[VOA] Mekelle, Edaga Hamus, Ethiopia -- Fifteen-year-old Beriha lost one eye in the war and was permanently blinded in the other.

[Premium Times] "Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President."

[The Herald] THE cancellation of the Africa Senior Championships has shattered the hopes of many athletes who had attained qualifying times.

[This Day] The federal government yesterday attributed the unending violence in Nigeria to rising global terrorism and armed struggle in the Sahel region, which constituted a threat to Nigeria.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Somaliland held its 7th elections, an election to elect national parliament representatives as well as local district councils. While the international and regional observers even from neighbouring Somalia wait on resu...

[The Conversation Africa] On 5 June 1981 a short report of five cases of pneumocystis pneumonia in young homosexual men in Los Angeles marked the discovery of AIDS, the first pandemic of the 20th century caused by a completely new virus, HIV.

[The Conversation Africa] Science education is critical at a time when many countries need to respond to the potential impacts of climate change and ozone depletion. Ghana, for one, has seen the need for a skilled workforce of climate scientists and ...

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency says survivors of the Saturday massacre in a Burkina Faso village are in desperate need of humanitarian aid.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Clergy in Cameroon have appealed to both sides in the country's separatist conflict to stop abducting and harassing priests. Within the past two weeks, six Roman Catholic priests and missionaries were abducted, and a church...

[Nation] The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on almost every sector of the economy. Commercial sex workers too, have been pushed to the wall.

[Premium Times] The labour minister, Chris Ngige, says the government may be forced to invoke "sections of the Trade Disputes Acts" if the strike persists longer.

[RFI] France has suspended financial support and military cooperation with the Central African Republic, accusing it of backing out of political commitments, and of being complicit in a Russian-backed disinformation campaign targeting France's presen...

[RFI] Freelance journalist Olivier Dubois was kidnapped two months ago by members of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, the most powerful jihadist alliance in the Sahel region of northern Africa. Speaking to RFI and France 24, the mother of his ...

[Nation] Ethiopian authorities say they are ready to start the second filling of the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite warnings from Egypt over the Blue Nile project.

[Nation] A UN report alleges recruits of the Somali National Army 'fought' in the Tigray war alongside Eritrean troops, in what could signal an illegal participation in a foreign war by Mogadishu.

[Nation] Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has nominated Jessica Alupo as the country's new Vice President.

[DW] Lawmakers in Windhoek debated a settlement that will see Germany apologize and pay for past atrocities. But opposition lawmakers are furious about being cut out of talks.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kampala -- Pregnant women have been turned away from health centres and the elderly denied welfare payments, said the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, Unwanted Witness and New York University

[The Conversation Africa] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently called for an accelerated global effort to distribute vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a welcome step because past official statements by world leaders have fallen ...

[Premium Times] The study revealed that at least 30 out of 54 countries in Africa have blocked or heavily restricted social media access since 2015.

[The Conversation Africa] The Masai Mara ecosystem, in south-western Kenya, is home to an important elephant population of about 2,500 individuals.

[African Arguments] Since President Tshisekedi took office in 2019, the Congo's relations with key neighbours have changed significantly.

[ISS] On World Oceans Day, the Karpowership debacle is a reminder of our responsibility to protect and restore marine life.

[AIM] Maputo -- The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has promised to increase its support for child victims of terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado from 51 to 90 million US dollars.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government intends to restore mangrove forests over an area of 5,000 hectares across the country, by 2022, according to the national director of maritime and fishery policy, Felismina Antia.

[East African] The airline industry in Africa recorded a passenger revenue loss of about $10.21 billion for the year 2020, with passenger numbers dropping from 95 million in 2019 to 34.7 million in 2020, representing a year-on-year decline of 63.7 pe...

[spotlight] Cryptococcal meningitis is the second biggest killer of people living with HIV after tuberculosis (TB). For decades it has flown under the radar - despite its high mortality rate - but it is finally getting the attention it deserves with ...

[New Era] As many as 527 learners and 165 teachers have tested positive for Covid-19 countrywide and are currently in isolation, education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp confirmed yesterday.

[East African] Kenya's Attorney-General Justice Kihara Kariuki and the EAC Secretary-General Peter Mathuki have been named as first and second respondents respectively in a case filed by two Kenyan organisations at the East African Court of Justice.

[Nation] Kenya, like many sovereign states, has measures in place to ensure that multinational corporations (MNCs) pay their fair share of taxes in line with the revenues derived or accrued in Kenya.