[Legalbrief] Since its independence from France in 1960, Gabon has had just three Presidents. Not surprisingly, notes Legalbrief , the hospitalisation of current leader Ali Bongo has sparked a constitutional crisis that has the AU gravely concerned. His family has ruled the oil-producing country for nearly half a century.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Security concerns remain a major obstacle in ending the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo, that has so far claimed more than 200 lives. On November 16, more than a dozen WHO staff had to be evacuated to Goma for psychological care after their residence was hit by a shell, which did not explode.

[HRW] Nairobi -The International Criminal Court (ICC) has a new opportunity to deliver justice to victims in the Central African Republic as it takes its first suspect into custody in its investigation of serious crimes committed in the country since 2012.

[HRW] Nairobi -The International Criminal Court (ICC) has a new opportunity to deliver justice to victims in the Central African Republic as it takes its first suspect into custody in its investigation of serious crimes committed in the country since 2012.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] The business of toilet experiences presents many untapped commercial opportunities, yet these are widely overlooked, with negative consequences for billions of people. Businesses have spent centuries refining consumer experiences, yet are still to unleash this knowledge to address one of society's biggest failures: ensuring access to safe and hygienic sanitation.

[Guardian] The die is cast. Nigerians have entered into the first phase of the graduated excursion to the crucial 2019 election. With the embargo lifted, yesterday, November 18, 2018, today marks the kickoff of open campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly election scheduled for February 16, 2019. Going by the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) timetable, the gubernatorial and State Assembly candidates would join the campaign trail in two weeks time.

[The Conversation Africa] Recently, researchers from the University of Cape Town in South Africa have «grown» a bio-brick using bacteria and urea found in human urine. The Conversation Africa's Natasha Joseph asked Dyllon Garth Randall to explain the research and story behind the bio-bricks.

[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Super Eagles of Nigeria to build on their successful qualification campaign and do the nation proud at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

[Deutsche Welle] A militia leader from the Central African Republic has been extradited to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Alfred Yekatom will face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

[Deutsche Welle] The president of Gabon, Ali Bongo, has been in hospital for more than three weeks. Now the vice president's powers have been extended to «ensure the continuity of the state» -- a move criticized by the opposition.

[Deutsche Welle] A militia leader from the Central African Republic has been extradited to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Alfred Yekatom will face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

[VOA] The number of Sudanese-Americans holding elected public office in the United States has doubled -- there are now two.

[VOA] U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is cutting hundreds of U.S. troops from Africa so he can use those resources for potential future conflicts with Russia and China.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -An estimated 6 million people did not have enough to eat across the region during the lean season, says the U.N. food agency

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Bamenda, Cameroon -The families of 80 pupils kidnapped from a school in western Cameroon before being released days later said they feared their children would face a similar fate to Nigeria's Chibok girls.

[Nyasa Times] Malawian President Peter Mutharika said on Friday he was shocked about the loss of six Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) while in the course of duty on November 14 2018.

[Cameroon Tribune] News of the signing of the agreement ushering in the disbursement of funds to kick start the construction of the Nachtigal Hydroelectric Dam by the end of December this year was certainly received with thunderous applause by many a Cameroonian. Anyone who doubts this is advised to ask any inhabitant in any of the localities in the country who has been experiencing frequent power outages, sometimes lasting as long as weeks.

[Cameroon Tribune] During the construction of the dam and upon its completion, the project is going to positively touch on almost all fabrics of national life.

[Nyasa Times] Two more Malawian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been killed, as the death toll reached six, with other nursing life threatening injuries, the Malawi Defence Force said on Friday.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -The adjudication and printing of 178,172 applications for the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) spokesman Thabo Makgola is reported as saying, urging 1,932 applicants who had expired passports to contact the Zimbabwean consulate, as their application could not be processed.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -United States President Donald Trump has announced his nomination to fill the post of ambassador to Pretoria: South African-born luxury handbag designer Lana Marks.

[News24Wire] On Thursday the Joint Constitutional Review Committee adopted a recommendation that the Constitution should be amended to allow for expropriation without compensation.

[Premium Times] Academic activities have resumed at the Government Girls' Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, where Boko Haram insurgents abducted 110 schoolgirls on February 19.

[African Arguments] The selection of Emmanuel Shadary to be the regime's presidential candidate has surprised many. None more so than Shadary himself.

[African Arguments] Congo opposition unites and then quickly divides

[Maka] In the wake of recent revelations of mismanagement and corruption at the Banco Nacional de Angola (BNA), its Governor, José de Lima Massano, took to the airwaves in an attempt to defend his reputation and that of the bank. It was all to no avail, because many high-ranking officials have taken to heart the new Angolan President's strictures against corruption and are willing to blow the whistle, backing up their claims with documentary proof. It's evidence that should prompt the Attorney-General's of

[VOA] Cameroon's restive English-speaking regions are emptying out after renewed military raids on separatist strongholds left at least 30 people dead in two days. The renewed fighting comes barely a week after President Paul Biya, during his inauguration ceremony, warned rebels to drop their guns or be killed. Thousands of fleeing civilians are arriving in Yaounde.

[Deutsche Welle] If what's happening in Florida's mid-term elections had happened in Africa, the condemnation would have been swift. It's time to reverse this, says Chrispin Mwakideu.

[Deutsche Welle] Oil production in South Sudan has poisoned the drinking water of some 600,000 people. In April, Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas promised to take remedial action. What has happened since?

[allAfrica] Cape Town -South Africa's Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says foreign nationals are burdening the South African health system.

[This Day] Further upward acceleration of global inflation from record low levels may impair efforts in emerging and developing economies such as Nigeria, to sustain the low inflation environment achieved over the past several decades, the World Bank has said.

[Deutsche Welle] The Central African Republic is facing «the abyss,» Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told DW's Paul Lorgerie in the country in the heart of Africa as the UN prepares a renewed peacekeeping mandate.

[Deutsche Welle] Over 200 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said, warning that it could be six more months before efforts to contain the spread succeed.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -Equinoxe Radio-Television English news presenter Mimi Mefo Takembou has been released from the Douala New Bell prison after a 72 hours. Takembou was charged with the propagation of false information and fake news to tarnish state authorities or the unity of the state, punishable by article 113 of the penal code, and the incitement to revolt, punishable by art 154 of the said code.

[allAfrica] Gabonese presidential spokesperson has finally revealed how President Ali Bongo is faring. The president was admitted to hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 24.