West Africa

Ghanean authoritiies received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses distributed by the global vaccine sharing initiative, Covax. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef, a plane carrying 600,000 doses of the of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine landed in Accra, the capital on Wednesday. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are …

The National electoral commission (CENI) in Niger says the ruling party’s candidate Mohamed Bazoum has won the presidential election with more than 55% of the vote. His opponent, former president Mahamane Ousmane, alleged fraud as his supporters burned tyres in the streets. This is Niger’s first transition from one democratically …

The opposition in Niger on Tuesday denounced what it termed an electoral “hold-up” during the second round of the presidential election which was held on Sunday February 21. It demanded the ”the immediate suspension of the publication of results”. The results are not yet known, but early results posted by …

In a statement, Macky Sall the Senegalese president said the country is offering Gambia and Guinea-Bissau 10,000 vaccines each “as a form of African solidarity” Senegal recently purchased its first 200,000 doses from Sinopharm and national rollout began on Tuesday. In Gambia, more than 4,500 people are known to have …

Authorities in Senegal announced fighting misinformation over covid-19 vaccines and launched a vaccinaton campaign this Tuesday. In order to serve as an example and reassure the public on the safety of the vaccines, Senegal’s Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr was first in line to be vaccinated. The country in fact …

A special plane carrying a consignment of Ebola vaccine landed in Guinea on Monday night. The vaccination roll-out which was to begin on Monday has been postponed due to bad weather conditions. In fact, a dust storm in the Sahara on Sunday had forced the aircraft off course and diverted …

Findings of a survey in Nigeria suggest that rates of infection from Covid-19 in the country are much higher than previously reported. The results indicate that one in five of those tested in the states of Lagos, Enugu and Nasarawa have been infected. In the country’s largest city, Lagos, as …

Guinean health authorities have postponed an Ebola vaccination roll out that was to begin on Monday due to bad weather. The plane carrying 11,000 World Health Organization vaccines was unable to land at the Conakry-Gebessia International Airport on Sunday because of bad weather conditions. On Facebook, Guinea’s health ministry said …

Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian President expressed his condolences to the families of the seven soldiers who died in a plane crash near a runway in Abuja the capital. The chief of the Air staff has ordered an immediate investigation. According to the Nigerian Air Forces, the families of all the …

They were in total seven soldiers to lose their lives in a plane crash short of a runway in Abuja, the capital Sunday morning. The army spokesman in a Tweet said that the Nigerian Air Force reported that crash is due to engine failure. The plane was on the way …