[allAfrica] As of July 28 confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,540,892 while over 41,376,862 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[FAO] These food heroes are guardians of their villages' food security

[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT departments implicated in granting Chinese firm, Afrochine, a controversial special mining grant inside Mavuradona Game Park were on Monday summoned for a crisis meeting in which they traded blame, leading to government susp...

[Daily Maverick] A WhatsApp group has emerged as the focal point for the eight days of riots and looting that claimed more than 300 lives and ripped R50bn out of a struggling economy.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Investigate Officials and Security Forces; End Killings, Other Abuses in Warrap State

[Nation] The Lolldaiga community in Laikipia County wants the British military stopped from conducting trainings at Lolldaiga Hills, terming continued exercises as contemptuous to the community living next to the 49,000-acre ranch.

[The Independent Panel] Briefing to the UN General Assembly -- Remarks from the Former Co-Chairs, former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Prime Minister Helen Clark

[Premium Times] The judge, Gideon Kurada, upheld the no-case submission filed by Mr El-Zakzaky and his wife.

[VOA] Nairobi -- The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has kicked off the Prosper Africa Build Together initiative by requesting $80 million from Congress to build trade and investment between the U.S. and Africa.

[VOA] Khartoum -- Authorities in Sudan say at least 3,000 Ethiopian refugees fled into Sudan this week, after the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region spread to the neighboring Amhara region. VOA speaks to a refugee camp director and a political analyst a...

[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization warns that millions of people in conflict-ridden Tigray in northern Ethiopia lack access to basic health care and risk falling ill. The agency has been able to reach only a fraction of them.

[The Conversation Africa] Migration is increasingly recognised as a determinant of health. Research shows that, in many cases, cross-border migrants arriving in new countries are healthier than the host population. But the advantage often falls away ...

[ISS] The problem isn't funding or expertise -- it's a political one that President Ramaphosa cannot allow to fester.

[VOA] Maroua -- Cameroon's government has sent ministers to its northern border with Nigeria to convince villagers who fled Boko Haram militants to return. Cameroon invested $10 million on reconstruction efforts after damage caused by the Islamist te...

[Premium Times] A UN official said an estimated 13 million people in northern Nigeria face the risk of acute food insecurity in the next few months.

[Premium Times] A total of 18 athletes were declared ineligible.

[Premium Times] Some worry the move may further weaken the naira, but experts say the policy is necessary to curtail illicit forex activities.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The federal Attorney General charged Lieutenant General Tadesse Worede, General Gebre Tsadkan Gebre Tensae and 73 other people of attempting to overthrow the federal government via a coup in collaboration with Tigray P...

[RFI] A judicial investigation into whether three of Tunisia's political parties took money from foreign sources during the 2019 elections, according to reports from the Reuters news agency.

[RFI] France's highest appeals court upheld the embezzlement guilty verdict against Teodorin Obiang, the vice president of Equatorial Guinea, which could result in the return of millions of euros in assets to the country

[Nation] Employment agencies taking Kenyans to work in the Middle East have been put on notice for facilitating what Central Organisation of Trade Union (Cotu) on Wednesday termed as "modern slavery".

[Nation] Cameroonian President Paul Biya has dispatched Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo to the far north region after Nigerian-based jihadists renewed attacks on the country.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) busted an organised fuel trafficking syndicate after intercepting cross border trucks to smuggling a total of 130 656 litres of fuel into the country.

[The Herald] Ms Rosalie Chigariro has become the first-ever black Zimbabwean to volunteer her remains for medical research at the University of Zimbabwe.

[New Zimbabwe] THE majority of Zimbabweans has no faith in the Political Actors' Dialogue (Polad) arrangement, and instead prefer an all-inclusive dialogue as a way of uniting the polarised nation, the latest Afrobarometer survey has revealed.

[New Zimbabwe] IN a bid to foster social inclusivity, Cabinet has ordered the relaxation of entry requirements for members of the marginalised San or Tjwao tribe to be recruited into the uniformed services sector.

[allAfrica] The Addiction 2021 conference took place online from July 21 to 23. It was organized by the South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence's (SANCA's) which is one of the largest non-profit organization dealing with the ...

[New Frame] What will the renewable energy economy mean for millions of people who have spent their lives digging for coal, oil and gas, or servicing other carbon-intensive industries?

[The Herald] Churches that breach the lockdown regulations by holding face-to-face services run the risk of being prosecuted, police have said.

[This Day] Abuja -- President Muhammadu Buhari has given an assurance that Nigeria's budget for the education sector would be increased by 50 per cent in the 2022 and 2023 Appropriation Bills.