[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of October 18, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   8,430,779 while over 102,872,162 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] A decade after the death of Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai, her daughter explains why her mother's vision and example are as necessary as ever.

[This Day] The United States Government has described the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria's North-east as one of the world's most challenging and complex. U.S Consulate Public Affairs Officer, Stephen Ibelli, disclosed this at the Nigeria Info 99.3 FM...

[Nation] The Treasury has agreed to inject cash into Kenya Power and Kenya Airways in the financial year starting July 2022, citing the role of the two struggling firms in supporting economic recovery from Covid knocks.

[Nation] Kenya has an opportunity to widen its tax base extensively, if the innovation of a new machine that enables automatic reporting of taxes by businesses to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) by a local technology firm, is adopted.

[White House] Washington, DC -- Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer will travel to Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Mauritania for official meetings next week. He will be joined by National Security Council Senior Director for Africa ...

[Monitor] Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 million deaths across Africa in 2019, a new study shows. Most of these deaths -- 697,000 -- were as a result of household air pollution driven largely by indoor cooking stoves.

[VOA] Harare -- Union leaders have angrily reacted to the Zimbabwean government's announcement Sunday that workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 will no longer be allowed at work and will not be paid. This is seen as part of efforts t...

[Nation] A rebel group from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Saturday claimed to have made major advances in a week of renewed heavy fighting that began on Sunday last week.

[RFI] A single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) is safe and 84 percent effective in protecting against typhoid in Malawi, a recent study has found, raising hopes that thousands of children who die from the disease each year can be saved.

[Premium Times] The suit followed the proposal in the Supplementary Appropriation Act signed in July 2021 to spend N4.87 billion to monitor private calls and messages.

[The Conversation Africa] The 26th session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, popularly known as COP26, is happening at a time when the world has just experienced one of the warmest years on record...

[The Conversation Africa] In wealthy countries, most people can barely imagine using anything other than electricity or gas to cook in their homes. But billions of people around the world, including the majority of Africans and most of the world's ru...

[Premium Times] Three notorious banditry kingpins are believed to have moved from Zamfara to new bases in Sokoto State.

[Nation] Indigenous and local communities should be given a chance to speak on their social, economic and conservation issues, the leader of a nongovernmental organisation has said.

[VOA] Washington -- When Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) started fighting in November 2020, a second front quickly opened online, where both sides seek to control the narrative.

[Vanguard] A panel of United States policymakers has uncovered how Boko Haram terrorists operating in the North-East have been collaborating with armed bandits terrorising communities across the North-West to collect ransom from the Buhari administra...

[The Herald] BUSINESSMAN Mr Farai Jere, his company Helcraw Electricals and two Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) engineers -- Mr Freeman Chikonzo and Mr Leonard Chisina -- have been cleared of the US$3.5million fraud...

[Premium Times] The latest death toll indicated a sharp increase from 2,767 as of Friday to 2,837 on Sunday.

[Premium Times] While Access and Zenith led in revenue, profit and e-business, only UBA managed to pare down its impaired assets in the first half.

[Vanguard] The United Kingdom has advised its citizens in Nigeria to steer clear of 12 states in Nigeria, saying Boko Haram insurgents were likely to kidnap foreign nationals.

[Seychelles News Agency] Development by humans, the introduction of exotic species to Seychelles and illegal smuggling of wildlife are some of the threats that endemic flora and fauna of the island nation face.

[Ethiopian Herald] From the victory at Adwa to the establishment of the Organization of African Union (OAU) and many other continental achievements Ethiopia has been setting examples that promote the feeling of pan Africanism. The construction of the...

[UN News] Anastasie Obama, a Cameroonian woman who set up her own smoked shrimp business, has been recognized by the UN's Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) as a Food Hero, for her contribution towards unlocking the potential of selling shellfish loca...

[Nation] Afresh storm is rocking Deputy President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) over the party's National Executive Council line-up unveiled early last week. The stakes are high since the council will lay the roadmap for the party p...

[RFI] Badly needed funds to run Zimbabwe's six central hospitals is lacking, and yet money is available, according to Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono.

[Premium Times] WSJ had published a report on Sunday, alleging that the NAF brokered the deal to secure a 12.7 calibre anti aircraft gun as President Muhammadu Buhari was planning a trip to Katsina, his home state.

[RFI] Africa's premier film festival, FESPACO, opened in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday with a colourful high-energy ceremony and a message: Burkina Faso is back!

[The Conversation Africa] Days before his death in July, the African National Congress (ANC) mayor of Johannesburg, Geoff Makhubo, wrote an article responding to critics of the city's managers. The critics say Johannesburg is in decline and falling a...

[Premium Times] Peter Obi has been asked to report at the agency's Abuja headquarters on October 27 to face investigators.