[allAfrica] In recent decades, the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against malaria. Over 20 years of investment, commitment, and action have saved over 7.6 million lives and prevented over 1.5 billion malaria cases. We've discovered n...

[allAfrica] As of May 25, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,765,208 while over 20,248,590 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[DW] The EU slammed the "kidnapping" of Mali interim President Bah N'Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane after soldiers took the civilian leaders into custody.

[RFI] The death toll in the wake of a volcano eruption in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 20 after five people were found dead due to toxic fumes. Strong aftershocks continued to hit Goma, a city of 1.5 million people, after Nyira...

[HRW] Banjul -- Testimony before a Gambian truth commission linking former president Yahya Jammeh to numerous grave crimes during his 22 years in office should be followed by criminal accountability, Human Rights Watch said today with the release ...

[New Zimbabwe] Late former president Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe says the family of the once fierce ruler will challenge the ruling by a Zvimba traditional chief to have his uncle's remains exhumed and reburied at the National Heroes' Acre in ...

[RFI] Mali's President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have been detained by soldiers. The local United Nations mission has called for calm and for the immediate release of the two men, currently being held at a military camp near the capita...

[SAIIA] Every year on 25 May, Africans commemorate the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963. As the OAU transformed itself into the African Union in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it emphasised good governance as a prerequisite fo...

[Leadership] It was a bloody Monday as bandits and armed herdsmen raided communities in the four states of Benue, Plateau, Niger and Anambra, killing about 128 person and destroying property.

[AI London] Survivors of traumatic experiences and others in need of support in Sierra Leone are being failed by the severe lack of available mental health services years after the country's brutal civil war and devastating Ebola epidemic, Amnesty In...

[East African] An Ethiopian government official and several others were killed after recently "terrorist designated" militants ambushed a government convoy that has been visiting development projects in West Guji Zone in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

[The Conversation Africa] After good summer rains, the dams that supply water to Johannesburg and much of South Africa's economic heartland are full. This, then, is the time to start worrying about water supplies.

[The Conversation Africa] A defining characteristic of the way many people live today is persistent online connectedness. Since the introduction of smartphones about 15 years ago, the rapid and broad adoption of these devices has had an impact on peo...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kampala -- A new bill says officials must set aside part of their budgets for climate change measures if they want government funding

[ISS] A well-developed illicit transnational industry with links to Spain is putting vulnerable coastal ecosystems at risk.

[Nation] Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended wearing face masks in public as one of the measures of curbing the spread of the disease globally.

[Nation] Women in Kenya have left leadership of political parties to men in what has disadvantaged them when contesting for elective positions in general elections.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that his major priority as a President is to provide adequate security for Nigerians as well as ensuring their well-being.

[Premium Times] Mira Mehta runs the promising firm that has received $10 million worth of investment.

[Premium Times] "It is very clear that there was no solution offered from their resolutions to the herder-farmer clashes that have been continuing in our country for generations."

[UN News] The UN chief on Monday, commended an award-winning Kenyan peacekeeper for her gender-mainstreaming work while serving in the restive Darfur region of Sudan.

[DW] The MPLA party has ruled Angola for almost 50 years. In the lead-up to next year's election, the opposition is determined to bring about change and has started to forge an alliance, even seeking support in Germany.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Following the latest U.S. announcement of visa restrictions for "any current or former" Ethiopian, Eritrean officials "responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution of the crisis in Tigray," the Government o...

[GroundUp] Residents living in council owned flats in South Hills, Johannesburg, since 2019, say the units were poorly built.

[Nation] The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has slapped sanctions on Gor Mahia duo Boniface Oluoch and Kenneth Muguna after they were found guilty of attacking a match referee in a recent continental match.

[East African] Democratic Republic of Congo leader Félix Tshisekedi is seeking a review of some mining contracts with foreign companies as a lobby warns that the country will potentially lose at least $3.7 billion in skewed mining and oil deals with...

[Nairobi News] The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has reintroduced livestock transport in its service.

[Nation] Tana River menstrual hygiene ambassador Milcah Hadida, has received the prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal for her efforts in fighting period poverty.

[Nation] Chiefs in Mandera have rescued a student from a planned early marriage and warned the family of dire consequences if the victim drops out of school.

[New Era] Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula has said health regulation measures in place are sufficient to provide safeguards against the importation of any Covid-19 variants into the country.