[allAfrica] Geneva -- Ahead of a crucial meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Executive Board this week, an influential group of health leaders and former heads of governments are urging WHO member states - composed of members of the Unit...

[allAfrica] Harare -- As of January 24, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   10,580,634 while over 205,275,858 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[Leadership] Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that his administration has done its best not to disappoint President Muhammadu Buhari who had asked him to run for the office, the party on whose platform he ran and people who voted for him, in the last...

[DW] Reports of gunfire came hours after mutinous soldiers fired weapons at several barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou. The government had denied social media reports of a coup

[New Zimbabwe] Yet another Chinese miner, Monalof, is embroiled in a bitter wrangle with villagers in Binga who are resisting is bid to evict them from their ancestral lands.

[UNESCO] Paris, January 24, 2022 -- World Education Day: A new report released today by UNESCO's Institute for Statistics and the Global Education Monitoring Report finds that, according to their own benchmarks, countries will not achieve Sustainable...

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE international Tino Kadewere has been linked with a move away from French Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyon.

[Premium Times] As of 2020, Nigeria had a doctor-patient ratio of 1:2,753, in sharp contrast to the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s minimum recommended ratio of 1:400 or 600.

[DW] At least 16 people have died in a fire at a disco in an upmarket district of Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, the government says. The disaster comes as the country hosts the AFCON football tournament.

[VOA] Geneva -- UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, is appealing for nearly $60 million for tens of thousands of victims of intercommunal clashes over dwindling resources in Cameroon's Far North region.

[UN News] The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on education, laying bare a crisis that was already causing widespread concern well before the spread of the virus. Robert Jenkins, the Director of Education at the UN Children's Fund, UNIC...

[RFI] In an effort to revitalise Gambia's flagging tourism sector, which has been decimated during the Covid-19 pandemic, the West African country is looking closer to home, and even at its own, to bolster the once-vibrant industry.

[The Conversation Africa] South African space science had a big day on 13 January 2022. The Cape Peninsula University of Technology, based in Cape Town, launched its third satellite mission into space from the Cape Canaveral rocket launch site in Flo...

[Premium Times] Over 80 per cent of the killings were carried out by terror groups that have terrorised the North-west and North-central zones of Nigeria.

[Premium Times] At least 46 villagers were killed within a week after bandits launched a punitive expedition against two Kebbi villages.

[CAF] The Stallions of Burkina Faso beat Gabon 7-6 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regulation time to qualify to the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

[CAF] Tunisia are through to the quarter final stage at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021.

[Times of Zambia] The chaos that characterised the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) MTN Super League matches in Lusaka involving Nkana and Red Arrows at Nkoloma Stadium and Zanaco against Green Buffaloes at Sunset should be condemned in the stron...

[263Chat] The youth Coalition on Electoral Reforms has called on the Government and relevant stakeholders to deal with the threat of politically motivated violence ahead of the much awaited March 26 by-elections.

[New Zimbabwe] Warriors striker Tinotenda Kadewere has been linked with a move away from French giants Olympique Lyon before the close of the January transfer window period following reports linking him with a loan move to other League 1 clubs.

[New Zimbabwe] Two prosecutors stationed at Karoi have appeared in court taking a US$100 bribe on the pretext they would help a convicted cattle thief to get a lenient sentence.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's eminent economist and commentator John Robertson has died.

[Leadership] Federal Ministry of Environment has strengthened activities on environmental health and sanitation response to Lassa fever outbreak in the country after 11 deaths in 2022.

[New Zimbabwe] The Bulawayo city council in conjunction with the ministry of Health and Child Care, has embarked on an accelerated door to door Covid-19 vaccination programme.

[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa's right hand man in Harare Tafadzwa Muguti is facing a three-year jail term for defying a High Court order barring him from demolishing people's properties in Chitungwiza.

[New Zimbabwe] The City of Harare nicodemously introduced new hefty United States Dollar-based fines for traffic offenders on Friday which have left motorists riled.

[New Zimbabwe] Controversial former Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu has ruled out the possibility of an immediate come back saying will not be contesting for the seat in the March 26 by-election.

[The Herald] LOW prices of tea on the local market have seen farmers in Honde Valley abandoning the crop for other cash crops.

[New Zimbabwe] Resurgent musician Roki, born Rockford Josphats, has disowned the Youtube account (Roki zw) on which he purportedly apologised for the 'ED Mnangagwa Number 1' chant in his track Patati Patata.

[The Herald] Veteran musician Zex Manatsa was laid to rest at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare yesterday next to another legend, George "Mastermind" Shaya.