[Africa Renewal] The call for a total ban of DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), a synthetic insecticide used in malaria-endemic countries that causes harm to the environment and human body, has sparked a debate.

[Daily News] First time in history for the speaker to resign

[New Times] Effective Friday, January 7, the use of smart metres will be mandatory for all taxi-moto operators in Kigali.

[Daily Maverick] Jailed Zimbabwean activist Makomborero Haruzivishe will appear in court on Friday for a bail hearing. He has been in prison for 11 months. His 'crime'? Speaking out and organising peaceful protests against the Zanu-PF government.

[Daily Maverick] There has been a further significant increase in drug-resistant bacteria in South African hospitals over the last five years, hampering the ability of doctors to treat a variety of serious and life-threatening infections with antibio...

[New Frame] This first of a three-part series is a discovery of small communities in Botswana who still use a diverse range of click languages that have survived across vast time - and landscapes.

[Daily Maverick] In the wake of the interdict against oil major Shell, which halted its seismic survey to explore for hydrocarbons off the Wild Coast, it has emerged that activists are girding themselves for a battle over another planned seismic surv...

[VOA] Bamako -- The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, has been pushing Mali's military government to allow elections by February. This week, the grouping sent a mediator, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, to deliver a m...

[The Conversation Africa] Nearly 1.6 billion learners globally have been experiencing various forms of disruption in learning due to COVID-19. School closures, as a means to reduce the spread of the virus, set the stage for the adoption of online lea...

[The Conversation Africa] Geopolitical competition between the United States and China is taking central stage in global affairs. Growing tensions and rivalry between the two are worsening in South East Asia, the Indo-Pacific, the Gulf and Latin Amer...

[HRW] Tunis -- Another Blow to Rights Under President Saied's Power Grab

[The Conversation Africa] COVID-19 has spread at great speed since it was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

[DW] Securing a certificate from a training school is no longer enough to become a teacher in many African countries. Periodic referesher courses and renewable licenses are fast becoming the norm.

[The Conversation Africa] No self-respecting theatre critic would dream of reviewing a three-Act play during the interval at the end of the first Act. But that is what one is compelled to do after South Africa's State Capture Commission released Part...

[Premium Times] Against practice standards, Nigerian health workers, especially in public health institutions, ascertain the marital status of women to decide whether or not to give them contraception.

[RFI] The mediator of West Africa's regional bloc, Ecowas, has delivered a message to Mali's junta leader ahead of a summit on Sunday to address the timetable of a transition to civilian rule. Mali's military took over the country in August 2020.

[Addis Standard] In his annual message in connection with the Ethiopian Christmas, Gena, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed highlighted at the need for "national reconciliation."

[Premium Times] Inflows of Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) for the 11 months to November totalled N189.42 billion, the lowest since 2013.

[Daily News] PUNDITS have issued mixed views over the resignation of the National Assembly Speaker Job Ndugai with some saying they saw it coming and he made the right decision.

[The Exchange] Over 253 Kenyan investors, entrepreneurs, and business representatives arrived in Kinshasa, DRC for the Trade Mission

[UN News] "Refugees are not and should never be a target", UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, following reports of a deadly airstrike on the Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

[DW] At least three people were killed in Sudan after authorities fired at anti-coup protesters. Thousands of people have taken to the streets again to show their anger at a military takeover in October.

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Today's procession in Khartoum towards the Republican Palace is expected to be coordinated alongside simultaneous demonstrations in cities throughout Sudan. These mass demonstrations, protesting the military coup led by El...

[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- The Permanent Representative of Norway and President of the UN Security Council for Sudan, Mona Juul, is expected to hold a session shortly to discuss the situation in Sudan. The news of these UN talks comes at a time when...

[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's government has dismissed a Human Rights Watch report that says authorities illegally detained, abused, and caused the forced disappearance of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans repatriated from Saudi Arabia.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Tension at the criminal proceeding of opposition Alternative National Congress Leader, Alexander B. Cummings, has left two female court officers badly injured and two male officers severely wounded on Thursday morning.

[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the desire to conclude his tenure successfully because "age is telling on me".

[Vanguard] Speakers at a public lecture organised by the management of Corona College of Education have called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the education sector due to the high level of insecurity in the sector and the...

[New Dawn] Opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC) standard-bearer Mr. Alexander B. Cummings says he is prepared to contest for the presidency of Liberia alone, adding that leadership is carrying the burden alone.

[RFI] China voiced its opposition to US sanctions on Eritrea during a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the Horn of Africa nation - the first leg of his inaugural overseas tour of the year.