AU sounds the alarm over Covid-19 fatality rate in Africa

The African Union Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC) has sounded the alarm over case-fatality rate of the coronavirus on the continent as it stands at 2.5%, compared to 2.2% worldwide. Underlining that the second wave of the epidemic is proving more deadly in Africa, the Africa-CDC announced on Thursday that the case-fatality rate […]

Algeria, a collateral in Saudi-Russian oil price war

Algeria could be one of the countries whose economy could crash on the back of low oil prices as a result of the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia escalated its oil price war with Russia on Tuesday as its state-owned company pledged to supply a record 12.3 million barrels a day […]

Niger apprehends two IS-GS leaders near Burkina Faso’s border

Nigeriens armed forces have arrested two senior members of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) near the border with neighboring Burkina Faso, reports say. The militants are Abou Maryam aka +Zaïd+ and Sita Ousseini aka Loukoumane. Both, media note citing a Nigerien security source, have been on a wanted list. +Zaid+ was arrested on […]