[UN News] The world was not on track to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before COVID-19 struck, and now the challenge has been magnified many times over, according to a new flagship UN report that indicates countries must take 'criti...

[Swazi Media] The Army in Swaziland (eSwatini) has taken full charge after mass prodemocracy protests left many people dead, according to a Human Rights Watch official.

[Namibian] WORLD Athletics acted with negligence and insensitivity after inexplicably breaking a confidentiality agreement with the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) and Athletics Namibia over the handling of the Beatrice Masilingi and Christ...

[New Zimbabwe] THE fifth population census in Zimbabwe after its independence in 1980, will be conducted in April next year, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has announced.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles will test the functionality of its national anti-trafficking in persons legislation in the coming days through a simulation exercise.

[Nairobi News] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday night July 6, 2021, commissioned five new hospitals in Nairobi County and directed them to offer 24-hour services to residents.

[East African] East Africa is reporting mixed results in its use of and access to insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), which have been crucial in the fight against malaria infections since the 1990s.

[Public Agenda] Close to $40 billion was pledged in new investments, as well as ambitious policy and programme commitments from governments, civil society and others, to help fuel a new global five-year action plan to accelerate true gender parity, b...

[The Conversation Africa] Sheep and goats in southwest Nigeria are carrying bacteria that are resistant to a range of drugs, such as antibiotics. This is a problem because the bacterium, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, poses a potential ...

[UNFPA] Windhoek -- "Gender equity has to be promoted beyond the public sector to cover all segments of society, beyond representation in leadership positions, to permeate all aspects of human endeavour, if we are to realize its benefits," said Namib...

[The Conversation Africa] It's unlikely that vaccine manufacturing will offer Africa a quick fix for COVID-19. Countries on the continent are grappling with a diverse array of challenges. These include vaccine hesitancy, supply bottlenecks and a lack...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The violence that erupted in eSwatini in recent days -- in which dozens of people have been reported killed or injured during protests -- is deeply concerning, the UN Human Rights Office said Tuesday.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In a letter from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen and sent to the United Nations Security Council, Ethiopia says it "rejects the unwelcome meddling by the League of Arab States on t...

[Nation] Lusaka -- The funeral of Zambia's founding President, Kenneth Kaunda, is in limbo as some of his children and other family members have rushed to court to stop the government from burying him at a site designated for the country's heads of S...

[Nation] Somalia has taken another crucial step in its bid to conduct much-delayed elections, after opposition groups changed their stance and accepted an electoral boss they had initially rejected.

[VOA] Ten years after becoming the world's newest nation, South Sudan is struggling with how to advance, fund and staff a potentially lucrative oil sector that could provide a much-needed economic foothold in the impoverished country.

[Nation] The net around the Gupta brothers, business associates of former South African President Jacob Zuma, is tightening after South African authorities said that Interpol is mulling the issuance of red notices for the duo and their wives over all...

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon officials are accusing rebels from the Central African Republic of crossing the border and stealing cattle and abducting villagers for ransom. The officials say C.A.R. rebels are fleeing the country to escape post-...

[VOA] Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -- The attack in Burkina Faso last month that killed 160 civilians was in retaliation for activity by pro-government civilian militias in the area, according to Human Rights Watch.

[UN News] Humanitarian operations have been gradually resuming in the war-ravaged Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, but resupply of aid and fuel for civilians caught up in the fighting is urgently needed, the United Nations said on Tuesday, citing ...

[DW] A clampdown by security forces against pro-democracy protesters in Eswatini has left scores dead. Many factors led to unprecedented violence in Africa's last absolute monarchy. Could this spell the end of that system?

[Daily Maverick] Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has told the High Court in Pietermaritzburg that Jacob Zuma must be arrested before the clock strikes midnight on Wednesday, 7 July.

[Premium Times] Nigeria remains one of the 30 countries globally with the highest burden of the disease, while it also ranks first in Africa in the number of undetected cases.

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's transport network is largely in a state of disrepair due to inadequate investment over the decades, economic and population growth, and ineffective policies and plans.

[Unicef] New York/Geneva/Nairobi/Juba -- Two-thirds of children in desperate need of support

[Nation] Juba -- South Sudan President Salva Kiir has revoked the appointment of 35 lawmakers to the Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly before they took oath of office.

[Nation] Kenya Lionesses head coach Felix Oloo has included three players who featured at 2016 Rio Olympics Games in his rugby sevens squad for the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

[New Zimbabwe] EFFORTS to resuscitate the troubled national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), are effectively dead in the water after the exposition by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) of a systematic plot to frustrate its revival inv...

[New Zimbabwe] THE mass informal traders Covid-19 vaccination programme started in Bulawayo Tuesday amid chaos and confusion.

[State Department] Washington, DC -- Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today. The Secretary stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to commit to an immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefir...