Africa

Tunisia on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of iron-fisted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, pushed from power in a popular revolt that foreshadowed strife and civil war in the region, known as the Arab Spring. But there were no festive celebrations marking the revolution …

Algeria will share its COVID-19 vaccine doses with Tunisia in the spirit of fraternity between the two countries as confirmed by the Tuniaisan Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi on Thursday. “Among the calls I made this time, I had a call with my counterpart, the Algerian Foreign Minister, about the possibility …

The Republic of Congo’s electoral commission has announced that the presidential election will take place on March 21. They further confirmed that the defense and security forces will vote on March 17, allowing the army and police to devote themselves to securing the voting process on Election Day. This is …

A court in Conakry, the capital of Guinea has sentenced two activists to one year imprisonment after they were arrested during pre-election demonstrations. Souleymane Condé and Youssouf Dioubaté were also fined 20m Guinean francs (1900,1300) each. They were arrested in September 2020 during protests against President Alpha Condé’s bid for …

“The African Union obtained 270 million vaccines against Covid-19 for the continent” said the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa“We have gone a step further to obtain vaccines independently using our own limited resources.” The vaccines, of which at least 50 million will be available between April and June, will be …

Ethiopia said Wednesday its forces had killed three prominent members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), whose leaders are the target of military operations in the country’s northern Tigray region. The dead included Seyoum Mesfin, who served as Ethiopia’s foreign minister for nearly two decades, along with former federal …

The vaccine alliance Gavi orders 500 doses of Ebola vaccine in order to have a stock to deal with a new wave of the disease. More than 300 000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in the neighboring countries received a dose of the Ebola vaccine, Ervebo, developped …

Ahead of Uganda’s heated election on Thursday, the government’s ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps until further notice, according to a letter from the telecommunications regulator. In the letter, the director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), Irene Sewankambo, ordered operators to “immediately …

Diary sow is always not found. The best Senegalese student is until now not found in Paris. For almost a week the young girl has given no sign of life. This gives rise to concerns in her country and in France. Senegal is afraid for one of its rare pearls. …

Algeria’s health officials have approved the use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in the country. A first on the African continent. The Algerian Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry has given the authorization for the emergency use of the Sputnik V vaccine manufactured by Russia. This information was also confirmed by …