Zimbabwe: stock exchange reopens after a one-month hiatus
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange reopens on Monday, August 3. It had been closed since the end of June due to speculation allegedly harmful to the […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Côte d’Ivoire: Alassane Ouattara reserves his answer over his acceptance to be candidate
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced in front of dozens of leaders and elected officials of his movement gathered at the Palais des Congrès in Abidjan […]
Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni stands for re-election after 5 terms in office
In Uganda, general elections are due to be held in early 2021. And the presidential party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), unsurprisingly invested President Yoweri […]
Benin: Opposition launches a new party, “Les Démocrates”
Former President Boni Yayi and other figures in opposition to President Patrice Talon have launched a new party, “Les Démocrates”. The party filed its papers […]
South Africa: IMF Provides $4.3 Billion in Emergency Assistance to fight Covid-19
The IMF announced this week that it approved $4.7 billion (€3.7 billion) in emergency assistance in response to Covid-19 to South Africa. The country had […]
Football: Belgian coach fired in Tanzania after racist comments
The very popular Tanzanian football club Young Africans SC announced on 27 July 2020 the immediate dismissal of its Belgian coach. Luc Eymael had compared […]
Somalia: Prime Minister Khaire dismissed from office
Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire was dismissed on Saturday, July 25 after a vote of no confidence in him by members of parliament. The […]
Cameroon: Catholic Church highly implicated in finding ceasefire agreement beteween government and separatists
The religious are aiming for a ceasefire agreement in the crisis that is shaking the northwest and southwest regions. On July 2, the Church became […]
Djibouti: Pilot Fouad Youssouf Ali again on a hunger strike
For more than a week, Fouad Youssouf Ali has been on a second hunger strike during the hot season. His lawyer says he tries to […]
South Africa: Andrew Mlangeni, the last survivor of the Rivonia trial, died at the age of 95
South Africa has just lost another great figure in the struggle against apartheid. Andrew Mlangeni passed away last night. He had just celebrated his 95th […]