[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Water Crisis to Outpace Energy Crisis, Infrastructure Group Warns

[allAfrica] As 2,500 people converge on Panama for the World Wildlife Conference from November 14, two leading international officials responsible for ensuring sustainable trade in wildlife outline how both to protect endangered species and to ensure...

[allAfrica] Sharm el-Sheikh -- Providing decent jobs, and protecting the rights and futures of workers are levers for climate ambition, says a global trade union confederation

[DW] Detained pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has been refusing to eat or drink. His family now says Egyptian authorities have intervened medically to sustain him.

[Ghanaian Times] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for the reform of the Security Council of the United Nations, describing the current structure as an injustice against African countries.

[Premium Times] "I intentionally didn't go for COVID-19 test because I felt I didn't have it. Although I've heard it kills people after some days, I don't think it will get here," a resident said.

[GroundUp] The City of Johannesburg has broken a promise to open the R23-million Lehae Library by July.

[New Zimbabwe] HARARE City Council Mayor Jacob Mafume has threatened legal action over the slow disbursement of devolution funds to the local authority, saying the development is hampering service delivery in the capital.

[Nyasa Times] Officials from Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) say Wednesday evening's national blackout was as a result of vandalism on one of its towers in Blantyre.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Anti-Corruption Court has terminated the Sh7.3 billion corruption case against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Noordin withdrew the application over lack of evidence.

[Premium Times] The judge set aside the EFCC chair, Mr Bawa's conviction after hearing his application and request to the court to reverse itself.

[Premium Times] Nigeria presently accounts for an estimated 22 million child brides, a figure that may increase by seven million in the year 2050

[The Conversation Africa] A media frenzy has erupted in Kenya over the November 5, 2022 release of three Chinese loan contracts signed between the Kenyan government and China Export Import Bank (Eximbank), to finance two phases of Kenya's Standard Ga...

[VOA] Nairobi -- Aid groups in Kenya say tens of thousands of additional refugees from Somalia are expected to arrive in coming weeks, as Somalia and the Horn of Africa deal with an ongoing severe drought and hunger.

[UN News] The growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security, currently felt most keenly in Africa, the deputy UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday.

[Africa Renewal] CEOs of 55 African businesses with a combined revenue of $150 billion on 9 November 2022, released a statement committing to climate action. The UN Global Compact helped rally these companies to issue the joint statement. In an inter...

[DW] The Congolese opposition leader is calling on the international community to focus on the crisis in his country. Martin Fayulu told DW's Josey Mahachie that he believes Rwanda and Uganda are propping up M23 rebels.

[The Conversation Africa] Changes in climatic factors - such as higher temperatures and increased rainfall - affect the developmental, behavioural and distribution patterns of insects like mosquitoes. These changes have serious implications for the e...

[Crisis Group] Somaliland is going through considerable political turmoil. The government and opposition disagree over the sequencing of two forthcoming high-stakes elections, and both sides are digging in. International partners should push the two ...

[ISS] International climate finance shortages are a problem, but corruption and unaccountable state spending enable climate disasters.

[allAfrica] Dakar -- There are fears Senegalese soccer star Sadio Mané might miss the soccer World Cup 2022 in Qatar. The tournament begins in less than two weeks.

[spotlight] As the strain on the Eastern Cape's oxygen supply increased during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities often had to intervene and use their own trucks to ferry oxygen cylinders to deep rural areas - often over...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Public servant workers have embarked on a nationwide strike in a demonstration calling for higher wages, Eyewitness News reports. The workers are on a one-day stay-away in opposition to of a 3% wage hike offered by government...

[Govt of SA] Western Cape Cabinet resolves to set up task team to help mitigate impact of load shedding

[Afrobarometer] Bratton, Gyimah-Boadi, & Mattes. It sounds like a law firm. No, it's a group of eminent professors and thought leaders driven by a vision of making African voices a key pillar of policy- and decision-making. Their journey to ensur...

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Parliament has criticized the move by Kampala International University (KIU) to stop female nurses and mid wives from sitting for the national examination on grounds of pregnancy.

[New Zimbabwe] AFTER putting up a brave eight-year fight against astroblastoma, a rare type of cancer, and undergoing multiple brain and spinal surgeries, Tawanda Chamunorwa has died.

[Scrolla] A Zimbabwean businessman who evaded arrest for two years is finally behind bars.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Federal Supreme Court has upheld a ruling by the federal high court to release journalist Gobeze Sisay on bail his lawyer, Addisu Algawu, told Addis Standard.

[Premium Times] The Nigerian government said it won't allow any online platform to plunge Nigeria into crisis.