Chad: President Idriss Déby Itno reshuffles his government
President Idriss Deby carried out a major reshuffle of the government, with the entry of fourteen new ministers and six secretaries of state. Chadian Head […]
Month: July 2020
Côte d’Ivoire paid national tribute to Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly
Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday paid national tribute to Prime Minister and presidential candidate Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who died on 8 July of a heart attack […]
Niger loses one of its press pioneer
Mamane Abou, journalist and a pioneer of the Nigerien press, died on Monday in Niamey at the age of 72. He was the editor of […]
Mali: Son of President IBK resigned from parliament Defense Committee chairmanship
The son of the Malian president, one of the public figures at the center of the ongoing dispute in the country, has announced his resignation […]
Morocco announces $621m stimulus package to national carrier
Morocco will allocate $621 million to its national carrier Royal Air Maroc whose activities have taken the brunt of the covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Mohamed […]
Somalia: head of the defense forces survived Shebabs attack against his convoy
Shebabs carried out an attack against the head of the defense forces, General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh. In Mogadishu, his convoy was targeted by a suicide […]
South Africa: Reinstatement of curfew and ban on the sale of alcohol
Two months after lifting them, Pretoria decided to re-impose these restrictions on 12 July, in view of the spread of the epidemic (between 12,000 and […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Surprise resignation Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan
The Vice-President of Côte d’Ivoire, Daniel Kablan Duncan, 77, has resigned from his post. The announcement was made on Monday 13 July by presidential secretary-general […]
The youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela passed away
Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela, committed to the fight against apartheid, died on July 13 at the age of 59 in a […]
Zimbabwe: $3.5 billion in compensation to White farmers expropriated in 2000
Twenty years after Robert Mugabe’s forced expropriation of white farmers, the country is preparing to pay them compensation. The government has announced that it will […]