[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Bamako has responded to Abidjan's call for the Economic Community of West African States to get involved in the row between Cote d'Ivoire and Mali concerning Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali. Abidjan recently requested a qui...

[Scrolla] After suffering heavy losses to the Tigrayan forces, Ethiopia's military has taken the war to the skies, launching drone strikes on Tigray's capital, Mekelle.

[ISS] The issue here is not which combatant the Russian military company is backing but its treatment of civilians.

[Scrolla] On Wednesday, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch told Prince Simakade that it's too late to block King Misuzulu's path to the crown.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Leader Raila Odinga has yet again tore in the unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court that upheld the victory of President William Ruto in the August 9 polls.

[spotlight] South Africa last published comprehensive guidelines for the management of childhood tuberculosis (TB) in 2013. Almost a decade later, there is a pressing need to update the guidelines to ensure that infants, children, and adolescents in ...

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Deputy Commissioner-General, Stephen Mutamba, has been included on the United States' list of "rogue elements", who are stifling democracy in the country.

[White House] Washington, DC -- President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to address opportunities to deepen our relationship, identify next steps on issues of mutual importance, and discuss regional and ...

[South Africa] Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Dr Naledi Pandor

[New Zimbabwe] VALERIA Bhunu, Zimbabwe's highest-ranked female tennis player, has been slapped with a lengthy ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after a banned substance, Mesterolone was found in an out-of-competition sample.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The modernization of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) is one of the President João Lourenço's priorities in his mandate that begins this Thursday (15).

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The drought situation has continued to worsen in 20 of the 23 Arid and Semi - Arid Lands (ASAL) counties due to moderate off - season rains, with three more counties sliding into the alarm phase of drought.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana is on course to achieving universal access to electricity with 86.3 percent of the population connected to the national grid in 2021, a report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has said.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs said the U.S. welcomes "the appointment of Uhuru Kenyatta as peace envoy for the conflict in Northern Ethiopia and in Eastern DRC."

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Jima Dilbo, Director General of the federal Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) told state media that the Agency would strengthen its works to make civil society organizations "working against Ethiopia's s...

[UNEP] Dakar -- The resumed 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) closed with environment ministers from 54 African countries adopting a series of decisions and key messages to tackle climate change, the loss o...

[UN News] Burundi must engage more effectively in the rule of law and fight against impunity for violations and abuses committed since 2015, when the political system was thrown into turmoil sparking widespread protests, a UN-appointed independent hu...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In statement issued today, Arshya Ahmed, the Speaker of the Gurage Zone Council, in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state, said that the zonal council has called its members for a meeting s...

[RFI] Seven suspected "terrorists" have been reported killed and some 30 alleged accomplices of the Boko Haram jihadist group arrested over the past two weeks in south-eastern Niger.

[VOA] Bamako -- Mali's military government has called Ivory Coast's request for a regional meeting on Ivorian troops detained in Mali since July "intimidation" and "blackmail." Ivory Coast accuses Mali of holding its troops hostage.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States Department of State Bureau of African Affairs has lauded the appointment of former President Uhuru Kenyatta as the peace envoy for the conflict in Northern Ethiopia and in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...

[Capital FM] Nairobi Kenya -- Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion now claims the curriculum being taught in schools has never been 'competency-based' but 'outcome-based.'

[Capital FM] Murang'a -- The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has nominated a boda boda rider to the Murang'a County Assembly.

[Leadership] A civil society organisation (CSO) Neem Foundation has disclosed that over 1,172 people faced Sexual Gender Based Violence in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and Adamawa State in 12 months.

[Vanguard] On the back of her huge appearances this summer that included festivals in Paris, Brussels and Royal Festival with Angélique Kidjo, Yemi Alade continues to demonstrate her outstanding range by taking us to the Caribbean with this dancehal...

[Daily Trust] The Minister of Police Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday reassured Nigerians that the government would end terrorism, banditry and other security challenges in December.

[Vanguard] Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) is planning to resume the testing of its main trunkline, the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP).

[New Zimbabwe] Former Zanu PF legislator, Psychology Maziwisa and ex-ZBC broadcaster, Oscar Pambuka, could be heading back to jail after their appeal against conviction and sentence in the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) scandal was thrown out by the Hi...

[CAF] The first round of the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Mozambique 2022, scheduled for 21-28 October, will be hotly contested.

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Employers' Association (GEA) has backed government's decision to seek the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to help address economic challenges facing the country.