[allAfrica] As of October 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,457,869  while over 106,010,059 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] As the build-up and the stakes for the global climate talks intensify, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for serious and solid commitments and coordinated climate action to avoid 'a one way ticke...

[New Zimbabwe] THE Zanu PF Youth League national executive committee has proposed a constitutional amendment to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stay in office beyond the permissible two five-year terms.

[VOA] Blantyre -- Malawi's government has started a campaign to remove children from places like night clubs where they are being forced or tricked into prostitution. But rights activists say the campaign is targeting the wrong people because it does...

[VOA] Mogadishu -- Somalia's federal government is asking U.N. humanitarian agencies for urgent assistance to counter an ongoing drought and growing food insecurity, mainly in the southern part of the country.

[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization has issued an action plan to address allegations that its staff and contractors engaged in widespread sexual abuse and exploitation during a recent Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Con...

[VOA] Kampala -- Uganda has kickstarted a trial for the injectable HIV drugs cabotegravir and rilpivirine. Researchers and those living with HIV say the trial will likely end pill fatigue, fight stigma, improve adherence and ensure patients get the r...

[HRW] Bamako -- Malian authorities should investigate a spate of alleged summary executions, enforced disappearances, and incommunicado detentions by government security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. The United Nations Security Council, visi...

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- More than 80 million children have been vaccinated with the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in six countries in Africa, the world's first region to rollout of the vaccine just months after the World Health Organizati...

[RFI] War correspondent Karim Ben Khelifa has created an augmented reality app that takes users to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country of crippling poverty despite its immense natural wealth. Young boys and men are forced to work for armed re...

[Premium Times] Erratic internet connection is routine in Nigeria, with the country trailing in terms of broadband penetration and speed averages.

[UN News] The Libyan government must immediately address the dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees, in a humane manner, consistent with international human rights law, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

[The Conversation Africa] If we are to build a greener, fairer and more equal society in the wake of COVID-19, it's time for rich countries to end their practice of dumping plastic waste in developing countries. This not only harms the environment bu...

[ISS] Will COP26 allow a 'just transition' from gas and other fossil fuels?

[VOA] Salem Solomon -- Ethiopian forces carried out an airstrike Friday on the city of Mekelle, their fifth on the Tigray regional capital since Monday.

[Premium Times] Two senior members of President Joe Biden's cabinet sued by IPOB say the court lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate on the organisation's claims.

[HRW] An outspoken street preacher and prominent critic of Zimbabwe's government, Apostle Talent Chiwenga, has fled his house following heightened surveillance of his church and home in Harare by people in unmarked vehicles.

[VOA] Washington -- The United States is monitoring reports militants aligned with Boko Haram are taking over communities in north-central Nigeria, part of what appears to be an attempted revival by the al-Qaida-linked terror group.

[Daily News] THE Kagera Cooperative Union (KCU 1990 Ltd) has started encouraging farmers to use digital scales to replace the platform scales as it distributed over one million coffee seedlings for this planting season in efforts to improve the crop ...

[Nation] Personal protective equipment worth Sh790 million held by the national medical supplier has expired, a parliamentary committee heard yesterday.

[Dalsan Radio] The Board of Inquiry (BOI) convened by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to investigate allegations of civilian casualties in Golweyn on 10 August 2021, has established that, regrettably, the seven people killed were civili...

[New Zimbabwe] TRANSPORT minister, Felix Mhona has warned contractors who are rehabilitating roads across the country against poor workmanship, saying those who compromise quality will be compelled to redo the work.

[Nation] Passengers flying Kenya Airways to the United Kingdom can now connect to 26 cities in the UK and Europe after the national carrier signed a code-share agreement with British Airways.

[New Zimbabwe] THE ministry of Health and Child Care has dismissed claims that there is a Covid-19 outbreak at Nashville High School in Gweru saying all pupils returned negative test results.

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently threatened fire State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube following his involvement in devastating factional battles currently ravaging Zanu PF, highly placed sources in the ruling party said.

[New Zimbabwe] THE MDC Alliance has challenged the police to bring to book Zanu PF activists believed to be behind recent violent attacks on its leader Nelson Chamisa.

[New Zimbabwe] POLICE in the Midlands province have expressed concern over escalating criminal cases involving the usage of dangerous weapons such as machetes, knobkerries, swords, knives, spears or daggers and catapults among other traditional weapo...

[New Zimbabwe] POPULAR urban grooves artist Nox, born Enock Guni, also known as the Zaka Prince is set to release a new album titled "African Royalty" on the 10th of November this year.

[East African] Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has endorsed a regional move to counter the insurgency in Mozambique, in what could effectively mean a bloc-to-bloc support to end the scourge of violence in the southern African country.

[East African] The staff recruitment process at the East African Community, which stalled after Uganda, Burundi and South Sudan flagged it as flawed, has exposed the mistrust and competition among partner states.