[allAfrica] My family drilled the value of education into me. I'm a first-generation college graduate because my family emphasized that education was a priority. For us, it was the path to success.

[Nation] Gambia national football team players have boycotted a meeting with the country's President over the government's failure to fulfill a promise of paying them bonuses for qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).

[Nation] Women judges are the latest sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) responders appealing for special courts to expedite conclusion of the related offences.

[East African] Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has filed for divorce from his estranged wife Simone Gbagbo.

[Nation] Rwanda has tightened Covid-19 restrictions to curb rising infections and mitigate the risk of a severe third wave that is already being experienced in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

[Centre 4s] The gradual evolution of security issues in Côte d'Ivoire can be seen around a bundle of representations and myths that Islamist doctrinaire have theorized elsewhere. However, the evaluation of the demonstrations of force of small armed ...

[New Times] The African continent has to be an equal partner with the rest of the world when it comes to manufacturing vaccines instead of waiting for them from other places where they are currently being manufactured.

[New Times] Rwanda is being considered among the African countries where a regional vaccine manufacturing hub could be set up.

[The Conversation Africa] There are growing expectations across the world for companies to show their commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR). This is especially so for large multinational companies. Their size, influence and geographic s...

[VOA] In a report this month, the World Bank predicts Zimbabwe's economy will grow 3.9% this year even as the country sees an alarming rise in poverty levels, especially in urban areas. The report says a record 7.9 million Zimbabweans are "extremely"...

[VOA] Juba , South Sudan -- The newly appointed governor of South Sudan's Lakes state is facing calls to institute the death penalty for anyone involved in inter-communal fighting, cattle raids or road ambushes, all of which have become rampant in th...

[VOA] Somalia, Congo, Afghanistan and Syria top the list of the most dangerous conflict zones for children, the United Nations said Monday, accounting for nearly 60% of all violations among the entries on its annual blacklist of countries where child...

[HRW] Proper Security Forces Reform Urgently Needed

[HRW] French president Emmanuel Macron's visit to Rwanda underscored the importance of facing up to responsibilities for past crimes, regardless of how long it takes. Those who bear responsibility for atrocities, whether genocide or war crimes, shoul...

[UN News] South Sudan, the UN's youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges, the Secretary-General's Special Representative told Security Council m...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Critics pointed to hesitancy and misinformation after Malawi discarded 20,000 expired COVID-19 shots. The reality is far more complicated

[Nation] Zimbabweans are finding it increasingly difficult to access Covid-19 vaccines as the country records a spike in new infections amid fears of a third wave.

[Nation] One of the six top civil servants abducted in Cameroon on June 15 has been killed.

[VOA] Addis Ababa -- When the polls were supposed to close Monday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, election workers said turnout was better than expected, and voting had been conducted safely.

[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations is urgently appealing for $250 million to provide life-saving food assistance for millions of people in northeast Nigeria, many of whom risk starving to death.

[RFI] A huge car bomb attack that injured several soldiers on Monday in the town of Gossi in central Mali was aimed at France's Barkhane force, local sources told RFI's sister station France 24.

[Premium Times] The trade body also considers Senegal and Rwanda.

[Premium Times] Governor Sani Bello says bandits are trying to force people of Niger to change their normal lives

[Premium Times] "In line with government directives, passenger flights to and from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) are suspended with effect from 21 June 2021 until further notice.

[DW] Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described Monday's election as the country's most democratic. But the war in Tigray and the postponement of the election in two other regions have cast doubts on the vote.

[WHO] Geneva/Johannesburg/Paris: Geneva/Johannesburg/Par -- The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Af...

[Nation] The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will on Wednesday hold an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government meet in Mozambique's capital Maputo.

[Nation] Unity across the greater Horn of Africa has long been a cherished but elusive objective.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Egyptian TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam will appeal a 10-year prison sentence handed down by a Cairo court that found her guilty of human trafficking, her lawyer said on Monday.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, on Monday strongly condemned the recent allegations that guards at the Maputo Special Penitentiary for Women (EPEMM), better known as the Ndlavela Women's Prison, had forced women inmates in...