[DW] The European Union wants member states to halt air travel with South Africa and several surrounding countries over a new coronavirus variant. Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic were all quick to react.

[GroundUp] The B.1.1.529 variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease, is likely to be blessed by the World Health Organisation with a Greek letter name before long, as befits any self-respecting 'Variant of Concern'.

[East African] The Chinese government is promising to break new ground in ties with Africa, ahead of a crucial summit between the continent and the Asian country that kicks off this Sunday.

[East African] China's ambitious Silk Road project, from which African states have gained immensely by obtaining commercial loans for infrastructure development, has returned to haunt some of the beneficiaries who are now facing debt distress, exacer...

[East African] The transition of Sudan to civilian rule following the ouster of Omar al-Bashir in April 2019 is now threatened by emerging differences within the civilian wing that had led the revolution.

[ISS] Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's ambitions in Libya may not materialise, but his move shows the international court's limits.

[DW] Migration, development, and security are the focus of the incoming German government's Africa policy. But the private sector feels snubbed by the government's new coalition deal.

[VOA] Yaoundé, Cameroon -- Cameroonian officials say a suspected separatist attack on a school this week, which left four students and a teacher dead, has scared hundreds of teachers and students from going to school. Cameroon's military said it lau...

[Namibia Economist] The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) urged the UK government to rescind its decision to place Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and eSwatini back onto its 'Red List' of countries to which it imposes ...

[JusticeInfo.net] After months of procrastination, Gambian President Adama Barrow received, on Thursday November 25, the final report of the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). It is yet to be made public, and its recomme...

[Premium Times] "Following a medical survey by the Guild, it was discovered that Nigerian actors work round the clock without any leave, holiday or rest day "...

[East African] Western countries and UN missions have urged their nationals to urgently leave Addis as conflict rages. Is this it for Ethiopia?

[East African] East African Community partner states through their Finance ministers have approved a proposal that will see contributions from each partner state reflect a country's ability to pay.

[Daily Trust] The captain of Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Wikki Tourists, Mohammed Idris Guda, has revealed how Brazilian legend, Roberto Carlos walked into their dressing room during the Budweiser All Stars Game in Lagos and sl...

[Dalsan Radio] Efforts to help vulnerable rural communities in Somalia achieve food security and build up resilience towards climate change have received a boost thanks to a new partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...

[WHO] The Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) is an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and assesses if specific mutations and combinations of mutations alter t...

[IPS] Stockholm / Rome -- While COVID 19 is keeping the world and news media in its constant grip and national politics often come to the forefront, it might be easy to forget urgent and nevertheless related matters. One is how global education has s...

[The Conversation Africa] Developing countries in general, and African countries in particular, confront an enormous financing challenge to meet the UN's sustainable development goals. This financing gap featured prominently at the 2021 United Nation...

[DW] The European Union has agreed to halt air travel from South Africa and several surrounding countries over a new COVID variant. Many other countries have banned travel from the region.

[DW] Empowering gender ambiguity: Now on show in a Berlin exhibition, South African photographer Zanele Muholi's work focuses on LGBTQ Black identities.

[Africa Check] The day after Lilian Ng'ang'a accused her former partner, Machakos county governor Alfred Mutua, of subjecting her to "psychological and economic gender-based violence", what seemed to be the front page of Kenya's Taifa Leo tabloid was...

[Monitor] Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is expected in Tanzania at the weekend to attend an oil and gas meeting, and later hold bilateral talks with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan.

[ENA] Ethiopians living in Djibouti have participated today in the 14th edition of the African Peace Walk held in Arta, Djibouti.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Addis Ababa University (AAU) has issued warning against graduate academicians to refrain from acts of supporting the TPLF. The University said the measures may extend up to revoking academic degrees of individuals who ...

[This Day] Benin City -- The Nigerian Depositors Insurance Corporation (NDIC) yesterday said it has paid a total of N11.76 billion as insured sum to 535,815 depositors, while N101.666 billion was also paid as uninsured sum from 1989 to June ,2021.

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[East African] Ethiopia's government is seemingly exacting revenge on Western countries that ordered its citizens out by demanding that some of their diplomats leave too.

[East African] The Ethiopian government has issued an order banning media from covering military operations as conflict heightens in the Horn of Africa nation.

[263Chat] While the Zimbabwe government reviewed passport fees in April, corrupt officials at the Registrar General's office have allegedly continued to extort applicants for new passports by charging them above the official rate, while diverting tho...

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