[Africa Renewal] Gabon is the first country in Africa to receive results-based payments for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

[WFP] Rome -- Africa posting biggest jump. World at critical juncture, must act now for 2030 turnaround.

[New Times] The number of countries that ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement has increased to 40 with the recent ratification of Zambia, Malawi, Algeria and Burundi, a top official told reporters on Friday, July 9.

[East African] Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto travelled to Uganda for a private meeting with President Yoweri Museveni this week, seeking to draw international attention to the country's elections next year and boost his image as a potential f...

[The Conversation Africa] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gives loans to countries in economic trouble. In exchange, countries must implement a programme of painful policy reforms. Countries rarely complete these programmes.

[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sexual and reproductive health needs of women across contexts. To curb the spread of disease across sub-Saharan Africa, many governments imposed early lockdown measures, including closu...

[RFI] Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said during a visit to Moscow on Monday that lawmakers in the African country would consider an agreement brokered by its ousted leader to establish a Russian naval base there.

[African Arguments] As hate speech and targeting of Tigrayans escalates in Addis Ababa, many are terrified and some are planning to flee.

[SAnews.gov.za] As chaotic scenes played out in pockets of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, leaving many businesses gutted and looted by protesters, President Cyril Ramaphosa said it is of vital importance that calm and stability is restored without delay.

[GroundUp] Ambulances grounded, hospitals on skeleton staff, vaccination program halted and clinics close in eThekwini

[The Conversation Africa] In late June, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, was rearrested. He was first arrested back in October 2015 for treasonable felony as well as disturbing the peace and violations of human rights. He jumpe...

[Premium Times] Shell had claimed the case would be better decided in Nigeria. Now, its subsidiary SPDC will now be part of the lawsuits filed in England against Royal Dutch Shell.

[Premium Times] The government's attempt to regulate the media is the only the latest in series of failed attempts to do so.

[Nation] Somalia appeared to hit the first hurdle in preparing for the upcoming indirect elections after officials disagreed on who should be members of the electoral teams for the breakaway regions of Somaliland.

[Leadership] The contract for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail tracks has been cancelled and set to be re-awarded.

[Daily Maverick] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be deployed to areas in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng experiencing civil unrest, Brigadier-General Mafi Mgobozi confirmed with Daily Maverick on Monday. At the time of writing, there ...

[RFI] Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed on Sunday in a clash in Niger's southwest region near the border with Mali, according to a statement from the authorities in Niger's capital, Niamey.

[The Herald] Zdaravko Logarusic has six months left of his two-year contract and the time has probably come for ZIFA to end this madness of keeping this Croatian Comedian as the head coach of the Warriors.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's staggering economy could be brought further to its knees when the country's Congress of Trade Unions proceed with plans to protest the passing of the Labour Relations (Amendment) Bill in Parliament. The Bill, which now awaits a...

[East African] As in Kenya, where President Uhuru Kenyatta's handshake with opposition leader Raila Odinga restored calm in the country, the working relationship between President Salva Kiir and First Vice-President Dr Riek Machar is critical to Sout...

[Nyasa Times] Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director-general, Martha Chizuma, has appealed to members of the general public to provide the graft busting body with information that could lead to investigation of long held and widespread allegations tha...

[The Herald] Zanu PF acting political commissar Cde Patrick Chinamasa is in a stable condition and recovering well at a private hospital in Harare after he was involved in an accident on Saturday night.

[The Herald] The Government is working on modalities that will allow pension funds to invest their monies offshore, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said.

[New Zimbabwe] Deputy Health Minister John Mangwiro has admitted bureaucratic red tape was stalling repairs at the Kariba General Hospital, which was destroyed by fire two years ago.

[New Zimbabwe] Controversial war veteran, Fredrick Matanda, has filed a fresh application challenging as unconstitutional the Presidential Powers Act.

[New Zimbabwe] Most primary and secondary school teachers are cashing in on the prolonged closure of schools through conducting lucrative online classes, it has emerged.

[Times of Zambia] The mere mention of Nchelenge district in Luapula Province brings to memory the tasty dry sardines (kapenta) harvested from Lake Mweru.

[Vanguard] An average of 13 persons were abducted daily in Nigeria in the first half of 2021, according to a report by SBM Intelligence, bringing to 2,371 the number of persons kidnapped in the country within the first six months of the year.

[WHO] Geneva -- Last week marked the fourth consecutive week of increasing cases of COVID-19 globally, with increases recorded in all but one of WHO's six regions. And after 10 weeks of declines, deaths are increasing again.   The Delta variant is ...

[The Herald] The Warriors hit a new low under Zdravko Logarusic when their six-year unbeaten record at COSAFA Cup went up in smoke at the hands of Namibia yesterday at the Nelson Mandela Bay.