[allAfrica] Lagos -- This west African country of 206 million people boasts the world's fastest growing fintech market and booming technology start-ups. Nollywood, its film industry, and writers such as Chimamanda Adichie, have gripped the world's im...

[allAfrica] Lagos -- Recently, the governor of the state of New York in the United States, declared a state of emergency over polio. This declaration followed the discovery of the poliovirus in sewage samples in four counties.

[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- That the latest International Monetary Fund regional survey on Sub-Saharan Africa released today offers a stark assessment of the current economic outlook is clear from the title: "Living on the Edge." Modest recovery th...

[allAfrica] The national police will once again become a military body and undergo the same training according to proposals from the government, if a new Bill is approved by the National Transitional Council.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The coronavirus pandemic and Russia's war in Ukraine have helped to drive at least 112 million people - more than one in every 10 Africans - into acute food insecurity, the International Monetary Fund reported on Friday.

[Premium Times] The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, inaugurated the logo while briefing journalists in Abuja, on the preparation for the 27th session Conference of Parties (COP27).

[Premium Times] The Nigerian government insists the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was discharged and not acquitted by the Court of Appeal.

[Scrolla] Former finance minister Tito Mboweni happily tweeted on Friday that Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, was "an African example of the possible dream".

[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- Media freedom activists in Uganda have decried President Yoweri Museveni's signing of the Computer Misuse Act into law, saying its vague wording will be used to silence government critics.

[VOA] Melou, Burkina Faso -- Backers of Burkina Faso's latest coup cited the military's failure to stem a deadly Islamist insurgency that is spreading across the Sahel and has displaced millions of people. A new analysis shows more civilians died in ...

[VOA] Johannesburg, South Africa -- Under President Xi Jinping, China's engagement with Africa reached new heights, economically and diplomatically.

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- The Kenyan government has denied media reports that Chinese banks have fined the country $11 million for failing to pay back loans used to finance a major railway. Kenya's ministry of finance, Ukur Yatani, said Thursday the co...

[The Conversation Africa] The 2022 national elections in Lesotho will go down in the country's history as among the most eventful. A party formed only six months ahead of the legislative election, Revolution for Prosperity, emphatically ended the rei...

[VOA] Yaounde -- Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000 homeless. Cameroonian officials brought assistance to ...

[RFI] While Western donors have stumped up significant funding for a programme to make Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, activists say more support is needed to help poor countries secure the intellectual property rights they need to produce mRNA vaccines...

[Dabanga] Khartoum -- There has been news of an agreement between the Forces for Freedom and Change-Central Council (FFC-CC) and the military component of the government that provides for a civilian prime minister and a 'government of competencies'. ...

[FrontPageAfrica] Paris, France -- Day four of the war crimes trial of Kunti Kamara looked closely at the investigations in France and Liberia that produced evidence prosecutors are using in the case against the former commander of the United Liberat...

[Premium Times] The union says demands are not satisfactorily met but the government vows to prevent further disruptions.

[IMF] Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow by 3.6 percent in 2022 -- more than one percentage point slower than 2021 mainly due to a worldwide slowdown, tighter financial conditions, and volatile commodity prices. Rising food and energy prices ar...

[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Sudan's National Umma Party (NUP) said that there is a 'rapid acceleration' towards reaching a comprehensive political agreement between different Sudanese parties after days of talks. The party also stressed the importance of e...

[Daily Trust] Tech startups in Nigeria are hopeful for expansion following the federal government's plan to increase investments in the e-commerce sector to $75 billion by 2025.

[Premium Times] MTV has announced nominations for the '2022 MTV EMAs' with Africa's blazing stars from Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa securing nominations, again.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- During his more than nine-year-long tenure Xi Jinping, who looks set to take on a third term as head of China's Communist Party at its party congress this week, has emphasized the importance of China-Africa relations.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi stands a chance to start manufacturing medicines from traditional herbs and shrubs using modern technology with encouragement and guidance from African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO).

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[UN News] From devastating floods in Pakistan, to wildfires in Siberia, the effects of the climate emergency are being felt across the world, and the United Nations is calling for more investment now, to help nations to adapt to an increasingly unsta...

[Seychelles News Agency] A 60-year-old Seychellois artist, Justin Reddy, is showcasing his artwork dating back to the 1980s in his first solo exhibition called "Reddymade" at the Eden Art Gallery.

[Vanguard] Long-time manager and mother of Burna Boy, Bose Ogulu is poised to reap from her son's success as she's due to be honoured by the Featured Artists Coalition, FAC, and Music Managers Forum,MMF, at the Artist and Manager Awards.

[Vanguard] In the past few months, the Federal Government, which had lived in denial of the actual reason for the razor-sharp increase in oil bunkering, popularly known as kpofire, in the Niger Delta, had upped its game in the surveillance of oil pip...

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