Guinea-Bissau

Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins re-election with 56.12% of vote

Mauritania’s incumbent President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said Monday. The victory in Saturday’s election gives the former army chief a second term as head of the vast desert country, seen […]

CPJ Calls on Algeria to Respect Press Freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Algerian authorities to respect the freedom of expression and media following the sentencing of Algerian blogger Marzoug Touati to 10 years in prison. The blogger is accused of “communicating with a foreign entity and inciting civil disobedience”. The heavy-handed judgement comes after Touati made an interview […]

ECOWAS: Nigeria’s NAFDAC to test Malagashy Covid-Organics before it is authorized

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has received several sachets of artemisia-based tea, which the Malagasy authorities praise as a remedy against the new coronavirus. The Covid-Organics will be tested by NAFDAC, the agency in charge of food and drug control in Nigeria, before being made available. Visiting President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, handed over the […]