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 […]
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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 […]
Guinea: European Union mobilizes €6 million for the fight against Covid-19
Six million euros, or 65 billion Guinean francs, is the amount included in the contract signed on Monday between the European Union and the NGO […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Africa Cup of Nation 2021 is postponed to be held in 2022, CAF says
The next Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2021, has been postponed for one year, announced the Confederation […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]