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Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a minority owner and “strategic partner”. NBA Africa has in fact backed a new pan-African basketball league, which held its inaugural season in May with 12 teams from 12 African countries. It is now in this area that Mr. Obama …

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey considers the decision to ban Donald Trump from the platform to be ‘the right one’, but nonetheless constitutes a ‘failure’ and ‘sets a precedent’ which he considers ‘dangerous’ vis-à-vis the power held by large companies. It is a “failure on our part to promote a healthy …

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 …

Russia has just began vaccination and it began with the category of people the most affected by the virus or the most exposed to the virus since the early December. A mass vaccination campaign is planned from next week. Russians who are more than 18 years old could be vaccinated …

The Nigerian music star Wizkid has just given his viewpoint about the awards in the musical domain. “I am not fan of trophies, even my supporters know it”, has he said during a recent interview with the Kenyane Miss, Naomi Campbell. For Starboy, “obtaining awards do not define success or …

“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 …

Patrick Ouma Lutwayi II, has just been appointed Chief of a sub-clan when he is only three years and seven months old. In his community, this responsibility sets him apart from children of his age. Native of the village of Tai Ocot, in the sub-county of Labongo Amida in the …

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 new terms of use of Whatsapp, relating to personal data are pushing many users to abandon Facebook and Whatsapp messaging services. Signal, according to users, is the new reassuring network. From February 8, the phone number, transaction data, location and IP adress of the Whatsapp user will be used for commercial …

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 …