John Simbachawene, the Tanzanian ambassador to Kenya has warned Kenyan media against “misleading reporting” about how his country was dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He also accused Kenyan media, which broadcast in the neighbouring country, of causing panic in Tanzania, saying they should be factual. The envoy’s comments come after …
Read More »Mozambique probing death of 111 dolphins on island
Mozambican authorities are investigating over the death of more than 100 dolphins in an island south of the country. The dolphins, same species, Stenella Longirostris were found dead on the coast of the island of Bazaruto in the province of Inhambane. The first 25 dolphins were discovered on Sunday and …
Read More »Owiny-Dollo directs Bobi Wine to gazette poll petition withdrawal request
Robert Kagulanyi alias Bobi Wine the leader of the Ugandan opposition filed an application withdrawing his electoral petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s victory. The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, through his lawyers on Wednesday, outlined six grounds that influenced him to lose interest in the petition. Mr Kyagulanyi argues that …
Read More »Ghana receives first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine
Ghanean authoritiies received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses distributed by the global vaccine sharing initiative, Covax. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef, a plane carrying 600,000 doses of the of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine landed in Accra, the capital on Wednesday. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are …
Read More »Italian ambassador’s body flown home from DR Congo
The body of the Italian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo who was killed in a botched kidnapping attempt on Monday, has been flown back to Rome. Luca Attanasio, his Italian bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci, and a local driver, Moustapha Milambo, were killed in an ambush on a United Nations …
Read More »Paul Kagame faults ‘hypocrisy’ in the supply of vaccines
The Rwandan President Paul Kagame has faulted the “hypocrisy and double standards” in the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. President Kagame made the comments in a tweet after the World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said deals between rich nations and vaccine manufacturers had made it hard to …
Read More »Jane Aceng denies vaccination of Museveni’s inner circle
For few days, according to rumors, the inner circle of the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni would have been immunized against the coronavirus pandemic. The Ugandan health minister Jane Aceng in a Tweet denied reports that top government officials have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country formally receives vaccines. Minister …
Read More »Mohamed Bazoum declared winner of the presidential election in Niger
The National electoral commission (CENI) in Niger says the ruling party’s candidate Mohamed Bazoum has won the presidential election with more than 55% of the vote. His opponent, former president Mahamane Ousmane, alleged fraud as his supporters burned tyres in the streets. This is Niger’s first transition from one democratically …
Read More »Mozambique will receive covid vaccines by Sunday
According to the Mozambican health ministry, heath workers will be the first people to be vaccinated against the coronvirus pandemic once national supplies arrive at the end of this week. Benigna Matsinhe, Mozambique’s Deputy National Director of Public Health, made the announcement at a press conference on Monday, but did …
Read More »Opposition in Niger calls for suspension of publication of electoral results
The opposition in Niger on Tuesday denounced what it termed an electoral “hold-up” during the second round of the presidential election which was held on Sunday February 21. It demanded the ”the immediate suspension of the publication of results”. The results are not yet known, but early results posted by …
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