[IRIN] Juba -In her home village in South Sudan's Yei River state, Poni Beida, 32, farmed while caring for her husband and five young children.

[allAfrica] Dr. Denis Mukwege, the Congolese obstetrician and gynaecologist who operates a hospital in Bukavu and who campaigns against the use of rape and sexualized violence as a weapon of war received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 in Oslo on Human Rights Day, December 10. He was the co-winner with Nadia Murad, a member of the Yazidi minority in northern Iraq who became a human rights activist after being abducted and held as a sex slave by so-called «Islamic State».

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Pearl Thusi will star in Queen Sono, Netlfix's first original series from Africa, Channel24 reports.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Incredible Happenings Ministries leader Prophet Paseka «Mboro» Motsoeneng was allegedly racially abused by a white car-tracking company employee. The employee told Mboro that he's a «black shortie» and "k****r, the pastor posted on his Facebook page.

[IPS] United Nations -When the long-awaited UN conference focusing on the rights and safety of migrants and refugees takes off in Morocco, it will be a rare, if not an unprecedented meeting, for one reason: the withdrawal of at least seven member states almost at the 59th minute of the eleventh hour.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Four African destinations have made it on to National Geographic Traveller's Cool List for 2019.

[Daily Trust] FILE PHOTO: Scorer of Super Falcons second goal, Francisca Ordega (2nd right) being congratulated by team mates. Super Falcons whipped the She-Polopolo of Zambia 4-0 recently in Cape Coast.

[VOA] Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Malawi are protesting a bill that, among other things, seeks to establish a new regulatory authority for such organizations. The NGOs have served Parliament with an injunction restraining it from debating the bill until it is reviewed, but legislators refuse to back down.

[Daily Trust] Maiduguri -Scene of last night attack at Rann in Kala Balge local government

[VOA] A group of human rights lawyers has filed a lawsuit against the government of South Sudan for sexual violence on behalf of 30 women and girls who were allegedly raped by members of the army and the presidential guard.

[Leadership] With the massive down turn of low cast income, though the lucrative movie industry. According to YEN magazine, several actors have tried to supplement their income by venturing into other businesses, but this is not an excuse for illegal activity.

[Leadership] About two weeks ago, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifted the ban on campaigns for the 2019 polls and with that, political parties have started the electioneering process in earnest.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Since 2004, when the AU Commission directed all countries with outstanding border disputes to clearly mark their boundaries by the end of 2010, Zambia and Malawi have been working on solving problems caused by blurry border limits.

[allAfrica] Activists Diane Rwigara and her mother Adeline have been acquitted of all charges brought against them. The High Court in Kigali brought the judgment today, after more than a year of legal proceedings against the Rwigaras.

[allAfrica] Lagos -A few weeks after Muhammadu Buhari's stunning electoral victory in 2015, he declared: «From the first day of my administration, Boko Haram will know the strength of our collective will and commitment to rid this nation of terror, and bring back peace and normalcy to all the affected areas.»

[allAfrica] Cape Town -In light of festive season power cuts, Eskom's woes continue to mount. The embattled power utility plans to ask the government to absorb about R100 billion - nearly U.S.$7.2 Billion - of its debt in order to rescue it from bankruptcy, according to a Business Day report.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -The death sentence for a 19-year-old girl in Sudan who murdered her husband after he tried to rape her was named on Tuesday as the world's worst court ruling for women's rights this year.

[Nation] An American PE firm is in the country scouting for wealthy Kenyans to invest their way into an American citizenship through the US immigrant investor visa programme.

[allAfrica] What started out as a quest to win tickets to see  Beyoncé lead to my realisation that being part of the concert was bigger than just seeing  Beyoncé perform. I have always been a huge  Beyoncé fan and seeing her perform was my dream. When it finally happened it felt just like that, a dream that finally came true.

[allAfrica] What started out as a quest to win tickets to see Beyonce lead to my realisation that being part of the concert was bigger than just seeing Beyonce perform. I have always been a huge Beyonce fan and seeing her perform was my dream. When it finally happened it felt just like that, a dream that finally came true.

[MAP] Rabat -HM King Mohammed VI paid, on Monday, a visit to president of the Gabonese Republic, H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, at the Mohammed V instruction military hospital of Rabat.

[The Herald] Cholera cases in Mount Darwin have risen to 191 while deaths have remained at three in the artisanal mining area of Mukaradzi. Speaking to The Herald yesterday, Mashonaland Central District medical officer Dr George Mapiye said cases being reported at the clinic were no longer serious.

[Deutsche Welle] Every day almost 9,000 tons of garbage accumulate in Kinshasa. The Congolese capital does not have a functioning garbage collection system. Consequences for the health of the «Kinois» are catastrophic.

[Premium Times] «It's real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.»

[allAfrica] «I have been pleased today to welcome to the White House Mrs. Albertina Sisulu, of Soweto, South Africa... She personifies the struggle for human rights and human dignity, and her presence here is an inspiration to us all.»

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Dozens of revelers who attended the Global Citizen Festival at the FNB Stadium on Sunday have taken to social media to share their experience of what many described as «chaos» after the event, the Citizen reports. Lack of public transport, heavy traffic congestion and sexual harassment were reported by Twitter users with some alleging «mass muggings» also took place.

[East African] A road transport crisis loomed large in Kenya's capital Nairobi with Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators vowing to defy an order to keep off the central business district (CBD) starting Monday.

[The Conversation Africa] More than a dozen national elections will be held across Africa next year. All 55 members of the African Union (AU) are obligated to hold regular and ostensibly democratic elections. They must also invite teams of AU election observers to publicly monitor, assess and report the results.

[East African] Marine security, overfishing, dumping of toxic waste, piracy and unregulated mining topped the agenda of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi this past week, with participants saying fixing these issues would accelerate economic growth.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Mantua, Italy -Big cities are increasingly turning to trees to help protect them from heatwaves and floods

[East African] The Kenyan Permanent Secretary for Shipping and Maritime Affairs Nancy Karigithu spoke with Fred Oluoch about use of marine resources in the region.

[Vanguard] After a pulsating match which saw the super falcons of nigeria lose a penalty in regulation time fought hard to defeat the Bayana Bayana of south Africa through a tense penalty shooutout.

[Daily Trust] Social media has now proven to be a very important means to determining the relevance of any celebrity. This week, Weekend Magazine takes a look at Nigeria's most followed celebrities.

[Premium Times] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, possesses the qualities that Nigerians will use to determine who they will elect in the 2019 presidential election.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -Parliament has passed a resolution asking the government to ban all Ponzi and Pyramid schemes.