[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, has been named in the criminal case of a U.S. congressman Jeff Fortenberry who prosecutors say lied to FBI investigators about illegal contributions to his 2016...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Climate change will expose up to 118 million extremely poor Africans to drought, floods and extreme heat by 2030 if it is not addressed urgently. It could cut gross domestic product by up to three percent by 2050. And East Af...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Every day, the food we consume connects us to a vast global network of food manufacturers, farmers, retailers, traders, and many others involved in bringing food from the farm to the table. Yet this global food system is a...

[RFI] State media in Ethiopia has confirmed that the military launched air strikes on the capital of the northern Tigray region, a dramatic escalation in the year-long conflict. Both the United Nations and the United States have voiced alarm.

[This Day] The Western Naval Command recently played host to Italian and French Navies in Lagos. Chiemelie Ezeobi reports that beyond the diplomatic aspect of the port calls, it was targeted at curbing maritime illegality in the Gulf of Guinea waters

[The Conversation Africa] New research has demonstrated that male experts outnumber female experts by more than 10 to 1 on Ghana's leading radio and TV news programmes. The Ghana Women Expert project sought to count the number of women interviewed in...

[The Conversation Africa] Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop was found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten last week. The fact that the police arrested her husband in connection with the death has brought the subject of domes...

[Nation] Fufa has given Uganda Cranes coach Milutin "Micho" Sredojevic permission to attend to a private matter in South Africa after he was convicted of sexual assault.

[Agenzia Fides] Manzini -- "We make this proposal for a dialogue that is considered useful by all, on the basis of the words of Pope Francis, who asks all components of society to work together for dialogue, reconciliation and the peaceful settlement...

[VOA] Washington -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday, is being remembered in Africa for peacemaking, supporting the fight against AIDS and sounding the alarm against war abuses.

[VOA] Covid-19 deaths in Somalia were at least 32 times higher than the figures reported by the government during the early months of the pandemic, according to a new study.

[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- The Ugandan government is known for cracking down on writers who express strong dissent to President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the African country for 35 years. Despite the risks, two writers recently composed deliberate...

[WeProtect Global Alliance] * More than 3,000,000 accounts are registered across the 10 most harmful child sexual abuse sites on the dark web* COVID-19 has contributed to a significant spike in child sexual exploitation and abuse online* 1 in 3 respo...

[HRW] Nairobi -- Space for Dissent Closes

[UN News] The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst flooding there in decades.

[The Conversation Africa] It's been over 20 months since the World Health Organization announced COVID-19 as a global health emergency and pandemic. It's estimated that the resulting reductions in travel in 2020 alone wiped US$4.5 trillion from the g...

[African Arguments] Famine-prone Ethiopia can ill-afford a war, but the region of Tigray more so than others.

[ISS] The ruling party's command and control approach to the economy and monetary policy threatens recent gains.

[Premium Times] "Armed bandits on about 50 motorcycles were sighted fleeing towards Farin Ruwa, and were struck effectively by the gunship," Kaduna State government says

[Premium Times] The cost of treatment had risen drastically with many victims struggling to foot hospital bills.

[Ghanaian Times] Wa -- Network for Young Women Empowerment (NYWE), a non-governmental organisation in the Upper West Region, has appealed to traditional authorities and land owners to make fertile lands available to women in the region toundertake pr...

[East African] Turkish authorities have released a Ugandan opposition supporter suspected of spreading rumours that President Yoweri Museveni had died earlier this year.

[Africa Check] A Facebook post claims to give advice on how to get "thicker hair" and "cure baldness".

[Nation] A military commander in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said on Monday that elements of the Rwandan army had invaded six villages in the province of North Kivu.

[This Day] James Emejo writes that just as lack of access to credit could hamper business and retard economic growth, inability/refusal to pay back borrowed loans could adversely affect the economy and dissuade financial institutions from further len...

[Premium Times] No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

[Premium Times] The #EndSARS protesters put forward a five-point demand during the historic demonstrations last year. How much of the demands have been met one year after?

[Nation] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said on Sunday that the election of members of the Lower House of parliament will start next week.

[WMO] Melting of iconic African glaciers symbolizes changes to Earth system

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's French-speaking towns on the border with the English-speaking western regions are creating militias to stop separatist incursions. The militias say separatists are entering French-speaking towns to steal food and weapons f...