[Nation] Nigerian troops on Saturday lost an army brigadier general and three soldiers during a fight with Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters.

[This Day] Disturbed by high cost of maize, a major ingredients in the poultry feeds, the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), has called on the federal government to rescue the poultry industry by banning export of maize, in order to make the commo...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The new airport of Mbanza Congo, capital of Zaire province, will soon start to be built in the commune of Nkiende II, following the public tender launched in 2019, in light of Presidential Decree 139/19 of July, Sociedade Gestora de...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Efforts to create a new fund to help with climate-change-driven "loss and damage" fail as the U.N. talks close, but the problem rises up the global agenda

[DW] Security forces have reportedly used live ammunition on pro-democracy protesters, killing four. Another person died after suffocating from tear gas.

[Nation] Juba -- South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday night fired Finance and Interior ministers through a presidential decree.

[DW] A state-affiliated watchdog called for an end to the "continued suffering caused to civilians." It comes amid international pressure on Ethiopia over suspected human rights violations.

[New Zimbabwe] FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has warned fuel operators getting foreign currency through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) auction system that they risk losing their licenses if they continue rejecting payments in the Zimbabwean Dolla...

[Nation] Thirty-four and counting. This is the number of people, mostly suspected terrorists, their sympathisers and criminals, who have gone missing in the last six months, human rights groups say.

[Nation] Authorities in Tana River County are investigating claims that young girls are being married off for food and cash as families struggle to survive amid the raging drought.

[Vanguard] ... picks holes in police story

[Daily News] INTERNET Society Tanzania Chapter (ISOC-Tanzania) has initiated a forum through which youth could earn skills and awareness over internet governance matters.

[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change affects all living organisms; it has done so in the past and will do so in the future. However, current climate change is exceptional both in terms of the rate of change and the impact of multiple types of global cha...

[Vanguard] The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed has linked the soaring price of rice in Nigeria to the activities of smugglers in the country.

[MAP] Rabat -- The House of Representatives adopted, Saturday evening in plenary session, by a majority the entire Appropriation Bill (PLF) for the year 2022.

[Daily News] More innovative exchanges, scientific collaboration and research studies on blue economy intervention are needed to fight poverty and improve sustainable livelihoods of coastal communities.

[Nation] Somalia's Maay dialect may be seen as a version of the language spoken mostly in the South West state of the country.

[Nation] The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has transferred the spokesperson of the Teachers Pressure Group (TPG), Ms Martha Omollo, from Nairobi to Trans Nzoia County, a day after she called for the revocation of tutors' medical insurance under A...

[Seychelles News Agency] Initial data gathered from a mapping study on Seychelles' seagrass meadows was presented at the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, said the lead consultant.

[DW] During his decadeslong career in writing, Wilbur Smith specialized in historical fiction, taking readers from tropical islands to the jungles of Africa.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The health authorities announced, this Saturday, the recovery of 156 patients, 24 new cases and 1 death.

[Algerie Presse Service] ALGIERS-President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, received Saturday South-African Minister of International Relations, Cooperation Naledi Pandor, who is on an official visit to Algeria, said the Presidency of the Repub...

[Premium Times] The founder of OkHi says lack of addressing costs Nigerian economy about $3 billion a year.

[Government of Mauritius] In the context of World Diabetes Day 2021, commemorated annually on 14 November, the Ministry of Health and Wellness launched a series of activities, this morning, at Mont Roches Social Welfare Centre in Beau Bassin, with th...

[New Frame] The rising Springbok star is on a mission to transform his home town by planting trees in an area that is still affected by apartheid's spatial planning. But that is not all he is doing for his community.

[Shabait] The US Administration has declared seemingly new, unwarranted, "sanctions" on Eritrea as a continuation of its misguided and hostile policy.

[WHO-AFRO] The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt.Hon. Anita Among, and a team from the World Health Organization (WHO), led by the WHO Representative, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, committed to working together to address to promote mental health in th...

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is facilitating the exportation of bulk copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the first time in fifteen years.

[New Zimbabwe] CABINET ministers have continued dodging the parliamentary question time in both the National Assembly and Senate, thereby doing a heavy blow to Parliament's key oversight function.

[New Zimbabwe] A ZBC Radio Zimbabwe presenter Rutendo Makuti (33) was Friday hauled before the courts on allegations of extorting US$35 000 from her lover and pastor Tapiwa Freddy, best known as T Freddy.