The French army has turned over its final military post in Chad, the Kossei camp in N’Djamena two months after the country ended its defence pact with Paris. The chief of the French Armed Forces’ Africa Command claimed that France had a handover decision even though Chad had proclaimed the end of the defence pact. […]
The University of Nairobi’s Silicon Savannah Innovation Park was launched at State House inNairobi by President William Ruto. The aim of this initiative is to encourage innovation andtechnological development in Kenya, by positioning the university as a key player in thecountry’s growing technological ecosystem.Silicon Savannah Innovation Park is designed to support start-ups, researchers andentrepreneurs by […]
The streets of Abidjan were almost empty on Friday for the Eid al-Adha celebrations that have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Few faithfuls went to the mosque in Abidjan. “The situation is really complicated by the coronavirus,” explained Oumar Maiga, an Ivorian livestock trader. “It’s a tough market, people are not coming in the […]
Andrew Mlangeni, the closing civil rights icon who fought for the liberation of black South Africans against apartheid, the racist regime in the us of a rooted in colonial white-oppression. A battle that resulted in a existence jail sentence alongside different historical figures – such as the late gorgeous Nelson Mandela, for plotting to overthrow […]
All passengers coming to Seychelles from Aug. 1 when the airport opens for scheduled passenger flights ought to have proof of a poor COVID-19 PCR take a look at no longer greater than 72 hours ancient earlier than boarding their flight to the island nation, said a top reliable on Tuesday. The Public Health Commissioner, […]
Kenya Sunday recorded the highest number of daily Covid-19 infections since March 13, a development likely to inform the outcome of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s crisis meeting with governors on Monday. According to the Health ministry, 960 people tested positive out of 8,261 samples that were Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a statement said Nairobi […]
The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 828,214 on Sunday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 17,509 more people died of the virus across 54 countries in the continent, the Africa CDC said in its daily update. Recoveries in the continent have reached 484,038. Southern Africa is […]
Five West African heads of state meeting in Bamako on Thursday failed to get the Malian opposition to accept their plan to get the country out of a political crisis. The delegation however remain optimistic and will meet again on Monday at an extraordinary ECOWAS summit by videoconference. Mahmoud Dicko, an influential Imam and leader […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday lauded the “historic” early filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. “The completion of the first round of filling is a historic moment that showcases Ethiopians’ commitment to the renaissance of our country,” Abiy, the […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed that the attorney widely wide-spread together with the minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs explain the controversies surrounding the procurement of ballot papers and the stated dismissal of senior personnel at the Electoral Commission. The directive followed worries by way of Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda […]
According to forecasts from the Institute for Studies and Security (ISS), based in Pretoria , South Africa, Angola could become the fourth largest economy in Africa before 2050. During the aforementioned time the nation will have a nominal GDP of USD 994 billion behind Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, according to the ISS report. The […]
As of today, the case load on Africa has reached the 700,000 mark. Half of the cases are reported in South Africa where more than 350,000 cases have been confirmed. As of last Friday (July 17), the WHO Africa region announced that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region had risen by 27 […]
Ivory Coast’s deceased Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was buried Friday in his hometown in Korogho, the main city in the north of the country. Before his burial, relatives surrounded his remains and prayed for the departed Prime Minister in the main mosque of the city. In this tranquil atmosphere, supporters of the deceased did […]
The international Nelson Mandela Day this year is under the theme “Acting to bring about change”. Among the things Nelson Mandela stood for was pan-Africanism. He reminded us that, “as long as gross poverty, injustice and gross inequalities persist in our world, none of us will have real rest”. With economic hardship in South Africa, […]
Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Thursday named a new Prime Minister in the person of Madame Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda. She becomes the country’s first female Prime Minister. She will replace Julien Nkoghe Bekale, who had been in the position since January 2019. Her appointment was announced by the presidential spokesperson. He said the […]
Governments across the continent must put more work into digital rights legislation which falls into the wider area of fundamental human rights and freedom of speech laws enshrined in almost all constitutions. According to Adeboro Odunlami, a Legal Officer with social enterprise outfit, Paradigm Initiative, PIN; governments must treat work on such legislation as urgent. […]
Thousands of protesters gather in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, four days after five people were killed in banned demonstrations over the choice of a new election chief. Protesters gathered in Boulevard Lumumba, one of the city’s main avenues, marching around a vehicle carrying former warlord and opposition chief Jean-Pierre Bemba. The police broke up […]
Family members and colleagues on Monday gather at the funeral of the first Kenyan doctor, Doreen Adisa Lugaliki in Bungoma, who has tragically become the first doctor in Kenya to die from COVID-19. “Our flower has been plucked” says the deceased’s sister, and colleagues mourn the loss in what is for them, a battle against […]
Work has started in Seychelles on a new consumer protection bill for the financial sector. The process, now in the public consultative stage, is being undertaken by the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) and the Financial Services Authority (FSA). According to CBS, the consumer protection framework is aimed at promoting international principles such as equitable […]
