South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been honored with the status of traditional leader in Ivory coast on Thursday, December 2. He was given a symbolic key to the autonomous district of Abidjan and robed in Ivorian traditional clothes by local leaders during the ceremony on Thursday. The South African …
Read More »Mozambique: four detained for burning an old man accused of witchcraft
Four people have been charged with lynching and burning to death an elderly man accused of being a sorcerer, in Zavala in southern Inhambane province in Mozambique, local media reported. The tragedy occurred after a traditional doctor accused the 73-year-old man of being behind the murder of two young men. …
Read More »South Africa: Shell wins court case to explore coasts
A South African court has dismissed an urgent application to halt a seismic survey by multinational oil giant Shell in an area called the Wild Coast. Four environmental groups petitioned the court to stop exploration off the east coast of the country claiming it would damage marine life. However Shell …
Read More »Ethiopia: schools closed to support war effort
Education ministry in Ethiopia has announced that secondary schools will temporary be closed to allow students to help in harvesting crops for Ethiopians on the war front, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) has reported. Education Minister Berhanu Nega said the schools would be closed for a week. The ministry shared …
Read More »COVID-19: Zimbabwe detects presence of Omicron variant
The health authorities of Zimbabwe confirmed the presence of the Omicron coronavirus variant and the country is experiencing a high increase in COVID cases. “We are now in a particularly dangerous period once again, where the fourth wave is slowly visiting us with the identification of the B.1.1.529 or the …
Read More »Chad: interim leader becomes five-star army general
Chadian interim leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has moved up to a higher rank in the military, from a lieutenant general (four stars) to a general (five stars). On Wednesday, the Chadian leader wore five stars on his uniform and beret as he arrived at a venue outside the presidential …
Read More »IMF warns indebted countries of “economic collapse”
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday warned that an “economic collapse in some countries” is not excluded if the G20 does not act urgently in a context of pandemic which is still not under control. “We could see an economic collapse in some countries unless the G20 creditors agree …
Read More »South Sudan: “No unified army, no election”, VP warns
South Sudan’s Vice-President Riek Machar has warned against holding elections before a unified army is formed while President Salva Kiir announced that elections would take place at the end of the transitional period in 2023. In February 2020, president Kiir and the VP formed a unity government to end conflict …
Read More »Rwanda: activists call for cancellation of Koffi Olomide’s concert
A group of Rwandan activists have called for the cancellation of Congolese musician Koffi Olomidé’s concert scheduled on Saturday in the capital, Kigali. They are evoking the musician’s 2019 conviction by a court in France for statutory rape of one of his former dancers when she was 15, among other …
Read More »Nigeria: five officials in Borno state abducted by armed men
Five officials working for Nigerian Borno state ministry of works have been kidnapped by armed men on Wednesday as they were en route to inspect a road project near Chibok town. Militants linked to the Islamic State West African Province (Iswap) are suspected to be behind the abduction. Borno state’s …
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