South African Andrew Mlangeni – last survivor of Rivonia trial- died at 95

Morocco’s coronavirus transmission rate drops to 0.8

The number of people a coronavirus positive case can infect dropped to 0.8 nationwide amid a partial confinement that runs until June 10. Prime Minister Saad Eddine EL Othmani had said that easing the lockdown hinges on lowering the transmission rate and the mortality rate, which now stands below 3%. By Friday, industrial clusters continued […]

Tokyo urges Japanese private sector to invest — and beat China — in Africa

Japan, which lags behind other major economies when it comes to investment in Africa, has been increasingly concerned that the pandemic has weakened African economies and worsened their dependence on Chinese investment and aid. US investment in Africa is seven times larger than that of Japan, that of the UK and France is more than […]

Algeria : Military kills “terrorist chief” responsible for many crimes

Algeria’s Defense Ministry has published on its website that it has killed a “terrorist chief” in an ambush in the Kabylie region, around 110 kilometers east of Algiers. The Military stopped short of naming the terrorist chief but described him as a “leading terrorist responsible for many crimes.” Local media has claimed that the militant […]