Politics and society

Senegalese President Macky Sall announced the regulation of social networks in the country, calling them “a real cancer of modern societies”. “No organised society can accept what is happening here today. We are going to put an end to it, one way or another,” local media quoted him as saying. …

Authorities in the Chinese city of Beijing have closed most schools following the detection of new cases of covid-19 which continues to wreak havoc in the country. After Shanghai, Beijing, the Chinese capital, which is on high alert against the “Omicron” variant. Since the beginning of the week, 22 million …

In an interview with the BBC, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo justified the e-levy bill passed by parliament by saying it was aimed at taxing the industry and not the poor. Parliament in Ghana on March 29, 2022, approved the e-levy bill, after the minority staged a walkout. President Akufo-Addo said …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the lifting of COVID restrictions, imposed since the beginning of the pandemic. In a televised address, the president said the national state of disaster would end at midnight on Monday. “Masks will still be required indoors for another month,” he said. He said …

Several towns in Kenya are suffering from fuel shortages and some petrol stations in the capital, Nairobi, are turning away motorists after running out of fuel, local media reported. Reports say the crisis may have been triggered by reduced imports by big oil marketing companies – who are wary that …

The United States announced the building of a consulate in the Nigerian megacity Lagos, the country’s commercial capital, as Washington strengthens economic and diplomatic relations with Africa’s most populous country, Reuters agency reports. The consulate will be worth $537 million. The U.S. is among the largest foreign investors and donors …

The majority of lawmakers in Ghana’s parliament approved a controversial electronic direct debit bill, which includes taxes on mobile money payments. It has been fiercely opposed by the opposition since it was proposed in November last year, delaying the passage of the national budget. The Minority in Parliament walked out …

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday announced the lifting of the mandatory wearing of wask masks in public citing a steady decline in Covid infections in the country and neighboring countries. Ghana joins dozens of African countries that have eased most Covid containment measures. President Akufo-Addo also scrapped the requirement …

The World Health Organization (WHO), has warned African countries leaders against easing restrictions against the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO is concerned as most African countries are rolling back Covid-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. It says this is especially “worrisome in a continent that still has the lowest rates of vaccination …

Ghana’s government has announced a raft of measures including injecting $2bn into the economy to help prop up its falling currency, and slashing the salaries of government appointees, including ministers and heads of state-owned enterprises, by 30%. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said the measures were to help Ghana cope with …