Zimbabwe: Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga appointed Minister of Health
Zimbabwe has not had a real Minister of Health since the dismissal of Obadiah Moyo, 66, accused of illegally awarding a $20 million contract to […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Tanzania: Tundu Lissu, main opposition party’s candidate for the October election
Lissu, 52, returned to Tanzania on July 27 with the ambition to “fight for the presidency”, after multiple surgeries and a long recovery in Europe. […]
Benin classified as a middle-income country
Benin, considered so far a low-income country, has been upgraded by the World Bank, since July 1, to the category of middle-income countries such as […]
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 […]
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 […]