[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- African deaths from Covid19 have increased 80 percent in four weeks, driven by the Delta variant, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced today from Geneva.

[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- On July 28 internationally acclaimed Nigerian author and renowned feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presented the second University of Cape Town (UCT) Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture titled The Idolatry of Theory: A Defen...

[VOA] Tunis, Tunisia -- Days of pRisk of new mass unrestolitical turmoil in Tunisia over a crippled economy and surging coronavirus infections have unnerved allies in Europe and the United States, while garnering the support of key Mideast partners w...

[VOA] Mozambique's defense minister says South African troops are expected this week to join operations meant to counter insurgents in northern Cabo Delgado province.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Hiplife and Afropop artist Angel Maxine says her song aims to comfort LGBT+ Ghanaians facing threats from authorities and a rise in verbal and physical attacks from the public

[DW] A Dutch court in January ruled that Shell had polluted the Niger Delta and ordered the energy giant to pay compensation. But many are now questioning whether it is enough to put right the misery suffered by the people.

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Around 7.7 million African children missed out on vital first doses of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Measles and Polio vaccines in 2020. The nearly 10% rise in missed vaccinations on the previous year in Africa was driven by...

[WHO] Geneva -- MPP, WHO, AFRIGEN, BIOVAC, SAMRC, and Africa CDC sign a letter of intent towards establishing the tech transfer hub in South Africa

[allAfrica] Filmmaker and actor Shona Ferguson, 47, has died, ENCA reports.

[JusticeInfo.net] The final report of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, expected to be submitted today to the President of Gambia, has been postponed to September 30. Meanwhile the Commission has clarified what it has spent in rep...

[Nation] Conservationists are up in arms over the killing of more than 10 hippos at Lake Ol Bollosat in Nyandarua County in just one week.

[Ethiopian Herald] On late Sunday, due to bad weather at and around Bole International Airport, mainly due to cloud, aircrafts were forced to divert flights to nearby airports for short period of time. For safety reasons, flights to Addis were tempor...

[Nation] The Shona community is now Kenya's newest tribe.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ahead of the planned visit by Samantha Power, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, the US has announced additional $149 million to support the humanitarian response in Tigray state,...

[HRW] Beirut -- Close Case 173, Lift Arbitrary Restrictions

[This Day] Ten would-be Olympians were banned from competing in the track and field competition after Nigerian sports officials allegedly failed to properly register them for three mandatory out-of-competition tests.

[This Day] Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare has tested positive to banned substance and has provisionally been suspended from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic.

[ISS] Location of GERD on the Nile River

[IPS] Abuja -- A new survey on public awareness of long COVID by 'Resolve to Save Lives" showed that among the 40% of Americans who were not vaccinated, seeing testimonials of those who suffer from long COVID inspired nearly two-thirds to consider th...

[IPS] Brussels, Belgium / Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- A short answer to this question is yes, but it is obvious and predictable failure was visible for some time. This debate started before 2015, the year in which the Sustainable Development Goals (or SD...

[African Arguments] 18 years after African leaders adopted the Maputo Protocol, a progressive initiative by and for Africans, it is still yet to be fully implemented.

[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African contin...

[Crisis Group] A rapidly escalating conflict has pushed Africa's second most populous country to the edge. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert William Davison explains why the main protagonists urgently need to strike a deal to avert a downward spiral t...

[Monitor] Ugandan athletes Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo paired up Friday to earn the country it's first ever double medals in the Olympics men's 10000m final.

[Monitor] The minister of Education, Ms Janet Museveni revealed tFriday hat government has finalized plans to open 94 new secondary schools in sub-counties across the country.

[Seychelles News Agency] The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved $105 million under the Extended Fund Facility for Seychelles with an immediate disbursement of $34.26 million.

[Leadership] Emirates Airline has extended the suspension of its flights from Nigeria to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to at least August 7.

[Premium Times] The athletes say they are suffering from the negligence of the Nigerian sports authorities.

[Namibian] ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND anti-corruption rank first and foremost in president Hage Geingob's blueprint action plan for Namibia's development.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA-Sudan continues its stubborn aggression inside the Ethiopian territory, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MoFA) Spokesperson Ambassador Dina Mufti said.