May 2021 – Medafrica Times

The former boss of international athletics, Lamine Diack, returns to Senegal

May 11, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

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 […]

Burundi: Twelve people killed in a new attack in the center of the country

May 11, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

Twelve people, including a senior army officer, were killed on Sunday evening, May 9, in an ambush in the center of the country. Their vehicles […]

South Africa: Jessie Duarte appointed interim Secretary general of ANC

May 11, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

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

May 11, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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

May 11, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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

May 10, 2021 Steven Addamah 0

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 […]

Burkina Faso: The village of Tin-Akoff is raided by hundreds of armed men

May 10, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

At least three civilians were killed in the village of Tin-Akoff on Saturday night. Two people were still missing on Sunday. According to security sources, […]

Guinea: At least 15 dead in the collapse of a gold mine

May 10, 2021 Geraldine Boechat 0

At least fifteen people were killed on Saturday, May 8, in a landslide at a gold mine near Siguiri, the latest in a series of […]

Morocco tells Spain it takes note of its “premediated act” to allow in the polisario militias leader

May 8, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Morocco has firmly responded to Spain’s decision to host the Polisario leader, saying it takes note of the move as “a premeditated act”, a “voluntary […]