[allAfrica] As of December 31, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  9,659,957 while over  188,696,109 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[SAnews.gov.za] A special Cabinet meeting has approved several changes to the Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations.

[Vanguard] Yola -- It was unexpected and scary. Hence, most of them froze as soon as the letter was dropped. The peace they had enjoyed until then immediately took flight. With danger staring them in the face, all thoughts of the fanfare that usually...

[Vanguard] The Nigerian music landscape has produced a range of records that have rocked us into moments of ambiance, where we felt good and was loved. In a place where we gathered together and danced through the spectrum of these moments wishing the...

[Vanguard] Health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU/the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Associations, AHPA, have alleged short-changed in the payment of the agreed Hazard Allowance to their members, calling on ...

[Africa Check] At Africa Check, we've come to expect to investigate claims that confuse us or make us laugh out loud. But here are four claims from the past year that truly stood out from the strange or bizarre.

[New Times] In 2019, 31-year-old Angelo Charmant Igitego lost his daughter at Muhima Hospital. The daughter had been hospitalized due to birth asphyxia, a condition where a baby's brain and other organs do not get enough oxygen and nutrients before, ...

[DW] Health officials reported a nearly 30% drop in new COVID cases, suggesting the country has passed the peak of its fourth wave of infections, and prompting the easing of some restrictions.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE'S Warriors became the first team in Group B to arrive in Cameroon for the AFCON tournament where they are set to make a fifth appearance at the continental football showpiece.

[Daily Maverick] A series of four articles examines issues of policy, laws, rights, culture, popular culture, language, stigma, crimes, discrimination and individual experiences of the queer community in four African countries.

[Daily Maverick] A series of four articles examine issues of policy, laws, rights, culture, popular culture, language, stigma, crimes, discrimination and individual experience of the queer community in four African countries.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] An age-old savings system in Egypt is going digital - helping to plug a gap in funding for women-led businesses

[Foroyaa] The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) has in its report made public, recommended for the ban of ten (10) senior judges who are referred to as 'mercenary judges' from holding government office for their alleged roles in...

[RFI] Sudanese security forces shot and killed four protesters on Thursday in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, according to medics, as thousands demonstrated against military rule. The country has been in limbo with no functioning gov...

[Nyasa Times] The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested Minister of Lands & Urban Development, Kezzie Msukwa and Ashok Kumar Sreedharan in relation to corruption and bribery investigation by the Bureau.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Mustapha Berraf held Thursday a video conference meeting with members of ANOCA's executive committee to discuss the 2022 African You...

[Nigeria Health Watch] From new and emerging health challenges occasioned by everchanging socioeconomic conditions, to dynamic shifts in healthcare delivery, 2021 has been a year of new lessons learnt.

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, installed on Thursday, members of the Council of Judiciary (CSM), in accordance with Article 180 of the Constitution, said the Presidency of the Republic in a statem...

[DW] Pro-democracy demonstrators braved tear gas, a communications shutdown and blocked roads in the capital to demand an end to military rule.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Following the death of South African anti-apartheid and peace icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, here are some of the ways he also advocated for a healthy planet

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Lt Gen Abdelfattah Burhan, President of the Sovereignty Council, discussed the current political impasse in the country with the acting head of the Umma Party, Maj Gen Fadul Burma, on Wednesday. Sudanese security forces an...

[Unicef] New York -- Less than half of parties to conflict globally have committed to protect children

[Vanguard] Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, said the National Assembly inserted the direct primaries clause into the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to ensure that people participate in elections.

[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher -- A curfew came into effect in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher yesterday at 18:00 and continued until 05:00 today, in accordance with a decision of the North Darfur Security Committee after widespread looting of a war...

[Daily News] THOUSANDS of teenage mothers will be among the 3000 girls returning to school next month under the special World Bank-funded - Secondary education quality improvement project - alternative education pathway (SEQUIP-AEP).

[DW] Mourners are paying their respects to late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose body is now lying in state at St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town. The iconic anti-apartheid leader was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

[Nile Post] A brawl erupted in Kenya's parliament on Wednesday as lawmakers were debating a controversial bill governing political parties ahead of next year's election.

[VOA] Istanbul -- What began as a conflict between the Ethiopian Federal government and a local military in late 2020, exploded into a civil war in 2021 that has forced two million people to flee their homes and left hundreds of thousands of people i...

[The Herald] While economic progress has dominated the headlines, largely because 7,8 percent growth and the spread of that growth to so many at the bottom of the economic ladder through rural development and agricultural programmes, the political pr...

[Egypt Online] Head of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority Osama Rabie issued a number of decisions on forming the authority's new board of directors of 2022.