Wednesday, 6 January 2021

South African variant unlikely to 'completely negate' coronavirus vaccines - Scientist

EDITORIAL: We are creatures of hope, let 2021 be a great year

Africa left with few options for vaccines, South Africa says

Security forces increasingly target journalists as Uganda's election nears

Thousands of learners fail to report back as Kenyan schools open

Respect our judicial, sovereign boundaries - Tanzania tells Arusha-based Africa court

Soldiers kill 220 bandits, rescue 642 kidnap victims

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict revives bitter disputes over land

Bobi Wine vows to carry on with campaigns despite police crackdown

Central Africa's Touadera embarks on second mandate as peace deal falters

22 African Americans granted Sierra Leone citizenship

Bobi Wine, Electoral Commission disagree over campaign MoU

Coronavirus testing in Kenya hits new low

Paul Okoye tests positive for coronavirus

Nigeria engages China on coronavirus vaccine

More than 20 killed in militant attack on eastern DRC village

30-day lockdown for Zimbabwe following spike in coronavirus cases

China jails gang for smuggling pangolin scales from Nigeria

Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage

Al-Qaeda branch claims killings of French soldiers in Mali

The South African sisters who opened the only women-owned diamond polishing business in the world

Why Africans call themselves queens and kings

I had to run from home to pursue music - Oxlade reveals

Juba Hotels demand $10m pay from S. Sudan’s unity government

Huge borrowing, Coronavirus shocks, leave region in a funding dilemma

African free trade pact kicks off despite legal hurdles, rigid systems

R&B star Akon enters Congo mining sector in joint venture with state firm

World Bank predicts extreme poverty and depressed economies in Africa