Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) is a grassroots network for solidarity that works in the Agadez area of Niger. It helps people who are trying to cross the Sahara Desert, which is one of the most dangerous ways to move around the world. APS doesn’t try to stop people from migrating; instead, it works on saving […]
The feast of sweets during Ramadan in Egypt is made up of scrumptious candy, cookies, pastries, and other desserts. These delightful confections are created using a variety of different textures, flavours, and aromas. Families enjoy Ramadan dessert treats together after breaking their fast and are often sold by street vendors throughout the city of Cairo. […]
Gabon – Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates joined the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, formally taking up positions won in a June election. Gabon, Ghana, and the UAE have each served on the council three times. The 15-member council is the most powerful body in the United Nations. Permanent members […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has praised Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa as a man of “great intellect, integrity, and invincibility against the forces of apartheid.” Tutu’s death was reported on Sunday, December 26 by relatives. As tributes to Archbishop Desmond Tutu continue to stream in, Cape Town’s Metropolis Hall and other monuments […]
Congo – Officials and AFP reported that a bomb blast killed at least six people in the eastern city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday. The bomb went off in the city center, according to Narcisse Muteba, the colonel commanding the city under the state of emergency in the country’s east. […]
Senegal – Senegal will welcome a new commuter railway line on Monday, December 27 after waiting for the project’s completion for the past five years. Once the TER regional express begins service, this transportation system aims to reduce travel times while also decongesting the city. According to Frédéric Bardenet, the general manager of SETER, the […]
South Africa – South African scientists said that the emergence of new Covid-19 variants could be linked with untreated HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Viruses) in some cases. Scientists are investigating the “highly plausible hypothesis” to understand the link between HIV and variants of Covid-19. Ever since the news of the Omicron variant being detected first in […]
Nigerian lawmakers rejected the gender equality bill for the third time in five years. The lawmakers cited “socio-cultural and Islamic concerns” as reasons to reject the bill. The bill was focused on eliminating discrimination on the basis of gender or marital status. The bill also focused on reinforcing existing laws against gender-based violence. Senators in […]
Nigeria – Nigeria will destroy one million Coid-19 vaccines amid the new variant of the Covid-19 virus, Omicron. Faisal Shuaib, head of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) announced the news on Monday. He further said that his agency was working with drug regulator NAFDAC (National Agency for Food & Drug Administration & […]
South Africa – Amidst escalating numbers of African infections because of the Omicron variant, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has himself been declared Covid positive. Isolated in Cape Town, the 69-year-old President is in quarantine and receiving treatment for mild symptoms. As the Omicron variant grips the continent, it has been noted that the symptoms […]
Burkina Faso -Following the resignation of Christophe Dabire, the government of Burkina Faso has announced the selection of a new prime minister. Lassina Zerbo, the former head of a top nuclear watchdog, has been appointed as the country’s next leader. President Kabore, who is facing an increasing threat from Islamic terrorists, has pleaded for assistance […]
Liberia – The United States of America has slapped sanctions on Liberia’s ex-warlord and current senator Prince Yormie Johnson on grounds of alleged corruption. The sanctions have been imposed under Global Magnitsky Act, according to which the US government has authority to impose sanctions on human rights offenders, and thereby freeze their assets in US […]
South Africa – Government in South Africa is now planning to turn to alternative legislation to redistribute land. This has been confirmed by the South African Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola who said that he is working to provide “equitable access to land” to correct unsustainable, “unequal and skewered patterns of land […]
South Africa – The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa said the number of covid cases has increased five-fold in the past week. Cyril Ramaphosa said that as the country heads into a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, the country is experiencing a rate of infections that they have not seen since the coronavirus pandemic […]
Beijing – China has got one more country by its collar as it takes over the Ugandan airport when the African country could not pay up its loan to the world’s largest economy. This has obviously led Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to send a delegation to Beijing for a renegotiation with the Chinese government. Earlier […]
Africa – Children in West and Central Africa have become the most recruited by armed organizations, with the largest number of sexual abuse victims in the world, according to a new report released Tuesday by the United Nations Children’s Fund. According to the report, the region has seen an increase in the number of new […]
Zimbabwea – This week, the Central Bank of Zimbabwe presented a new 50-dollar note, the country’s most noteworthy denomination since a re-visitation of utilizing Zimbabwean dollars (ZW$) as the leading currency in 2019. It joins different denominations which have been dissolved by excessive inflation, which took off to 800% in 2020, preceding dialing back to […]
The United States has added Algeria’s name under special watch status into the list of religious freedom guarantees. As per the latest reports the addition is after the US observed that Algeria is violating the rights to follow any particular religion. With this, the US has placed the North African state in the same list […]
