[allAfrica] Harare -- As of January 17, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 10,344,200  while over 204,724,336 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who led the country until he was ousted in a 2020 coup, has died at the age of 76.

[HRW] Abuja -- Child marriage remains prevalent in Nigeria because the federal and state governments have not adequately enforced laws to prevent it, Human Rights Watch said today.

[Premium Times] The IPOB leader is scheduled to appear in court from January 18 to January 20.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon launched a massive campaign Sunday for fans to be tested and vaccinated against COVID-19 to fill stadiums in the ongoing Africa Football Cup of Nations the country is hosting. Cameroon and African football officials say only...

[VOA] A suicide bomber in the Somali capital has injured government spokesman and former journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu.

[UN News] With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization's multilateral initiative to provide equal access to vaccines for all reached the one billion milestone.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has declared that he will be contesting for the 2022 presidential elections.

[Premium Times] The Armed Forces Remembrance Day is a day set aside every year to celebrate personnel of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Police who have died in the line of duty.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Sudanese Ministry of Information and Culture withdrew the license of Qatar-based Al Jazeera Live on Saturday, and closed its office in Khartoum. Sudanese journalists condemned the move.

[The Conversation Africa] Most African countries signed onto the Free Movement of Persons protocol in Addis Ababa in January 2018. Its rationale was set out clearly: the free movement of people - as well as capital goods and services - would promote ...

[The Conversation Africa] The lakes of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) play a big part in people's lives - socially, politically and economically. But lake fishing communities find themselves at the intersection of geography, war and authority...

[The Conversation Africa] Despite global advances in disability rights, stigma towards individuals diagnosed with mental illness is common across the African continent. In Ghana, research has shown that one of the main roots of stigmatisation is the ...

[New Zimbabwe] A Harare-based police officer is in trouble with the law after he allegedly stole US$90 from a dead person.

[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has called for concerted efforts in the development of the country and retaliated that his government will work hard to fulfill the campaign promises.

[Daily Trust] Emirates Airlines schedule flights have resumed in Ghana and four other African countries slammed with travel restrictions by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) even as uncertainty surrounds the resumption of flights to Nigeria.

[Premium Times] One of those killed last week was a police officer.

[CAF] Tunisia revived their qualification hopes in TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Group F, beating Mauritania 4-0 in Limbe for Matchday 2 account.

[CAF] Esteban Fernandez scored twenty minutes from time to give Equatorial Guinea a memorable 1-0 victory over Algeria in Douala on Sunday.

[CAF] The Sierra Leone team showed character and determination as they fought back to hold Cote d'Ivoire 2-2 in a Group E match played this evening at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021.

[CAF] Musa Barrow scored a late penalty to give The Gambia a deserved 1-1 draw against Mali in Group F of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021.

[RFI] Lagos -- Residents in Lagos, Nigeria, are rediscovering their city and all it has to offer through special day and night tours offered by EXP Lagos, a local tourism outfit that uses Danfo mini buses as transport. The weekend tours offer explora...

[Daily Maverick] To consumers, a label on a food product is nothing but a guide to help them make purchasing choices. But to manufacturers of foodstuffs, the labels are much more than that. Labels on food products contain the nutritional profiling of...

[Daily Maverick] Firoz Cachalia is a law professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He was a former MEC in the Gauteng provincial government and is currently a Board member of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation. He writes in his personal capacity.

[Daily Trust] At the turn of the New Year, landlords in Lagos State have increased rent for their properties, an action that does not sit well with tenants.

[Africa Check] On 28 December 2021, award-winning Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was taken from house arrest into police detention.

[Premium Times] In the bill, passed by the National Assembly in 2021, Clause 87 allows political parties to adopt only a direct mode of primaries in selecting candidates.

[Premium Times] Schools are resuming in Zamfara since the total shutdown of all schools on September 1, 2021, after bandits abducted 80 students and three teachers from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area (LGA).

[New Zimbabwe] LEADING clothing manufacturer, Truworths, is slowly moving out of the woods after sales volumes recorded a positive trajectory for most of the year.

[Times of Zambia] It is often said, "where a good road goes, so does development."