Uganda: Authorities block access to social networks two days before general elections
This decision comes at the very end of a tense campaign for the presidential and legislative elections. The elections are scheduled to take place this […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Election in Uganda: Dozens of officials Facebook and Instagram accounts closed for influencing the public debate
Facebook talks about a network of coordinated accounts aimed at influencing the public debate ahead of the general elections on Thursday 14 January. According to […]
Sudan: Bitter anger and mobilization in Khartoum after gang rape
It is a case that has inflamed social networks in Sudan. On New Year’s Eve, a woman was gang-raped by twenty men who threatened her […]
Rwanda : The country faces a violent second wave of the Covid-19
Faced with a second wave of contaminations and a significant increase in deaths, Rwanda extended the curfew at 8 p.m. on Tuesday 5 January for […]
Ethiopia: The presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray is gradually being confirmed
Ethiopia has now been in conflict with the breakaway northern province of Tigray for two months. Several sources report widespread fighting in rural areas. Two […]
Negotiations resume between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam
Difficult resumption of negotiations between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam, the future largest dam in Africa built by Ethiopia. An agreement on […]
Covid 19: South Africa wants to vaccinate nearly 40 million South Africans by the end of the year
Until now, the South African government has been very discreet about its strategy to obtain doses and vaccinate its population against the new coronavirus, even […]
Ghana: John Mahama filed a complaint in the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the presidential election
The opposition candidate in Ghana, John Mahama, yesterday filed a complaint in the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the presidential election, won on […]
Burundi: Former president Pierre Buyoya buried in Bamako
Deceased on 17 December, the diplomat spent the last eight years of his life in Mali as High Representative of the African Union in Mali […]
Covid-19: South African hospitals overwhelmed by the second wave
South Africa is currently experiencing a second wave, with a variant of the virus that appears to be more contagious. And health workers are struggling […]