[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- In April 2022, the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender (CSA&G) at the University of Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures (CGS) and the Center ...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Nelson Mandela Bay Races to Avoid Day Zero Water Crisis

[allAfrica] As of June 17, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,805,213   while 314,686,168 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Maka] Humanitarian organizations are warning of an impending food emergency in southern Angola as the region faces the aftermath of the worst recorded drought in nearly half a century.

[ISS] Once again, Libya is caught in a debilitating impasse between rival governments in Tripoli and Tobruk.

[VOA] Owo -- Nigerian authorities in southwest Ondo state held a mass funeral Friday for victims of the massacre two weeks ago at a Catholic church. Authorities blame the Islamic State West African Province for the attack, which killed at least 40 wo...

[VOA] Accra -- Rights activists in Ghana are protesting after a crowd, urged on by a member of parliament, tore down a billboard that promoted tolerance toward the LGBTQ community. Last year, Ghanaian security shut down a European Union-supported LGB...

[HRW] Government Should Ensure Access to Aid; End Arbitrary Detentions

[RFI] The Gambian government has announced this week that it would order suspensions for state employees accused of crimes under the former Yahya Jammeh regime, one of the recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC)...

[UN News] Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and "threatens the common values and principles that bind us together," the UN chief said in his message for the first-ever International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

[VOA] Washington -- Dozens of people were killed in fierce fighting between residents backed by Somali government forces and al-Shabab militants in the town of Adado in central Somalia, witnesses and regional officials told VOA on Friday.

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of survivors of a recent massacre in Burkina Faso are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

[Daily Trust] Former presidential aide and Director-General of Peter Obi Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has been named as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

[RFI] The Côte d'Ivoire government, host countries, and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) have signed a repatriation agreement to offer passports to Ivorian refugees around the world in an effort to encourage reintegration.

[Vanguard] An 18-year-old victim of suspected human trafficking, Favour Joseph, has narrated how she escaped from the hands of a lady who planned to take her to America via bus.

[NDI] The Government of Botswana and the National Democratic Institute will co-host an "International Summit on Constitutionalism and Democratic Consolidation in Africa," in Gaborone, Botswana from July 6-8, 2022. The summit will build on an earlier ...

[Premium Times] Mr Okowa urged party members and all Nigerians to join hands with the PDP to rescue the nation from maladministration.

[Daily Trust] The coal mining communities of Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State have for decades remained an investors' delight. The mining communities in Ojoku district are located in a lush vegetation that splashes its green colour in a vast...

[Daily Trust] For decades, Kannywood has been criticised for its inability to produce films that address social issues affecting the general public. Some of the critics of the industry are of the view that due to its long affiliation with the Indian ...

[UN News] After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards democracy and respect for human rights, The UN is working closely with the government on this journey, a process that involves facing up to the country's violent past.

[The Herald] Torn between cultures and continents, our children in diaspora do not really know where they belong and do not appreciate the sacrifice their parents made for them.

[Africa Renewal] In global battle against climate change and loss of biodiversity, Africa's success is crucial

[FrontPageAfrica] Sand Beach -- Illicit miners are threatening the existence of a famous town in River Cess County with the help of an official of the Ministry of Mines, an investigation by The DayLight has revealed.

[Premium Times] Tiwa Savage is a global singer, performer, dancer and composer par excellence who can't stop blessing her teeming fans with her outstanding elegance, charisma and alluring presence on and off stage.

[Daily Trust] SUB: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says he has submitted the name of his running mate for the...

[Dabanga] Paris / Khartoum -- The Paris Club* has published its annual report for 2021, in which it explained that the multilateral agreement on debt relief for Sudan through the Enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) has been...

[Ghanaian Times] Thousands of people protested on Wednesday in the city of Goma, capital of North Kivu province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), against the recent offensives by the rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) who too...

[HRW] 16 June 2022

[GroundUp] The R23-million Lehae Library was meant to open in 2018

[The Herald] TWO CCC legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole yesterday failed to block their case from prosecution after they appeared in court for allegedly inciting their followers to cause violence that rocked Nyatsime, early this ...