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WHO warns African countries against easing Covid restrictions

WHO warns African countries against easing Covid restrictions

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 …

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Ghana: reduction in ministers’ salaries to support economy

Ghana: reduction in ministers' salaries to support economy

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 …

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Zambia: former minister’s helicopter and hotel seized

Joseph Malanji

Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former Foreign Affairs Minister, Joseph Malanji for alleged money-laundering activities. According to authorities, Mr Malanji was arrested for owning a hotel and procuring a helicopter suspected to be bought by proceeds of crime. “The hotel has since been seized together with the two …

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Uganda: exiled author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija faces arrest warrant

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

A Ugandan court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, an international award-winning author who fled to Germany last month. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was arrested at the end of December and held for almost a month before he was charged with communications offences related to tweets that criticized President …

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