[allAfrica] Harare -- As of June 20, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   11,819,858 while 314,903,272 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- More than 200 civilians are reported killed in the war torn West Wollega zone of Oromia regional state in what the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said was related to clashes between government security forces...

[The Conversation Africa] Leaders of some 54 countries - from Africa, Europe, Asia and Southern America - are set to converge on Kigali between 20 June and 25 June 2022 for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of C...

[UN News] Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, the UN food relief agency warned on Monday, World Refugee Day.

[New Times] The 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) kicked off in Kigali Sunday, with the youth at the centre of deliberations on Day I.

[The Conversation Africa] During a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), King Philippe of Belgium made a speech to the national parliament in Kinshasa expressing his "deepest regrets" for the exploitation and oppression of Belgian c...

[Dabanga] Khartoum / Omdurman -- The Socialist Doctors Association in Sudan has confirmed that a protester was killed and 136 others were injured during the June 16 processions in Khartoum state on Thursday.

[UN News] The Secretary-General strongly condemned on Sunday, an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet.

[Premium Times] The government said the bandits attacked worshippers at the Maranatha Baptist Church and St. Moses Catholic Church.

[Daily Maverick] South Africa's President will not be able to attend this week's Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali. But his office insists it's no snub to Rwandan President Paul Kagame -- it's just that his diary is full.

[Daily Maverick] Yet another delay has arisen in the seemingly interminable legal effort by South Africa to extradite the evangelical preacher and self-styled 'Prophet' Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary from their home country Malawi to face many ch...

[Daily Maverick] Alok Sharma, the head of the global climate summit, will visit South Africa this week to boost implementation of the energy transition project, designed to help the country move towards its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050...

[Premium Times] A two-term governor of the state, Ayo Fayose is believed in some quarters to be the biggest loser of the Ekiti governorship election.

[This Day] Federal government has disapproved the medical and dental degree certificates issued through online training by Medical Schools in Ukraine and other countries of the world.

[RFI] One year into creating opportunities to fight Covid-19 in Sudan with medical students, a coalition of Sudanese doctors has taken the lessons learned while working with local communities and is applying them to healthcare for all.

[This Day] Depression, anxiety increased by 25% in 2020

[Times of Zambia] THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning says the Government is expecting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package to be agreed by the end of this month.

[Namibian] Deputy prime minister and international relations minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Namibia should consider getting water from the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

[Namibian] SEYCHELLES and Botswana will kick off the 2022 Cosafa Cup when they clash in a Group A encounter at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban, South Africa on 5 July.

[Times of Zambia] The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) has called on African member states to conduct a national study or assessment on harmful practices affecting children on the continent.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has admitted that some of its officers and those in the police force are corrupt and told parliament blame lies squarely on failure to pay them competitive wages that is motivating their b...

[New Zimbabwe] The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has said late Vice President Joshua Nkomo's decision to turn down an chance at splitting Zimbabwe into two, on tribal lines, is partly to blame for the murder of some 20 000 mainly Ndebele speaking pe...

[New Zimbabwe] Government was on Saturday, in a last gasp attempt to stop industrial action by poorly paid nurses, expected to start Monday.

[New Zimbabwe] NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) urging the immediate suspension of local government minister July Moyo to facilitate investigations into fres...

[New Zimbabwe] AN unsuspecting Zvishavane motorist was robbed off his top-of-the-range Toyota Vigo, a computer, cash, and other valuables by five men he had offered a ride.

[New Zimbabwe] Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa Friday launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians, questioning whether they were not actively grooming corruption by remaining mum and failing to query tenders and questionable characters co...

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Red Cross Society has asked Malawian parents to quickly understand the importance of getting all children under the age of five vaccinated against polio for the sustainability of a polio free status for the country.

[263Chat] To understand who they are, and how they want, and need to be supported, we visited several households around the country and encountered some of the most happy-go-lucky, full of life people we had ever met. And indeed, some of the most bro...

[263Chat] In its High Court application seeking a review of the Parliamentary Committee on Lands and Agriculture inquiry, GMAZ said the flamboyant legislator was abusing his position to force his way into a grain transportation deal.

[The Conversation Africa] Increases in the domestic price of fuel are big news in South Africa, with the price of petrol, diesel and paraffin reaching new highs. The underlying reason for the price increases is movements in the international price of...