DRC seeks UN help with election tinyurl.com/ysdpu97h [The EastAfrican]

Harvard Professors to Lead 7-Week Online Course for Africa’s Aspiring Entrepreneurs tinyurl.com/yozohw3b [African Media Agency]

Uganda Must Dump Its Draconian Anti-Gay Law tinyurl.com/yncn9cc6 [African Liberty]

Nigeria Supreme Court blocks release of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu tinyurl.com/yvswx5gh [Times LIVE]

Podcast • The holidays, Sierra Leone’s election and other stories with Kwesi Wilson tinyurl.com/ytjnp36o [Africa Straight Talk]

Kenya • Flaws Identified in EPRA's Release of Fuel Price tinyurl.com/yqoxf9e9 [Kenyans.co.ke]

South Africa • Ramaphosa disputes claims of better living conditions under apartheid tinyurl.com/ylbzpa57 [SABC News]

Growing food insecurity in West and Central Africa amid political instability tinyurl.com/ywz8k8qh [@France24]

Free and compulsory education buffers the negative effects of COVID-19 shocks in Nigeria tinyurl.com/yqnmfao9 [World Bank]

IMF and World Bank Announce US$4.5 billion in Debt Relief for Somalia tinyurl.com/ylv2maay [@MDiplomacyWorld]

Africa to gain solar-powered broadband with new MoU tinyurl.com/ywcwm4qy [African Wireless Communications]

Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM survivors in Kenya tinyurl.com/yoajhba6 [@Guardian]

Zimbabwe • Sengezo Tshabangu rescinds the recall of Victoria Falls councillors tinyurl.com/yl5aw2tu [Bulawayo24 News]

Nigeria • You Are Guilty Of Treason, Supreme Court Rules On Nnamdi Kanu tinyurl.com/ynfvd8of [@GreenbReporters]

Uganda • Museveni launches portal to protect investors from corruption tinyurl.com/yoepqurf [The EastAfrican]

South Africa • Government welcomes rise in employment tinyurl.com/yvksebz7 [@sowetanlive]

Why countries must ratify the African Disability Protocol tinyurl.com/yvawvbwe [@AfricaArguments]

Why Kibaki was Kenya’s best chief executive tinyurl.com/ypfy3zfk [The_EastAfrican]

Nigerian students at Teesside University ordered to leave UK after currency crash tinyurl.com/23x5eocu [@Guardian]

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