Despite Covid 19 slowdown Comorian diaspora increase its money transfers towards home
Comorians in the diaspora have been particularly generous since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. money transfers increased by a third in the first five months of the year, compared to last year, according to the Central Bank of the Comoros. This is an unexpected increase as financial institutions are generally fearful of a drop […]
G5 Sahel summit took place in Mauritania
The G5 Sahel countries and France meet on Tuesday June 30 in Nouakchott to take stock of their fight against the jihadists, six months after they decided to intensify the joint effort to regain lost ground in the region. Emmanuel Macron and the Heads of State of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad met […]
Important financial agreements between France and Rwanda
It is the concrete translation of the political warming between France and Rwanda. The two countries signed financing agreements worth 50 million euros on Tuesday 30 June at the French Development Agency. These financial agreements are the first to be signed between the two countries in nearly thirty years. These are two agreements. The first […]
Thirty-four people arrested in Canary Islands for shipping hazardous waste to Africa
The Spanish Civil Guard arrested 34 people in the Canary Islands, Gran Canaria and Tenerife for involvement in shipping hazardous waste to Africa. These people are involved in the illegal trafficking of discarded electrical and electronic equipment to several African countries, including Senegal, Ghana, Gambia, Togo, Benin, Guinea, Sierra Leone and, above all, Nigeria. Between […]
Egypt: Seven COVID-19 patients die in fire
Seven COVID-19 patients died when fire broke Monday in Badraoui Hospital, a private hospital in Alexandria, a coastal city in northern Egypt. Seven other people were injured among the patients and nursing staff. According to AFP, which cites a security source, the fire started after a short circuit in the facility’s air-conditioning system. The victims […]
Lifting of state of emergency, curfew in Senegal
Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced Monday evening the lifting of the state of emergency and curfew, effective today, Tuesday, June 30, at 11 p.m. In a speech to the nation, the head of state also announced the reopening of air borders from July 15. The Senegalese president however warned that “the danger is still there”, […]
Malawi: Lazarus Chakwera wins presidential election
Opponent Lazarus Chakwera was declared winner of the presidential election in Malawi by the election commission. However, this does not mean the end of a long electoral battle, as even before the validation of these results, the defeated ruling party was denouncing irregularities. One year after the disputed election of President Peter Mutharika, Malawians were […]
Burundi: New cabinet unveiled
The first government of the new Burundian president, General Evariste Ndayishimiye, was announced by his spokesman on Sunday evening. It is a tight government, with the number of portfolios reduced from 21 to 15. Only five members of the former cabinet were maintained. One of the regime’s hardliners, head of the National Intelligence Service, Gervais […]
Benin: Journalist Ignace Sossou regained freedom
He’s finally free to move around. Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou, who was convicted in a case opposing him to the public prosecutor, Mario Mètonou, regained his freedom on Wednesday, after 6 months in prison. Media professionals who mobilized for his release were at the Cotonou civil prison to welcome him. “I thank you for coming, […]
Air borders start reopening in Côte d’Ivoire & Zambia
International flights, which have been suspended since March due to the health crisis, will be able to resume from 1 July, the Ivorian authorities announced on June 25. But travelers arriving on Ivorian soil will be subject to “control on arrival and monitoring during their stay through a geolocation system,” Health Minister Eugene Aka Aoulé […]
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