Kenya: The chairman of the Senate committee on Covid-19 has resigned for violating curfew
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was arrested in a bar at one o’clock in the morning on Friday evening, 17 July. A blatant violation of the […]
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Covid-19: Fifteen African countries threatened by a food crisis, FAO and WFP warned
According to a joint analysis by the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 15 “at-risk” African countries are threatened by […]
Covid-Organics: Congolese trials point to limited effectiveness of Malagasy remedy
The Malagasy government has offered the government of Congo-Brazzaville a large quantity of Covid-Organics, its traditional recipe for combating the coronavirus. Following studies, the results […]
Partial takeover of air routes in several States in Africa
In Senegal, an Algiers-Dakar flight landed on the tarmac of the Blaise-Diagne airport in the Senegalese capital. A first after four months of interruption. Many […]
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 […]
COVID-19: Africa passes the 500,000 confirmed cases threshold
Africa has passed the 500,000 confirmed cases threshold. This represents an additional 100,000 cases since July 1. According to the World Health Organization, 22 countries […]
Covid-19: Morocco Extends State of Health Emergency until August 10
Moroccan authorities have decided to extend by one month the state of health emergency until August 10 to keep up the efforts deployed in the […]
Sudan reopens airports for flights from Egypt, Turkey, UAE
Sudan Thursday said it has re-opened Khartoum international airport for flights from Egypt, Turkey and UAE, after a four-month hiatus because of covid-19 pandemic. Ibrahim […]
Gabon’s budget cut by 10% because of Covid-19
In Gabon, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has decided to revise its 2020 budget downwards. As Gabon’s finance law is based on the […]
DRC: In Kinshasa, the ban on all political demonstrations is going badly
The governor of the capital Kinshasa on Tuesday banned all political demonstrations of support or protest. The reason given is the state of health emergency […]