The shadow of COVID-19 hovers over Burundi
The widow of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza was released from a Nairobi hospital where she was being treated for an underlying condition after contacting Covid-19 […]
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Pandemic “accelerating” on the continent, WHO says
The World Health Organization notes that while it took 98 days for Africa to pass the 100,000 mark, it took only 18 days to reach […]
Moratorium on the debts of Congo, Ethiopia and Chad
The Paris Club, which brings together all the Western countries that hold the bulk of the debts of developing countries, announced this on Tuesday. In […]
Death of former Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet of Gabon
Hospitalized in Libreville for an asthma attack, Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet died on June 11, 2020 at 1:00 am. He had been head of the Gabonese […]
Morocco raps Algeria over remarks on Oran consul
Morocco’s top diplomat has lambasted Algeria, which said that Moroccan consul in Oran was a spy agent posted in the Algerian city as a diplomat. […]
Nigeria: Strange deaths recorded in Kano are linked 60 percent to COVID-19
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ohanire, said that between 50% and 60% of the unexplained deaths in Kano State, or about 600 deaths, could well […]
Burundi: Sudden death of outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza
The government of Burundi announced Tuesday, June 9, in a statement, “the unexpected death” of President Pierre Nkurunziza, who was hospitalized since Saturday after a […]
First Vice-President of South Sudan cured of Covid-19
According to a statement by southern Sudanese authorities picked up by local media, First Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, […]
Tanzania is declared COVID-19 “free” thanks to payers, fasting
Tanzanian President John Magufuli said Sunday in a church in the capital Dodoma that the country was “free of coronavirus” thanks to the prayers of […]
Tunisia lifts nationwide curfew as result of slowdown in covid-19 spread
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Monday lifted nationwide curfew in place since mid-March as the country witnesses a slowdown in covid-19 contaminations. The office the president […]