ECOWAS: The common currency will not be for 2020
This common currency for the countries of the Economic Community of West Africa was to come into force in 2020. This launch has been postponed. […]
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AfDB: Akinwumi Adesina reelected president of the bank for five more years
The shareholders of the African Development Bank unanimously re-elected Akinwumi Adesina. The affair of the internal whistleblowers has therefore left no trace. Adesina therefore reappointed […]
Equatorial Guinea: Resignation of the Government
The government of Equatorial Guinea handed Friday its resignation to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, in a context of economic crisis accentuated by the health crisis. […]
Gabon: Coronavirus invades oil production sites
In Gabon, the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic was reached last May. Data on the pandemic are significantly down. However, the virus has just emerged […]
Sudan: Omar al-Bashir’s trial postponed to 11 August
The trial of former President Omar al-Bashir opened on Tuesday 21 July in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. He is being prosecuted for seizing power in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Presidential election in Malawi after cancellation of 2019 election
Malawi are going back to the polls this Tuesday 23 June for a re-run of the presidential election, just a few months after the results […]
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 […]