Africa

The information is reported by our colleagues of Beninwebtv. According to the online media, health workers and nurses were arrested by the police for not wearing a mask in the Departmental University Hospital Center of Borgou on Monday, January 18. According to the departmental director of health , Ibrahim Mama …

The confiscation of alcohol during raids conducted by Mozambique’s police to enforce Covid-19 restriction measures has been condemned by the main opposition party Renamo. Last weekend, police raided bars and restaurants and confiscated alcoholic drinks. Bars had been ordered to close under new measures and restaurants had their opening hours …

The authorities in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, have started distributing food rations to vulnerable families affected by a 15-day coronavirus lockdown that started on Tuesday. All movements outside homes require an approved permit from the police, except for essential service providers. Households started receiving sacks of rice, maize flour and beans …

After the presidential elections whose results he contested, ,the main challenger of Yoweri Museveni, Bobi Wine is still stranded at home. His lawyers ask the High Court of Justice of Kampala his liberation. The lawyers of Bobi Wine demand that he be summoned and tried in order to verify the …

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 …