[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Raila Odinga's Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to overturn President-Elect William Ruto's victory.

[Africa Renewal] The current drought in Eastern Africa is causing extreme levels of food insecurity affecting over 50 million people this year. Billed by FAO as "a climatic event not seen in at least 40 years," it is just one of the examples of the u...

[Capital FM] Nairobiu -- Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga is set to file a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking to nullify the victory handed to President-Elect William Ruto following the August 9 vote.

[Shabelle] Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji said 21 deaths and 117 people were wounded, with at least 15 in critical condition as troops end the Hayat hotel attack by Al-Shabaab.

[Daily Maverick] The South African citrus industry, which employs more than 140,000 workers and generates about R30-billion in export revenue, is under threat after the EU suddenly introduced measures SA says are unjustified, disruptive to trade and ...

[Daily Maverick] The families of 21 school children found dead at Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, East London, on 26 June are starting to think they will never know what killed their children.

[Dabanga] Moscow / Khartoum -- Sudan has offered more oil blocks to Russia's Zarubezhneft oil company, at the end of a three-day visit of a high-level government delegation to Moscow. The two countries also agreed to enhance cooperation and expand tr...

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZAAC), which last week effected the arrest of controversial Gokwe-Nembudziya parliamentarian, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has ordered the seizure of his luxury cars and several haulage trucks.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Will the Supreme Court set another precedent and create history as it prepares to hear and determine Azimio Leader Raila Odinga's presidential petition?

[The Conversation Africa] Insecurity in Nigeria has worsened. In the north-east region, despite gains recorded by the military, the activities of jihadist terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province have continued u...

[The Conversation Africa] The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the relatively powerful and influential neighbour, Ethiopia.

[The Conversation Africa] South Africa's only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, has frequently been in the news in 2022, all for the wrong reasons.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi, popularly known as Grandmullah among his peers, now says he will not be representing President-Elect William Ruto in any petition filed to nullify his victory due to conflicting interests.

[Nyasa Times] People who have died of cholera in Nkhata Bay area now now nine, up from eight last week as the number of cases hit 320 within two weeks.

[Premium Times] Pharmsavi joined Sir Kess as the second evicted housemate on Sunday night.

[Premium Times] The report further noted that eight per cent of girls aged 0-14 years have undergone FGM, down from 25 per cent in 2016.

[Premium Times] The sisters were attacked and abducted while they were on the way to attend a thanksgiving service of another reverend sister in the area, an official said.

[Premium Times] Mr Adewale has been in police custody since 13 May

[Daily Maverick] In response to questions from Our Burning Planet after the death of Rashnie Baijnath, the eThekwini Municipality confirmed that tap water in the Birchwood area, west of the city, 'does not meet acceptable standards for human consumpt...

[DW] The newly-released Lancet study says lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, drinking and obesity caused nearly half of cancer deaths in 2019. Risk factors differ globally based on environmental and economic conditions.

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria is grappling with rising food prices, as reflected in the spike in inflation. The annual inflation rate accelerated for a sixth straight month to 19.64% in July 2022, the highest rate since January 2017. The Conversa...

[The Conversation Africa] Fifty years ago - in early August 1972 - President Idi Amin summarily decreed the expulsion of Uganda's "Asian" (that is, Indian and Pakistani) community. Over 50,000 people were given a scant three months to tie up their af...

[Ghanaian Times] Kpaala -- The Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Gender, Ms Charity Bature has said that child marriage is a major cause of poverty among people living in rural communities.

[Ghanaian Times] A lecturer at the Ghana institute of Journalism (GIJ) has recommended that the government consider making District Assembly elections partisan just like national elections.

[Ghanaian Times] Cape Coast -- The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has begun a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme for 43 health personnel towards improving the capacity of members of health training institutions in the country.

[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- Senior High Schools (SHSs) participating in the Energy Commission's Renewable Energy Challenge, are to enjoy patent rights to their technologies.

[Ghanaian Times] Last Friday, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, addressed the media on a number of issues currently going on in the education sector, including interventions instituted by the government to transform it.

[Ghanaian Times] Ampain -- Chief Executive of CocoBenz, Bender Owusu Bediako Antwi, says the coconut husk has great potential for the Ghanaian economy which must be harnessed to reduce poverty and promote prosperity of the country.

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will from Monday, 22nd August, 2022, begin a four-day working visit of the Upper West and Savanna regions.