[allAfrica] Harare -- As of February 11, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,028,833 while over 220,617,343 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has fought hard for vaccine equity in the battle against COVID-19. On Friday, a visit to an mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub in South Africa will add a pi...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Trump administration exposed dozens of Cameroonians, who fled their country between 2019 and 2020, to human rights abuses, including rape and torture, by unfairly denying them asylum and deporting them, says a new report.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The entertainment industry is mourning the passing of media personality and actress Kuli Roberts, who died on February 9, 2022, at the age of 49.

[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- The Treasury of Kenya has budgeted for a 11.6% pay cut for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, making it the second reduction in the duo's salaries during their nine and a half years in office.

[allAfrica] The 150th session of the WHO Executive Board, which ended on January 29, clearly showed that the vast majority of Member States support WHO's efforts to create a strong, effective empowered, efficient, accountable, transparent and sustain...

[allAfrica] We live on opposite sides of the African continent, but we have both recently witnessed the tragedy of snakebite.

[Premium Times] The coalition also said women journalists are disproportionately targeted by online harassment, threats, sexist hate speech and trolling.

[Nyasa Times] In a bid to strengthen safety and security of people with albinism and revamping security in general in Mangochi, Deputy British High Commissioner David Pert has donated security equipment to 14 Community Policing Forums (CPFs) under Se...

[The Herald] All teachers who did not report for duty when schools opened have been suspended with immediate effect for three months without pay, the Government said yesterday.

[VOA] Eritrea's first Winter Olympian, Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda, is making a comeback in Alpine skiing at the 2022 Beijing Games.

[VOA] Chinese banks provided more loans to fund developmental projects in sub-Saharan Africa than some of the world's greatest economies combined from 2007 to 2020, according to a new study.

[VOA] At least six people were killed and 13 others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a minibus full of delegates involved in Somalia's parliamentary elections Thursday.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian health authorities say at least 1,300 cholera cases have been detected, with nearly three dozen people dying as a result of the outbreak within the past two weeks. Cameroon's Public Health Ministry says water sh...

[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- Uganda has rejected a ruling from the U.N.'s International Court of Justice ordering it to pay war reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Analysts say Uganda could have avoided the $325 million fine if it had agreed...

[VOA] Nairobi -- Rights groups have criticized the European Union for lifting sanctions Tuesday against Burundi for what the EU said was progress on human rights, good governance, and the rule of law. The EU action follows the U.S. lifting sanctions ...

[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- Ugandan rights groups are criticizing a proposed law that would punish people who refuse to be vaccinated during an outbreak with up to six months in prison.

[VOA] Washington -- Legislation has advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives to impose sanctions on Ethiopians committing human rights abuses, blocking food aid delivery, or taking other actions that are worsening the country's 15-month crisis. ...

[UN News] Humanitarians are continuing to support Madagascar in the wake of Cyclone Batsirai which hammered the island nation this past weekend, the UN said on Thursday.

[RFI] The United Nations Security Council hs refrained from calling Burkina Faso's "unconstitutional change of government" last month a coup d'etat, but did express "serious concern" in a declaration unanimously adopted by the 15-member group.

[DW] African states look set to benefit from the EU's Global Gateway investment scheme, with billions earmarked for infrastructure projects.

[DW] The UN has said it continues to back Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's administration despite Libyan lawmakers' decision to replace him with former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha.

[DW] Thousands of children survive in the open in the Ugandan capital, Kampala by begging for money. Residents are fed up and city authorities are struggling to keep the youngest among them off the busy streets.

[The Conversation Africa] Sexual attractiveness is a preoccupation that clings to us throughout our daily lives. Today's social media obsession with perfect beauty makes being attractive and feeling attractive seem all the more important. Being attra...

[The Conversation Africa] In Kenya, the pandemic disrupted learning for 15 million students in primary and secondary institutions. Schools closed on 16 March 2020, were partially reopened on 19 October 2020, and fully reopened on 4 January 2021.

[Premium Times] The UN official appealed for a $1.1 billion donation to provide urgent assistance to over 5.5 million people in need by 2022.

[Premium Times] While blending of methanol with fuel can minimise engine knock, having a high volume of the additive can also cause damage.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- The United Nations in Nigeria said more than $1 billion is needed to help millions of people in the country's troubled northeast. The U.N. said a million of those people are living in areas that are cut off due to insecurity.

[IPS] Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- Suwaiba Hassan published an engrossing story. She used digital apps that are giving literacy a boost.

[Daily Maverick] With discussions under way for a comprehensive new social compact within 100 days, President Cyril Ramaphosa used his State of the Nation Address to announce key structural reform in energy, transport and water sectors - and 12 month...