[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of October 26, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,471,859 while over 113,381,926 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[VOA] Khartoum / Washington DC -- Sudanese military chief General Abdel-Fattah Burhan said Tuesday the army's overthrow of the country's transitional government was necessary to avoid a civil war.

[DW] Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has returned home after being detained by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan. Germany has expressed its support for the civilian government.

[New Times] The Covid-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call. It has put the finger on what works and what doesn't work in today's interconnected and interdependent world.

[Premium Times] Since taking office, President Buhari's highest allocation to the education sector is 7.9 per cent of the total budget.

[Radio Dabanga] New York -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held an emergency meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss the developing situation in Sudan, and to consider a joint response. The representatives of the United Kingdom, Norway, and...

[New Times] The government of Rwanda on Tuesday, October 26 signed a memorandum of understanding with BioNTech to initiate the construction of the state-of-the-art manufacturing plant for mRNA-based vaccines slated for mid-2022.

[Nation] China has hit out at the United States for maintaining its 20-year-old sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying the embargo has damaged the southern African country's economy.

[Government of Mauritius] The Petroleum Act, that dates back to the year 1970, will be replaced by a new and more appropriate regulatory regime, the Offshore Petroleum Bill, which will be presented at the National Assembly, today, by the Prime Minist...

[The Conversation Africa] The outcome of the global climate change conference, COP26, and the world's willingness to take the tough decisions necessary to contain global warming, will have bigger consequences for Africa than for most other continents...

[DW] More than a million people are fleeing terror and violence in Burkina Faso, and their numbers are growing. Many are left to fend for themselves as they struggle to survive.

[African Arguments] New revelations of luxury properties held by the Republic of Congo's first family shed light on a regime running out of options.

[ISS] Despite detailed reviews and proposals by the AU and the UN, AMISOM's future remains far from clear.

[Nation] A 34-year-old woman from Isiolo County has won this year's United States Institute for Peace (USIP) Women Building Peace award, following her contribution in peace building in the conflict prone Northern Kenya region.

[Nation] Somalia's new Senate will now have more women as the country searches for a proper policy to ensure gender equality.

[Premium Times] The NBS compares the prices of egg, rice, garri and more.

[WHO-AFRO] Having survived the ongoing cholera outbreak in Jigawa State, Mallam Saleh Magaji Baranda, a father of 11 and a farmer from Baranda village in Dutse Local Government Area (LGA or District), has been vaccinated with the Oral Cholera Vaccine...

[The Conversation Africa] In many parts of the world, museums are considering how to present history through different lenses, rather than just representing colonial and imperialistic views of certain events, countries or whole continents.

[The Conversation Africa] This week the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah El Burhan, declared the dissolution of the transitional council, which has been in place since the overthrow of former president Omar el-Bashir in 2019. H...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- ECOWAS representative Hamidou Boly was on October 25, 2021 named persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave Mali.

[Brookings] As the world convenes in Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), it is time to recognize Africa's role in averting a climate disaster without compromising the continent's growth and poverty reduct...

[Namibian] THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) says a recent High Court judgement confirming the Namibian citizenship by descent of a child born through surrogacy to a same-sex couple is progressive and demonstrates that the courts are taking cognisanc...

[New Zimbabwe] MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is Wednesday expected to plunge into the proverbial lion's den as he takes his political campaigns to Mashonaland West, a traditional Zanu PF stronghold.

[The Herald] Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, should prioritise improvement of salaries and benefits of civil servants when he presents the 2022 national Budget next month, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Pu...

[The Herald] WHAT about a £15m move to join the revolution at the English Premiership's new Moneybags?

[The Herald] In the pursuit of ridding the continent of the remaining vestige of colonisation and apartheid and to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of member states, it is imperative to decolonise the mind of African people.

[The Herald] Africa Moyo -- Deputy News Editor

[The Herald] Preparations for the summer cropping season are now at an advanced stage with all inputs including seed and fertiliser available, while Government continues to provide money to pay farmers for crops delivered to GMB and Cottco.

[The Herald] Marry Mubaiwa yesterday had her trial on money laundering and externalisation charges postponed to November 2 pending medical results to ascertain whether or not she is fit to comprehend trial proceedings.

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is this year, once again, targeting to register at least 35 000 businesses in the small to medium enterprises (SME) sector as efforts intensify to increase revenue collections from the (SMEs) sector...