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 […]
Month: June 2020
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 […]
General Salou Djibo declared candidate for Niger presidential election of 2020
General Salou Djibo has been nominated by his Peace-Justice-Progress Party as a candidate for the presidential election to be held at the end of 2020 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Improvised bomb device kills two Algerian soldiers
Two Algerian soldiers were killed Saturday after an improvised device went off in Medea province, TSA reports. The fatalities according a statement from ministry of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Heading to the cancellation of the Africa Cup of Nations 2021?
The International Football Federation (FIFA) announced on 25 June that the September 2020 African qualifiers, i.e. those for CAN 2021, have been postponed. A decision […]