[allAfrica] Harare -- As of February 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,004,889 while over 218,397,031 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[RFI] Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga has accused France of working to partition his country through French military involvement in the Sahel, in a hostile new challenge to European diplomats in Bamako.

[263Chat] Government has threatened disciplinary action against teachers who did not report for duty on the school opening day yesterday after directing heads of offices to suspend those found those found guilty.

[SAnews.gov.za] The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each ordinary hour worked has been increased from R21.69 to R23.19 for the year 2022 with effect from 01 March 2022.

[RSF] A week after announcing it will become harder for foreign reporters to obtain press accreditation, the Malian authorities have expelled a French journalist within 24 hours of his arrival in the country. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns ...

[SAPS] The Gauteng High court sitting in Johannesburg sentenced Brandon-Lee Thulsie to eight years imprisonment and his brother, Tony-Lee Thulsie to eleven years imprisonment for terrorism-related crimes that are reported to have taken place between ...

[Ethiopian Herald] Child soldiers and mothers with young ones strapped to their backs sent into battle with little chance of return all because of a lust for power, said Valerie Browning, Ethiopia-based Australian nurse.

[The Exchange] Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has unveiled the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) national scale-up and called on Kenyans to register for the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)

[The Conversation Africa] Two years of battling COVID-19 has been bad news for tuberculosis (TB) programmes. Respiratory clinicians and researchers have had their time and focus directed elsewhere. And TB has taken advantage. In 2021, the number of T...

[The Conversation Africa] Sub-Saharan Africa still has too few vaccines for too few people. Delivering more inoculations to the region deserves top priority. But there is another hurdle to overcome to successfully deploy vaccines: the region's poor t...

[The Conversation Africa] Problems with some forms of inequity are easier to understand than others. Unequal access to healthcare or food, for example, is clearly bad for everyone's wellbeing, contentment and productivity.

[VOA] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- Cameroonian authorities have erected sanitary barriers around poultry farms in the western city of Bafoussam after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu. Authorities say a "huge" number of birds have died whil...

[VOA] Geneva -- The UN children's fund, UNICEF, warns the Horn of Africa is facing a climate-induced emergency and says the international community must act now to prevent a catastrophic loss of life and livelihoods.

[UN News] Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.

[UN News] Dissolving the Tunisian body that deals with judicial independence, known as the High Judicial Council, is a "clear violation" of the country's obligations under international human rights law, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned...

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, February 8, presided over the swearing in of the two newly appointed cabinet ministers, during a ceremony he challenged leaders in general to double their commitment in serving Rwandans.

[DW] Shunned in the West due to privacy and security issues, Huawei is a front-runner in Africa. But the Chinese giant's technology and data collection methods might appeal more to authoritarian regimes.

[DW] Ex-leader Blaise Compaore is on trial for the 1987 murder of Thomas Sankara, a revered revolutionary leader. Sankara's death coincided with a coup that installed Campaore in power for 27 years.

[The Conversation Africa] A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countrie...

[The Conversation Africa] It seems the time of reckoning for the massive corruption that has hobbled South Africa's economy is nigh. Two parts of the three-part report by the judicial commission investigating allegations of state capture under former...

[African Arguments] The aid blockade is illegal. The international community must call this out and not allow humanitarian needs to be politicised.

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya remains in a state of heightened alert following travel warnings by French, US and European Union officials of imminent terrorist attacks. Kenya has suffered deadly terror attacks claimed by the Somali Islamist group A...

[Premium Times] Mr Malami had about two weeks ago criticised the lack of transparency of the the judiciary's budget, and, on Monday, blamed the third arm of government for the prolonged trials of high-profile suspects.

[Premium Times] The government says it found unsafe levels of methanol and removed the affected product from the supply chain.

[Premium Times] Some sites have not functioned since December 2021, but the government does not appear to be in a hurry to fix them.

[Premium Times] Residents say they could not bury their dead because the bandits are still prowling around the village.

[ISS] But can FRELIMO's elites accept responsibility for youth frustrations and agree to share the country's riches?

[Namibia Economist] Africa's Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to be a boon for the creative sector and generate jobs for the youth.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia is experiencing a prolonged drought after three consecutive failed rainy seasons since late 2020 affecting 6.8 million people living in Oromia, SNNP, Southwest and Somali: several areas in southern and southea...

[The Exchange] Countries in sub-Saharan Africa will need to up their ante in providing accessible internet solutions, especially in rural towns moving forward.