[allAfrica] As of December 11, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,869,367 while over  164,426,678  vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica.com] Johannesburg -- The media has power to influence, spreads information and messages across countries and across the entire world, it is the most powerful sector that serves to inform, to influence and to entertain. As the world conclud...

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Imagine being told by your government that you need to build a new tertiary-care hospital. But then the authorities give you only 20 percent of the budget -- little more than enough to build the foundation.

[VOA] France announced Friday that it would soon declassify some of the most secret sections of its national archives concerning the Algerian war of independence, opening the door for citizens to explore some of bloodiest parts of the country's histo...

[UN News] A flare-up in intercommunal fighting in northern Cameroon has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and brought a halt to aid operations there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

[Premium Times] "The president said Nigeria continues to face security challenges which pose a threat to democracy."

[263Chat] The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says it has recorded an increasing desire by those in power to entrench themselves using state institutions to suppress citizen's rights as outlined in the country's constitution.

[DW] The United Nations has warned of increasing food insecurity for people living in northern Ethiopia after its warehouses, stocked with vital supplies, were ransacked.

[African Arguments] While there's an urgent need to improve productivity, emphasis should be laid on ridding the food systems of inequality.

[The Conversation Africa] Reports of sporadic resistance to modern malaria drugs have begun appearing in recent years, and are now confirmed in Rwanda and Uganda. The Conversation Africa's Ina Skosana asked infectious diseases experts Deus Ishengoma ...

[GroundUp] Villagers in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality have been walking at least a kilometre to fetch dirty water from a spring. Meanwhile the municipality is among several in the OR Tambo District in the Eastern Cape where water operators ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Terara Network Editor-in-Chief Tamrat Negera was taken from his home by the police this morning, the YouTube based media network said in a statement.

[RFI] A resurgence of violence between herders and fishers in Cameroon's Far North region - in which at least four people have died - has forced several thousand people to seek refuge over the border in Chad.

[allAfrica] Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury:

[allAfrica] Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury:

[This Day] In reaction to the federal government's withdrawal of its flight frequencies, except one, to Nigeria, Emirates Airlines has announced that it has suspended operations to the country till further notice.

[UN News] Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled fromLibya, raising concerns at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Two years after the election of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on 12 December 2019, time has seemingly given reason to the Algerian people who, according to several observers, have made the right choice.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroonian authorities have vowed a safe African Football Cup of Nations when they host the biennial tournament in January. Cameroon's Anglophone separatists have threatened further attacks on two towns that have stadiums to be used...

[DW] Debt levels have increased as more sub-Saharan countries look towards borrowing. Zambia's debt now equals its total GDP, while Kenya may be speeding towards its own financial crisis.

[The Conversation Africa] Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa's nine provinces but home to a quarter of the country's population. It is also the country's economic power house. These factors have contributed to it becoming the epicentre of the CO...

[Crisis Group] Federal forces have recorded gains in recent weeks but Ethiopia's brutal civil war may well grind on without a winner. Addis Ababa must let more aid into blockaded Tigray and the region's dissident leadership should recognise the feder...

[The Conversation Africa] The global COVID pandemic not only heightened interest in the field of disaster risk management, but in several instances required the use and implementation of emergency laws. South Africa was no exception.

[ISS] The Southern African Development Community's six-year-old reform process is in jeopardy.

[spotlight] The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) this week gave the green light to a third dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to people who had received their second dose of the same vaccine six or more months earlier. No su...

[SAnews.gov.za] Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, says government and society must remain unapologetic in the pursuance and protection of the ideals laid out in the Constitution.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Health said the rolling out of the second dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine to children got off to a good start on Thursday.

[This Day] Abuja -- In a renewed bid to counter ambush tactics deployed by terrorists in the North-east, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, yesterday ordered war commanders to embark on anti-ambush drills and develop a mastery of night o...

[Namibian] The Keetmanshoop Correctional Facility on Friday donated clothing and food items to a vulnerable family at the town.

[Premium Times] "The public presentation will feature an intergenerational conversation on 'The Promise and Perils of Public Service."