COVID-19: Africa passes the 500,000 confirmed cases threshold
Africa has passed the 500,000 confirmed cases threshold. This represents an additional 100,000 cases since July 1. According to the World Health Organization, 22 countries […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Zimbabwe: Health minister fired for alleged corruption
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa finally separated on July 8 from his health minister, who was arrested two weeks ago on corruption charges. Obadiah Moyo, a […]
Sudan reopens airports for flights from Egypt, Turkey, UAE
Sudan Thursday said it has re-opened Khartoum international airport for flights from Egypt, Turkey and UAE, after a four-month hiatus because of covid-19 pandemic. Ibrahim […]
DRC: In Kinshasa, the ban on all political demonstrations is going badly
The governor of the capital Kinshasa on Tuesday banned all political demonstrations of support or protest. The reason given is the state of health emergency […]
Central African Republic: Parliament passes the law to establish a new National Elections Authority
The draft law on the organization and functioning of the National Elections Authority in the Central African Republic was in the hands of MPs on […]
Negotiations have resumed on the Renaissance dam
Tripartite negotiations have quietly resumed on the Renaissance dam in a rather peculiar context, after a week of violence in Ethiopia. The negotiators had agreed […]
Madagascar: As number of contaminated cases explodes, government decides total lockdown of Analamanga region
Madagascar Government is strengthening the state of health emergency measures in thev country. An extraordinary Council of Ministers, held Saturday evening by videoconference, decided the […]
South Africa: first clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19 being conducted
South Africa has just started the first clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19 on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford […]
Archbishop of Kinshasa raises his voice against the intransigence of the FCC
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa and Vice-President of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) raises his voice against the intransigence of the […]
Eighty-one dead in Ethiopia after two days of demonstrations
Two days of protests in Ethiopia, following the death of a famous singer from the Oromo majority ethnic group, have resulted in the deaths of […]