course of the just concluded Special Sittings.

[Africa-US Forum] Paper submitted for the U.S. Summit for Democracy

[HRW] Justice for 3R Abuses an Important Step Toward Accountability

[Premium Times] The expired vaccines were withdrawn across states in the country.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Chaos and confusion rocked the commencement of the debate on the second reading of the Political Parties Amendment Bill 2021 as members engaged in a shouting match for the better part of the opening session on Wednesday.

[VOA] Bosaso, Washington -- Somali officials in the semiautonomous region of Puntland have announced a cease-fire following two days of heavy fighting between two security forces in the commercial port town of Bosaso.

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's president has announced a plan to help the country's struggling economy recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan, which includes government-wide spending cuts, follows nationwide protests against t...

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Kenya's Ministry of Health has announced it will enforce a rule requiring people to be vaccinated against COIVD-19 to access public services, places, and events. The ministry is going ahead with the mandate despite a court ord...

[UN News] Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.

[VOA] Geneva -- An operation is underway to repatriate thousands of Congolese refugees from Zambia to the homes they fled four years ago in fear of their lives.

[The Herald] THE construction of 121 cluster houses on the Monavale wetland has suffered a still birth after the Supreme Court confirmed the decision stopping the development on the country's biggest wetland.

[New Times] Different factors, mainly the use of chemical pesticides that are not environmentally friendly and destruction of bee habitats, are behind the decrease in production of honey in parts of the country, researchers have found out.

[U.S. Congress] Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) urged President Biden to reconsider his Administration's November 2, 2021 decision to terminate Ethiopia's designation as a benefic...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has launched the third strategic plan in a bid to address the emerging issues in the education sector brought about by the government's new policies in the implementation of the cu...

[Daily News] TANZANIA Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has fined Wasafi Media Group 2m/- for airing misleading and offensive content against Christian Religion contrary to the Electronic and Postal Communi- cations (Online Contents) Regulat...

[VOA] Johannesburg -- In the December holiday season of giving, undocumented immigrants in South Africa are getting the gift of COVID-19 vaccinations.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- South African medical experts say a drop in coronavirus cases indicates the country has passed the peak of a fourth wave of infections driven by the omicron variant. Health officials say the omicron variant spreads faster than p...

[VOA] Kampala -- About 50 Ugandan legislators and their staff members tested positive for COVID-19 this week after a trip to Tanzania. A spokesman for Uganda's parliament says the infections were unavoidable given Tanzania's relaxed attitude toward t...

[The Exchange] Tanzania now owns 37 per cent of Williamson Diamonds Ltd, the single, largest diamond deposit to be in continuous production for over 70 consecutive years now.

[RFI] The French army says that it has killed one of the suspects in last year's murder of eight people including six young French aid workers in the Koure National Park in Niger,

[Cameroon Tribune] The 28-year-old striker is an asset for the Super Eagles squad and he is expected to make a difference in the competition

[Nile Post] The Kenyan government has accepted to lift the ban it had imposed on Ugandan poultry products including chicken and eggs.

[Dalsan Radio] A ceasefire between Puntland government forces in the port city of Bosaso in Puntland collapsed in the wee hours of Thursday as two sides resumes fighting in the town.

[The Herald] Pre-planting producer prices for grains and oil seeds have been set, with an 83 percent rise for maize, 85 percent rise for traditional grains and even higher rises for oil seeds.

[HRW] Tunis -- Military and Civilian Trials for "Insulting the President"