Africa

Of Lebanese and Liberian descent, Ghanaian actress, producer and singer Juliet Ibrahim lent her support to LGBTQI people through an Instagram post. In a publication, she attacked all public sector actors and clerics who are against the development of homosexuals. “Superficial minds. If you have all traveled beyond your homes …

After being immunized against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, Muhammadu Buhari the Nigerian president urged all “eligible Nigerian” to be vaccinated against the virus as soon as possible. At a media event in Abuja, Buhari himself was earlier vaccinated using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of …

Suspected thieves in Tanzania stole silverware used to store sacramental bread (Eucharist) from a Catholic church, local newspaper Mwananchi reports. The theft of the cup known as ciborium, worth $2,150, happened last Sunday at Mkoka Catholic parish in the capital Dodoma. Police are still investigating how the cup disappeared from …

Like wildfire, the death ’of the Ivorian Prime Minister has spread over the last few hours on the web. “Hamed Bakayoko is dead. The information has just been confirmed by a diplomatic source. For the moment, the Ivorian government has not yet made any statement on the Hamed Bakayoko affair …

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 600 others injured in a series of explosions at a military camp in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. The first blast occurred in the early afternoon and in the early evening. TVGE referred to “casualties” but said it had not determined …

Togo is now among the first African countries to have received the first batch of vaccines from the COVAX Facility, a UN-backed initiative to ensure poorer nations acquire the doses. The country received 156,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday. The batch also contains 157,500 syringes, and 1,575 safety boxes. …

A new round of protests has been planned in Senegal from Monday as opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is expected to make a court appearance in the capital, Dakar, following his arrest last week. Mr Sonko is set to face questions about a rape charge, which he says is politically motivated. …

In Congo-Brazzaville, opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas, presidential candidate was due to travel to Ouesso in the far north of the country on Saturday (March 6) to start his presidential campaign. But when he arrived at the airport, Kolélas learned that his flight, from Trans Air Congo (TAC), had simply been …

Election campaigns have begun in Congo-Brazzaville ahead of the presidential poll in just over two weeks’ time. Denis Sassou Nguesso, the incumbent who is seeking a fourth term will face six opposition candidates. The candidates’ names will now be sent to the constitutional court for validation, said Seraphin Ondele, interior …

Mozambique has announced that schools will reopen from Monday after being closed in some cases for as long as a year. President Filipe Nyusi said the risk of coronavirus transmission was low but schools “could interrupt their face-to-face teaching activities or begin them at a later date” as needed. It …