[allAfrica] Geneva -- Africa must diversify economically and become more resilient to realise its full potential, the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said Thursday.

[allAfrica] Harare -- Barbra Banda, a top player on Zambia's national women's team, was subjected to what is called a gender verification procedure to determine whether her testosterone levels are above those allowed to compete as a woman, in what Hu...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A six-year study conducted by the Baby GERMS-SA team, led by experts from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, has found that newborn mortality rates r...

[allAfrica] The Stop TB Partnership has launched a detailed strategy to finally put an end to the world's oldest pandemic.

[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has failed to condemn threats of political violence that were issued by members of Zanu PF against Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa and his family.

[Vanguard] Heavy casualties were reportedly recorded on Wednesday evening when Ansaru terrorists engaged bandits in a gun duel in Birni-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

[Nile Post] Moments after being announced as the sixth signing for Vipers Sports Club this season, pacy winger Abdu Lumala has set the bar so high by seeking to deliver his new team to the CAF Champions League group stages.

[Premium Times] Naira fell to a new six-month low against the dollar at the Nafex window on Friday.

[Premium Times] The new rate is 0.84 per cent points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2021, which was 17.75 per cent.

[New Zimbabwe] Norton Town Secretary and 12 MDC-T councillors were Friday brought before the Harare magistrates courts answering charges of criminal abuse of duty for allegedly buying residential stands for just ZW$30 per square metre.

[Nile Post] A police officer and five of his family members with whom he was travelling in a vehicle have perished in a Saturday morning accident along Masaka road involving a Toyota Wish and a Fuso truck.

[Nile Post] Disabled people living with HIV/AIDs in Kampala have decried the heavy centralisation of HIV care services in urban areas, stigma and lack of jobs which have made life for them unbearable.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and Somalia on Friday agreed to convene Joint Commission for Co-operation (JCC) talks in Mogadishu after the leaders of the two nations ordered the immediate reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border.

[Premium Times] The court gave the judgement in a suit filed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Sebastine Hon, seeking an upward review of the emoluments and salaries of judges in Nigeria.

[This Day] The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has conveyed dissatisfaction with the quality of food that was served pilgrims in Mina and Arafat in this year's Hajj.

[This Day] Nigeria and China have signed a bilateral intellectual agreement to find lasting solutions to the challenges of insecurity in both countries.

[This Day] Vanessa Obioha writes a Nigeria-United Kingdom co-production that tells the true-life story of the 1993 plane hijack is in the works

[Leadership] The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has ordered the federal government to work out modalities for the immediate review of the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in Nigeria.

[Daily Trust] No fewer than 500,000 people affected by conflicts would benefit from the £40 million resilience humanitarian and essential services support in Yobe and Borno States.

[Daily Trust] The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 48 insurgents including six top commanders of the terrorist group in the past two weeks in the North East.

[Vanguard] Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, is officially announcing the launch of The Flutterwave Graduate Trainee Program.

[Premium Times] A day to the Osun contest, and with the atmosphere charged for a possible showdown, especially between the two leading contenders of the APC and PDP, PREMIUM TIMES highlights the key issues that may determine the outcome of the poll.

[Premium Times] Mr Buhari, who has less than one year to leave office, restated his avowed abhorrence of corruption and determination to rid the country of graft, while expressing his pride in his "legacy of fighting corruption".

[The Point] Former NIA Director, Yankuba Badjie alongside some of his accomplices in the murder of former United Democratic Party activist, Solo Sandeng have been sentenced to death.

[The Point] The 2021-2022 West Coast Region Zonal Football Tournament final is slated for 23rd July 2022 at the Brikama Box Bar Mini Stadium at 4pm.

[The Point] Project21's training for 21 youth on different topics for their personal and career development that began in May 2022 is set to end tomorrow, Saturday 16th July 2022.

[The Point] Gambian athletes Gina Bass and Ebrima Camara have left for the IAAF World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon, USA.

[The Point] A two day training on the interpretation of weather and climate information has ended at the Regional Education Directorate Region 2 in Brikama, West Coast Region.

[The Point] Samba Jaiteh, Advocate for Disability Rights, Radio Talk Host and Founder of the newly created Foundation for the Civic Rights of Persons with Disabilities "FCRPD,"selected in 2021 as a Nelson Mandela Fellow,is headed early morning 15 Jul...

[The Point] The newly launched book of HRH Oba (Rtn) Dr Moshood Kolawole Abolade (JP), the Ariwajoye 1 of Yoruba Community in The Gambia's book titled - The Making of a Man is an epoch autobiography of his life.