West Africa

While vaccination against Covid-19 should begin on March 10 in Togo, a study already shows that the first dose of the vaccine “AstraZeneca” provides 30 to 50% protection against the virus. Very effective against severe forms of the Coronavirus, according to recently published studies, it is carried out in two …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced a scheme that would offer a reward of five naira for every $1 sent by Nigerians living abroad through international money transfer operators in the country in what it calls “naira for dollar”. It is a step that shows Nigeria’s reliance on diaspora …

Senegal’s main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has called for more protests against President Macky Sall, whom he accuses of being behind the rape charges he’s now facing. He is accused of raping a woman who worked in a beauty salon. Speaking in Dakar after his release, the opposition leader said …

The first batch of 96,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine has arrived in Sierra Leone under the Covax initiative, a UN-backed programme that is trying to ensure Covid-19 vaccines are shared fairly among all countries The doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine come weeks after the arrival of 200,000 doses of the …

Of Lebanese and Liberian descent, Ghanaian actress, producer and singer Juliet Ibrahim lent her support to LGBTQI people through an Instagram post. In a publication, she attacked all public sector actors and clerics who are against the development of homosexuals. “Superficial minds. If you have all traveled beyond your homes …

After being immunized against the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, Muhammadu Buhari the Nigerian president urged all “eligible Nigerian” to be vaccinated against the virus as soon as possible. At a media event in Abuja, Buhari himself was earlier vaccinated using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of …

Like wildfire, the death ’of the Ivorian Prime Minister has spread over the last few hours on the web. “Hamed Bakayoko is dead. The information has just been confirmed by a diplomatic source. For the moment, the Ivorian government has not yet made any statement on the Hamed Bakayoko affair …

Togo is now among the first African countries to have received the first batch of vaccines from the COVAX Facility, a UN-backed initiative to ensure poorer nations acquire the doses. The country received 156,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on Sunday. The batch also contains 157,500 syringes, and 1,575 safety boxes. …

A new round of protests has been planned in Senegal from Monday as opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is expected to make a court appearance in the capital, Dakar, following his arrest last week. Mr Sonko is set to face questions about a rape charge, which he says is politically motivated. …

After accusing them of focusing too much on protests triggered by the arrest of an opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, authorities in Senegal suspended the signal of two private television. The two stations affected by the decision by the National Audiovisual Regulatory Council (CNRA) are Sen TV and Walf TV channels. …