Africa

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has announced the ban of a documentary film about the life of a gay couple in Kenya. “The film, I am Samuel, promoted same-sex marriage which goes against legislation that outlaws homosexuality”, the board says in a statement. It added that the film was …

Thousands of Malians were in the streets of the capital, Bamako, to protest against French interference and call for closer relations with Russia. The protest follows diplomatic tension between Paris and Bamako after Mali’s interim leaders acknowledged that they were in talks with the Russian mercenary group Wagner. The march …

The person in charge of health policy in a province of South Africa has suggested that women should withhold sex from men who have not been vaccinated, local media report. “I think it is a good idea to say, ’no vaccine, no sex’, especially for unmarried women. It will protect …

Authorities in Algeria decided on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, to “immediately” close the country’s airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircraft as well as to aircraft registered in Morocco. “The High Security Council has decided to immediately close the airspace to all civil and military aircraft as well as …

Nearly 46 people are known to be dead in the south-east of Madagascar during an affrontement between cattle thieves and the residents of two villages. Around 120 armed men carried out the raid on two villages, Ambohitsohy and Vohitsimbe. Read also: Uganda: places of worship open, schools remain closed Clashes …

The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has maintained the closure of schools and announced the opening of the places of worship with strict adherence to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to avoid further spread of coronavirus. “Places of worship can now open under strict guidelines like; limiting the number to 200 …

The vice-president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, “Hemedti”, accused the country’s politicians on Wednesday of being “the cause of military coups”. This is what emerges from his speech at the graduation ceremony for military forces in the west of the capital, Khartoum, in the aftermath of a …

Chance Mihonya, a rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. Chance Mihonya who created a rebel group in the Kahuzi Biega National Park in 2017 was arrested last year and found guilty of …

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is today expected to announce the schedules for the reopening of schools as he addresses the nation on Covid-19 situation at 8pm. The address comes 92 days after closing the education institutions in order to curb the spread of coronavirus. Mr Museveni, in his July 30 …

Dr John Nkengasong, the head of Africa CDC, the agency leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, is set to leave the position, the New York Times reports. The paper says the Cameroonian virologist has been picked by the US government to lead the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief …