Morocco: the city of Safi quarantined
The city of Safi, which until then had been able to resist the spread of the virus, has been affected by the epidemic very quickly […]
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South Africa: first clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19 being conducted
South Africa has just started the first clinical trial of a vaccine against Covid-19 on the continent. This candidate vaccine has been developed by Oxford […]
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 […]
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 […]
Covid 19: South Africa has passed the hundred thousand cases
South Africa has passed the 100,000 mark for coronavirus cases, with the number of deaths now approaching 2,000, the authorities announced Monday. The country accounts […]
Worrying rise of Covid 19 cases in Benin
On May 25, the graphs showed an almost flat curve stretched over several weeks. Benin remained for a long time around 200 cases with 3 […]
Burundi’s tenth president begins seven-year term
It was at the Gitega stadium that the new Burundian president was sworn in Thursday, in accordance with Article 107 of the Constitution. “Before God […]
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 […]
Dr Denis Mukwege resigns from Covid-19 monitoring committees in DR Congo
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner announced it on the website of his Panzi Foundation. At the end of March, he was appointed president of […]
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 […]