[DW] The US removed Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act due to rights violations and military coups.

[DW] A modest requiem mass for Archbishop Desmond Tutu took place at Cape Town's Anglican cathedral. The anti-apartheid hero died aged 90 on 26 December.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Sermon delivered by The Rt Rev. Michael Nuttall, Retired Bishop of Natal & Dean of the Province to Archbishop Tutu at the funeral service for Archbishop Tutu

[South Africa] Cape Town -- Eulogy by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Funeral Service of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu, St George's Cathedral, Cape Town Programme Director, Members of the Tutu family, His Majesty King Letsie III and Her Ma...

[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.

[RFI] Dozens of civilians have been reportedly killed over the past week in a barrage of air strikes in Ethiopia's northernmost Tigray region - the highest casualties recorded since October.

[VOA] Ouagadougou -- Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso's president to resign. Burkina Faso experien...

[Times of Zambia] -President Hichilema (left) receives instruments of power from Mr Lungu at his inauguration ceremony at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.

[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] Nafiz Modack and his co-accused, Jacques Cronje and alleged corrupt Anti-Gang Unit Sergeant Ashley Tabisher, will hear whether they have been granted bail on 19 January 2022.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Many transgender people in the conservative West African nation self-medicate with hormonal drugs due to a lack of specialist healthcare

[allAfrica] As of December 30, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  9,599,876 while over 188,696,109 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] Coups, conflicts and the coronavirus pandemic put Africa's democratic institutions to the test in 2021. But there are signs of hope.

[New Frame] As our social crisis escalates year after year, we are perilously close to an entirely unviable situation. There is a way out, but it can only be built in the realm of the popular.

[Daily Trust] Besides its key traditional functions of information, education and entertainment, the mass media also play a significant role in bringing about socio-economic and political change in society through its reportage.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Elders from various communities in Western Kenya have declared support for ODM leader Raila Odinga's Azimio La Umoja and his quest for the presidency in the August 2022 election.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Ennahdha Deputy-President and MP Noureddine Bhiri was "kidnapped" Friday by plain-clothes police and "taken to unknown location," the party said.

[Egypt Online] The National Council for Women (NCW) has greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on New Year. In a statement released Friday, NCW President Maya Morsy wished President Sisi good health and further success.

[Egypt Online] Local Development Minister Mahmoud Shaarawi on Friday sent a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese, wishing him a happy New Year.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of education Agness Nyalonje has said providing quality education to all Malawians is hampered by the increase of population growth citing the figures of children born on this year's Christmas as an example.

[Radio Dabanga] El Fasher / Tabit / Um Dukhun -- Two people were killed during the looting of the warehouses of the World Food Programme (WFP) in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, on Wednesday. Two others were shot dead in armed robberies in Centra...

[New Times] The City of Kigali has canceled activities related to displaying fireworks on New Year's Eve, as had been planned.

[New Times] The Teachers' Savings and Credit Cooperative- Umwalimu Sacco, registered a profit of Rwf 9.8 billion between January 2021 and November 2021, according to latest figures released on Thursday, December 30.