[allAfrica] As of January 19, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 10,401,495 while over 206,390,122 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabweans seeking new electronic passports (e-passports) are failing to access the travel documents with officials at the Registrar General's (RG's) Office saying they were unaware when they will start issuing them.

[Premium Times] Years of ethnic and religious crises in Plateau State have thought residents to live among their own people.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' passport remains the most powerful on the African continent for a consecutive year while moving up one place in a global ranking recently published by Henley and Partners for the first quarter of 2022.

[VOA] At least four people were killed and more than 10 others injured after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a tea shop outside an army training center in Mogadishu's Wadajir district, police said.

Four French soldiers were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Burkina Faso, France's military told AFP on Tuesday evening.

At least 10 people have died in flash floods triggered by torrential rain that battered Madagascar's capital Antananarivo overnight, an interior ministry official said.

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A total of 13 countries drawn from central, across northern Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean will get a share of the R2.4 billion ($150 million).

The US has appointed a new ambassador to Sudan at a time when its special envoy to the Horn of Africa is meeting Sudanese civic society in Saudi Arabia.

[DW] Although Rwanda says it will not mandate people to take COVID-19 vaccines, some residents -- especially in rural areas -- say officials have been forcing Rwandans to take the jabs.

[Daily News] SOME economic and transport professionals on Monday welcomed the signed agreement between Tanzania and Burundi for the construction of railway to link the two countries, saying the envisaged infrastructure will significantly boost trade ...

[CAF] The Atlas Lions of Morocco twice came from behind to draw Gabon 2-2 and finish top of Group C at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021.

[New Times] Rwandan referee Salma Mukansanga made history on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to officiate a match as a center referee at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.

[New Times] RSwitch Ltd, Rwanda's e-payment operator mandated to expand the financial services ecosystem by delivering interoperable solutions, plans to take the Pan-African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS), to countries in East, Central and So...