Côte d’Ivoire: Soaring cement prices, the government reacts
The price of a bag of cement has risen sharply due to the energy crisis, prompting the government to set prices for the construction material. […]
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Rwanda: No commitment to receiving asylum seekers from Denmark
Kigali formally denies the controversy that is swelling in the Scandinavian country. Danish MPs are debating a law that would allow the subcontracting of the […]
Morocco: Royal Instructions To Send Emergency Humanitarian Aid to West Bank and Gaza Strip
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, has kindly given his High Instructions to send emergency humanitarian aid for the benefit of […]
Cameroon: Two transgender people sentenced to prison
Two transgender people were sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday 11 May for “attempted homosexuality” and “public indecency”. The two people convicted are […]
European Union withholds part of its aid to Mali
No less than 38.5 million euros were earmarked for the Malian Treasury for 2020. The authorities in Bamako have not met the objectives jointly set […]
The former boss of international athletics, Lamine Diack, returns to Senegal
Convicted by the French justice last September in a vast case of corruption against the backdrop of doping of Russian athletes, he arrived yesterday evening […]
South Africa: Jessie Duarte appointed interim Secretary general of ANC
Following the suspension of ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule for his indictment in a corruption case, his deputy, Jessie Duarte, has taken over. She will […]
Baptism day for Malian nonuplets born in Morocco
Baptism day for the Malian “nonuplets” born last Tuesday in Morocco. Five girls and four boys “featherweight” and very premature. Their condition is “stable” according […]
Tunisia orders lockdown to contain dramatic Covid-19 outbreak
Coronavirus has brought the Tunisian health system to its knees triggering the government to order a partial lockdown for seven days of the Eid AL […]
South Sudanese Parliament dissolved by President Salva Kiir
This important step was highly anticipated. The installation of a new expanded parliament was among the key measures of the peace agreement signed in 2018 […]