[allAfrica] Abuja -- South African scientists are some of the best in the world at the genetic sequencing of viruses. They demonstrated this expertise last week when they alerted the global community to a new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529 - called Omicr...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The African film industry has grown rapidly over the past few years as an influx of great stories are being created, filmed, directed, starred, and written by people from, and of, the continent. The film industry has u...

[VOA] Kampala, Uganda -- Uganda's armed forces say they have launched joint airstrikes with the Democratic Republic of Congo against Islamist militants that Uganda blames for suicide bombings this month in its capital.

[VOA] New evidence has revealed that the omicron variant of the coronavirus was already present in western Europe well before the first cases were officially identified in southern Africa.

[allAfrica] Nairobi -- Every year, more than 700,000 people die from antibiotic-resistant infections - number expected to grow to 10 million annually by 2050 if we continue on the current path.

[This Day] James Emejo urges tertiary institutions to take advantage of the Central Bank of Nigeria entrepreneurship scheme and contribute to solving the country's increasing unemployment and social challenges

[Premium Times] The disease centre said the two cases of the variant were discovered through "genomic sequencing."

[Premium Times] The government says the inconsistencies and contradictions in the panel's report concerning deaths at Lekki Tollgate rendered their findings and conclusions "totally unreliable and therefore unacceptable."

[Premium Times] "The children of Nigeria are the future of Nigeria. Yet, they are being physically and emotionally traumatised, kidnapped, sexually assaulted, forcibly married, and sometimes killed."

[The Conversation Africa] Professor George Warimwe should be a household name in Kenya. He's a leading scientist who has created a life-saving vaccine against Rift Valley Fever. He is also leading policy-changing work on Yellow Fever vaccines. Warimw...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has warned of an acute shortage of condoms attributed to dwindling donor resources.

[East African] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has cancelled all public engagements to "attend to emerging regional and national matters", his office announced on Tuesday.

[Radio Dabanga] Sudan -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Khartoum, as well as other cities across Sudan today, in the November 30 Marches of the Millions, called by the resistance committees, to express their rejection of the milit...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Prime Minister Abiy called on TPLF fighters to surrender peacefully and save themselves. In a televised broadcast, the PM said, "We have completed devising a plan to exterminate the enemy," adding, "The enemy has been ...

[VOA] Yaounde -- Equatorial Guinea has begun deporting thousands of Cameroonians who were residing in the country illegally, citing national security concerns. Authorities in the capital Malabo said the Cameroonians fled conflict in western Cameroon,...

[UN News] The UN refugee Agency, UNHCR, is "appalled by a series of deadly attacks" on displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the agency's spokesperson told journalists on Tuesday in Geneva.

[DW] Days after the new COVID-19 variant omicron was identified in South Africa, ever more countries are moving to close their borders to stem its spread. What travel restrictions are in place and can they be effective?

[The Conversation Africa] Gambians will shortly go to the polls to elect a new president in the country's ninth direct presidential election, of which only one has seen an opposition candidate defeat the incumbent. That was in December 2016 when Adam...

[This Day] -Nigeria's lawmakers urge NCDC to step up national response

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has imposed new daily curfew rules from 9 pm to 6 am to limit movement and reduce transmission of the new Covid-19 variant.

[Premium Times] Lawmakers proposed various solutions they believe will end jailbreaks.

[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigerian authorities are searching for more than 250 inmates still at large after an armed group attacked a prison in the central city of Jos. Prison authorities say nine escapees were killed in clashes with security forces.

[The Conversation Africa] President Cyril Ramaphosa is visiting four West African countries - Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Senegal. The Conversation Africa's Wale Fatade asked international relations expert, Olawale Olusola, about the significance...

[The Conversation Africa] Maternal and child mortality remains a major public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. The rates are especially worrying in poor countries like Burkina Faso. Financial barriers to access care still prevent m...

[Egypt Online] Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah finished 7th in this year's Ballon d'Or in France on Monday 29/11/2021.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Charity calls for measures to ensure access to education to protect children from forced recruitment by armed groups

[East African] South Sudan's peace is facing a new challenge as an agreement on the electoral programme to end the current Unity government and usher in a democratically elected administration is delayed.

[RFI] Guinea's junta has announced that deposed president Alpha Condé was sent to his wife's home in the capital Conakry on Monday, after holding him incommunicado for months.

[This Day] Abuja -- He is an exceptional manager of resources and a seasoned administrator.

[This Day] Funmi Ogundare