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Initiated by Amobé Mévégué, host and journalist on France 24, in partnership with UNESCO, the Worldwide Afro Network (WAN) is a concept to commemorate World Africa Day. The WAN organizes this May 25, on social networks, panel discussions on the health and social challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic to Africa and ways to respond […]
Since the former president of Sudan was arrested 13 months ago, seizures have been regular with him and his former collaborators. Few days after his arrest, nearly $130 million was found on his property, hidden in bags. Since then, the assets of his party, friends and relatives and the media close to him have either […]
Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, held a videoconference with the President of Madagascar Andry Nirina Rajoelina. The two men mentioned the famous Covid Organics, the Malagasy herbal tea that is supposed to fight Covid-19. Malagasy President Andry Nirina Rajoelina said the WHO will sign a confidentiality clause on the formulation […]
The provisional results of May 17 communal elections in Benin announced by the Electoral Commission in the early hours of Thursday show that the Progressive Union and the Republican Bloc, the two parties of the Head of State, Patrice Talon, took 77% of the 1,815 seats at stake, i.e. 1,555 seats. ‘‘La Force Cauris pour […]
The French Council of Ministers adopted Wednesday the bill ratifying the end of the CFA franc. This text formally validates the transformation of the West African currency, which will change its name to eco. It is a new step after the announcement made on December 21 by Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France and Alassane Ouattara […]
Twenty-five Sub-Saharan would-be illegal immigrants and a Moroccan were arrested Tuesday by the Royal Navy at the fishing village ‘Lassarga’, south of the city of Dakhla, according to a security source. These individuals, who were planning to reach the Canary Islands, were arrested aboard a small fishing boat, the source added. They were transferred to […]
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 […]
The Sudanese army Sunday said a soldier killed Saturday two occupants of a tuk-tuk that sped through a military checkpoint in Khartoum during a coronavirus curfew. “A speeding motorized rickshaw drove through a military checkpoint in Khartoum without stopping… at 9:00 pm” on Saturday evening, army spokesman Brigadier Amer Mohamed al-Hassan said in a brief […]
Facebook announced it will cooperate with a consortium of telecom businesses to build, 2Africa, the Africa internet infrastructure. 2Africa will involve Alcatel Submarine Networks, China Mobile International, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone who make up part of the partnering companies, Anadolu reports. The project, defined as a mammoth 22,990 mile-long undersea cable around Africa, according to […]
Senegal has asked French national carrier to remove on its website ads that it will resume flying to the West African country as of June 16. The demand came from the Ministry of Tourism and Air Transport through a letter to National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology (ANACIM), local online media Seneweb reports. The […]