[allAfrica] As of January 13, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  10,202,705  while over  202,925,169 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.

[allAfrica] There have been reports that the Malian team has suspended training in the restive south West region of Buea after sporadic shooting this morning between the military and separatists fighters. The team was training at the Molyko stadium i...

[Premium Times] Since the suspension, millions of Twitter users have been unable to use the social media platform in Nigeria unless they use a Virtual Private Network.

[This Day] The use of solar energy to power businesses has been found to significantly improve the socioeconomic status of Nigerians, according to findings of a study conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and All-On- a Shell-funded impact invest...

[VOA] Harare -- A freelance journalist for The New York Times went on trial Wednesday in Zimbabwe, accused of helping two of the newspaper's reporters enter the country illegally. Critics say the charges are another example of the government's attemp...

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Severe drought is affecting more than three million people in Somalia and southeast Ethiopia, says the aid group International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC says the two Horn of Africa nations are among 20 countries in the w...

[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- A summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has ended in Malawi with a pledge from member states to continue fighting insurgents in Mozambique. SADC sent troops to Mozambique last year after the Islamist ra...

[UN News] Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on Wednesday.

[UN News] With the crisis escalating in Sudan, there have been 15 reports of attacks on healthcare workers and health facilities since last November, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

[RFI] Mali edged past Tunisia 1-0 on Wednesday in Limbé after a tale of two penalties and a bizarre sequence of officiating at the end of the match.

[DW] A prominent lawyer and opposition lawmaker was shot dead by suspected separatist fighters in Cameroon's restive English-speaking North West region.

[DW] Several people were killed as a huge blast went off on a road near the main international airport in the Somali capital. The al-Shabab extremist group has claimed responsibility.

[This Day] The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their victory over the Pharaohs of Egypt during their first Group D match at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on...

[This Day] Nigeria's external reserve has reached $40,509 billion but however marginally declined by $11million when compared to its closing balance as at the last day in 2021 which was pegged at $40,520 billion, data obtained from the Central Bank o...

[United States Senate] Washington, DC -- U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-T...

[Nile Post] After two years of closures, longer than anywhere else in the world, Ugandan schools reopened this week and refugee children were among those who returned for studies across the country.

[Government of Mauritius] A donation of 203,580 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines was presented, this morning, by the U.S. Embassy to Mauritius to the Mauritian authorities, during a ceremony held at Newton Tower, in Port-Louis.

[Addis Standard] How our lives "turned into a joke"

[New Times] China will donate at least four million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Rwanda this year, according to information from the Chinese Embassy.

[VOA] Abuja -- Nigerian police say a church collapsed in southern Delta State, killing at least three people, including two children. Nigeria's building standards have been in the spotlight since November, when a 21-story building collapsed in Lagos,...

[CAF] All eyes were on Group E once again as Cote d'Ivoire played out an entertaining match against Equatorial Guinea in their opening fixture of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations at the Japoma Stadium in Douala on Wednesday.

[CAF] A day of history. The Gambia' Scorpions achieve a historic feat by winning their first match for their first appearance in AFCON finals.

[CAF] The Eagles of Mali kicked off their TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 campaign with a narrow 1-0 victory over Tunisia in Limbé.

[Nile Post] A top Allied Democratic Forces commander has been captured in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Nile Post has learnt.

[This Day] Former Super Eagles Captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha was full of plaudits for Coach Augustine Eguavoen for getting his tactics right against the seven-time champions Egypt. Nigeria defeated Egypt 1-0 to move top of Group D.

[New Dawn] Blanco FC's star player, Annieta Tarpeh, scored her first hat-trick of the season for her side in their 6-3 defeat to City Football Academy.

[New Dawn] How Ministry of Labour fueled it

[New Dawn] The 14 Military Hospital of the Armed Forces of Liberia on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, received a huge donation of medical equipment and assorted supplies worth over One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand United (135,000usd)from the KORLEBU NEU...

[New Dawn] News that 11 pregnant women in Nimba County died in 2021 during home delivery at various periods is unfortunate and speaks volumes about the health sector in Liberia.

[New Dawn] As Mrs. Grupee makes donation