[UN News] Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa's Sahel region, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is showing that traditional knowledge, combined with the latest technology, can turn arid ground ...

[VOA] Ouagadougou -- In conflict-stricken Burkina Faso, hundreds marched in cities across the country to protest insecurity and show solidarity for Mali, recently placed under sanctions by the West African political bloc ECOWAS.

[New Zimbabwe] A Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) grouping has demanded the urgent introduction of wealth tax to facilitate the trickledown effect of financial resources to the country's "have nots" in a bid to reduce the alarming poverty levels.

[Vanguard] -Amaechi, Achebe, INC, others speak

[New Frame] The Super Eagles winger is finally putting on the kind of displays for the national team that his Nigerian fans have been waiting for, impressing football watchers worldwide in the process.

[The Exchange] A brand new OPIBUS electric bus will cost US$100,000. According to Statista, Kenya generated 1.043 gigawatts as of August 2021. OPIBUS mass production unit targets to produce 500 cars in a month.

[Egypt Online] The Police Day is celebrated every year on the 25th of January to commemorate Ismailia battle that took place on the same day in 1952 when the British occupiers killed 50 policemen and left 80 others wounded because the policemen refus...

[Vanguard] Nigerian and Javor Matis Ivanjica striker Ugochukwu Ogbonnaya Uduenyi, has spoken of how the many years he spent playing for clubs on load deal shaped him to become a better player in Europe.

[Egypt Online] Telecommunications Minister Amr Talaat said on Saturday 22/01/2022 that the ICT Ministry aims to increase the number of services offered on Egypt Portal to 200 by the end of 2022.

[Daily Trust] ... As neighbour kidnaps, kills 8-year-old after N3m ransom in Zaria

[Africa Renewal] Clad in a torn and tattered orange overall, 25-year-old Brandon Ndlovu cuts a lone figure at Benoni, in Johannesburg, one of South Africa's busiest shopping centres. He does not feel part of the shoppers on the streets because he has...

[African Arguments] From anonymous avatars to foreign PR companies, the spread of fake news has become an inescapable part of the political landscape.

[allAfrica] As of January 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  10,485,879 while over  204,551,125 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] The age of antimicrobial discovery has been overshadowed by the emerging threat of resistance, For too long clinicians like myself have witnessed the impact of antimicrobial resistance -- more commonly referred to as AMR. As a result of t...

[Observer] The marketing and promotional campaigns of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations have been very big in Cameroon.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Orange Democratic Movement Leader Raila Odinga on Saturday took his campaigns to Narok County where he was set to hold a series engagements aimed at solidifying his support base in the Maa community even as Deputy President Wi...

[Daily Trust] Coach Augustine Eguavoen has said he will be expecting a tough battle when the Super Eagles file out against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 encounter at Stade Roumdé Adjia, Garoua.

[Premium Times] In November 2017, the world watched in utter disbelief, some cringed-worthy footage aired by CNN where dozens of men in detention facilities were being auctioned off for as little as $400 each in Libya. If you think that was a fluke, ...

[Premium Times] Mr Dangote's wealth is on course to see greater boost later in 2022 when his $19 billion petroleum refinery project is expected to be delivered.

[The Conversation Africa] While the rest of the Horn of Africa region is making waves on the battlefield, the tiny, self-declared republic of Somaliland has been having its presence felt where representative democracy and open debate lurk.

[The Conversation Africa] One of the goals most of the world has agreed on is education for sustainable development. This means development that considers present concerns without compromising the interests of future generations. Nations develop thro...

[DW] Accra -- Many virologists were concerned by the Omicron variant because it spreads more quickly than previous strains. Now African scientists hope the variant marks the end of the pandemic and the beginning of an endemic.

[UN News] Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and promising the United Nations will do everything it can to help rebuild the lives of vulnerable families who have been impacted by vio...

[Daily Trust] More than a dozen girls were abducted in Boko Haram's latest attack in a community in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, according...

[New Frame] The party's reckless descent into xenophobic politics is an alarming development. Building a counter-politics of solidarity is essential.

[New Frame] Labour unions say the dairy company's attempt to end the strike and halt the boycott of its products through legal means and violent intimidation is a threat to democracy as a whole.

[New Frame] Tunisian clubs are among the most feared and successful sides in Africa, but the national team have won the Afcon just once.

[allAfrica] In November 2020, the Moroccan government sent its military to the Guerguerat area, a buffer zone between the territory claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The Guerguerat border post is at th...

[Premium Times] It's sad that they do not know we are adults who know what they are doing and have the power as citizens and voters to place or remove them from power; or do we?

[New Republic] Criminal Court "C" has summoned Patrick Sudue, Inspector General of Police, Montserrado County Attorney, and others for alleged detention of a suspect identified as Joe Young beyond the constitutional deadline (48hrs).