Africa

Seychelles’ beaches may not be teeming with visitors now but the country’s hotel owners are getting ready. The Indian Ocean archipelago, whose economy is dependent on tourism, this month began welcoming people who have received the Covid-19 vaccine to visit. Hotel director Terry Sandapin does not expect business to go …

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi has appointed a new chief of staff to replace Vital Kamerhe who is in jail. Guylain Nyembo‘s appointment was made public on Monday evening on national television RTNC. A graduate in economics, Mr Nyembo was the deputy chief of staff in charge …

The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has condemned so-called vaccine nationalism by the world’s wealthiest countries. Addressing the World Economic Forum online, he said some governments had ordered far more coronavirus vaccines than they needed. Without naming any countries, he appealed to them to release surplus stocks so that others …

The Malagasy civil society wants to know why the country still refuse to join the global and free vaccination project. According to RFI the French International Radio, most of the inhabitants of the isle seem to be totally unaware of the existence of a vaccine developed to fight this pandemic. …

Prosecutors in Finland say a man from Sierra Leone has been charged with crimes against humanity, over his role in Liberia’s civil war two decades ago. Gibril Ealoghima Massaquoi is accused of killing civilians and soldiers who had just been disarmed when he was a senior member of a rebel …

There have been renewed protests in a Tunisian town, Sbeitla, triggered by reports that a young man injured during clashes last week had died in hospital. Soldiers were deployed to government buildings in the town after protesters tried to storm the town’s police station. Read more : Ugandan soldiers finally …

Soldiers have left the house of the Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. On Monday a Ugandan court ordered the military and police to leave his house. But, as we reported in an earlier post, soldiers did not leave his house straight away after the court order. He had not left …

The house of Bobi Wine the Ugandan opponent is unexpectedly, still surrounded by the militaries despite the decision of the court that militaries and police withdraw from Bobi Wine’s house. Although the army said it will respect the decision of the court, the soldiers are always surrounding the politician’s house. …

According to the Central African Republic’s officials, government troops have killed 44 rebel fighters who had surrounded the capital, Bangui, in an attempt to overthrow the new administration. A government spokesman told the French news agency that the soldiers had captured the village of Boda with the help of Russian …

The head of South Africa’s Mpumalanga province will self-isolate for a fortnight after causing an uproar for not wearing a face mask while attending a funeral on Sunday. Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane said she regrets the incident and had made a statement of guilt at Vosman Police Station in Emalahleni. She also …