Carlos Vila Nova elected President of Sao Tome and Principe
Carlos Vila Nova, the candidate of the only opposition party in Sao Tome and Principe, won Sunday’s presidential election with 57.54% of the votes cast, […]
Articles by Geraldine Boechat
Guinea: Reactions after the overthrow of Alpha Conde
Guinean President Alpha Conde was overthrown Sunday by the military after nearly 11 years in power. The perpetrators of the putsch, who call themselves the […]
The African Union wants to adopt genetically modified crops
The African Union is developing guidelines for the use of genetically modified crops on the continent, raising concerns among activists who are campaigning against their […]
Tunisia: Algerian opposition figure Slimane Bouhafs handed over to Algeria
He disappeared on August 25, in Tunis, under troubling circumstances. Taken away by men who did not declare their identity, Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian refugee, […]
Guinea: Government reduces price of gas to preserve environment
The bottle of butane gas is less expensive from this Wednesday, September 1. This is the result of negotiations between the State and five operators. […]
France promises to send 10 million vaccines to the African Union
France will send 10 million doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 to Africa, via the African Union (AU), over the next three months, […]
Security cooperation at heart of Mahamat Idriss Déby’s visit to Sudan
The President of the Chadian Transitional Military Council, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, concluded a two-day visit to Sudan on Monday 30 August. On the agenda […]
Gambia blocks all flights repatriating migrants from Europe
Gambia announced that it has blocked all flights to repatriate migrants from European Union countries, a politically sensitive issue in the small West African country […]
Brazzaville receives a donation of more than 300,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from U.S.
The Congolese government received on Friday, August 27, a batch of 302,400 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a donation from the U.S. government. The […]
Former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga jailed
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who was from 2017 to 2019 the Prime Minister of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, overthrown a year ago by a coup, was […]