Malian authorities have banned a protest scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in the capital Bamako against the presence of the French anti-jihadist force in the country. “The protest is not allowed because of the restrictions to slow down the spread of Covid-19”, said Bamako governor’s chief of staff Daniel Dembélé. The …
Read More »Burna Boy song ‘Destiny’ in Biden’s inauguration playlist
A Nigerian artist has featured in the official playlist of the new american President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Burna Boy‘s song titled Destiny will feature alongside other big international artists’ songs. The 46-song playlist was curated to reflect the diversity in the US, the Biden inauguration team said in a statement. …
Read More »Zimbabwean foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo dies of Covid-19
Born in 1960, the former army general gained international prominence in 2017, when he announced the military takeover that ousted long-serving President Robert Mugabe from power. Zimbabwe has recorded a surge in Covid-19 cases since the festive season. There have been 28,675 cases and 825 deaths since the virus was …
Read More »Bobi Wine’s lawyers can’t see him as he remains under house arrest
Uganda’s presidential challenger Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine has appealed to “fellow citizens of the world” to help him as he remained under house arrest with riot police and troops stationed outside his home. “We have run short of food supplies but when my wife tried to …
Read More »Madagascar: the southern region threatened by food crisis
Southern Madagascar is suffering from the worst drought in a decade and the resultant food crisis, worsened by the effects of coronavirus. In the south-east of Madagascar now, one in three people suffer from severe food insecurity, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. ”In times …
Read More »Mozambique: arrestation of five suspected drug dealers
Three Nigerians, a South African and a local on suspicion of belonging to an international network of traffickers of cocaine, were arrested by the Mozambican police. According to the spokesperson for the Maputo City Police Command, Leonel Muchina, the five alleged drug traffickers were detained in the in the neighbourhood …
Read More »Jacob Zuma once again snubs anti-graft commission
South African ex-president Jacob Zuma will once again not appear on a commission probing suspicions of widespread corruption, one of his lawyers, Eric Mabuza has said. The move has sparked legal repercussions within the country’s legal fraternity. Cathleen Powell is an Associate Professor in public law at the University of …
Read More »Ellen Sirleaf does not agree with ‘wealthy countries’ in the supply of vaccine
The former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the co-chair of a panel reviewing the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, has expressed her disappointment at the way rich countries are monopolising supplies of Covid-19’s vaccines. She told an online briefing of the World Health Organization that vaccine rollout in poorer …
Read More »Last message of Melania Trump to Americans
Melania Trump is readying to leave the White House. In a video where she have to say goodbye, the US first lady condemned the violence of the capitol which left 5 deaths on January 6. “Be passionate in all you are doing, but always remember that violence are not solutions …
Read More »Donald Trump imposes visa restrictions on nameless Tanzanians
The US has imposed visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials it says were responsible for undermining the general elections last October. The outgoing Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, said those targeted subverted the electoral process and violated human rights. He said the intimidation and arrest of opposition candidates, widespread voting irregularities …
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