Africa

Climate activists in South Africa have welcomed the U.S President Joe Biden’s move to rejoin the Paris climate accord. This comes more than three years after former President Donald Trump pulled the U.S out of the agreement. Hours after his inauguration on Wednesday, Joe Biden signed an executive order to …

While the former US president Donald Trump did not show a particular interest for Africa, many people are wondering what will be the place of Africa in the new American president Joe Biden’s administration. Which policy will he adopt towards Africa? Many African countries were delighted at the election of …

Botswana, Zambia, Gambia and Kenya have detected a variant of the Covid-19 virus that was first identified in South Africa last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, attributed the spread to the movement of people across the continent. “It may also …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the equivalent of $17m for the construction of 38 oxygen plants across the country. The West African country is grappling with a shortage of oxygen for Covid-19 patients amidst a second wave of the pandemic. The number of Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen …

The Central African Republic has declared a state of emergency as armed groups try to lay siege to the capital, Bangui. It will last for 15 days and allow the authorities to detain suspects without the authorisation of prosecutors. Rebel factions now control most of the country and are calling …

Residents in Lubumbashi, the economic capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo are denouncing an increase in chronic insecurity supposedly brought on by the curfew decreed on December 18 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Several women allege they have been sexually assaulted in their homes during robberies between 9p.m …

Sierra Leone is to impose a nationwide curfew and restrict travel in and out of the capital, Freetown, the Reuters news agency quotes the government as saying. The restrictions are being imposed because of an exponential rise in Covid-19 cases after the holiday season. From Monday, people wanting to leave …

According to the head of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Africa’s Covid-19 case fatality rate is now higher than the global average, which is “worrying and concerning”. The continent’s death rate stands at 2.5% against a global average of 2.2% and the number of nations recording …

An international school in Tanzania has halted face-to-face teaching on one of its campuses after confirming a Covid-19 case among students. A second student is displaying symptoms but has not yet been tested. The school, UWC East Africa, said all learning at its Moshi town campus, in north-western Tanzania, had …

Ethiopia’s military has accused an unnamed “third party” of being behind its border dispute with Sudan, according to state-owned Ethiopian News Agency. Army Chief of Staff General Birhanu Jula on Wednesday said a “third party was behind the Sudanese army’s violation of Ethiopia’s sovereignty”. He said that Sudan should avoid …