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At least 10 people were killed in clashes Sunday between police and protesters, opposition activists said, as Guinea held a bitterly disputed referendum, despite the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Critics say the referendum is a ploy by the president to stay in power. If the polls started in a calm environment in the […]
US ambassador to Burkina Faso has tested positive to the Coronavirus and announced the isolation of the mission staff diagnosed with the disease, Anadolu news agency reports. “I received a positive test for COVID-19,” Andrew Young said on Twitter. The West African country has confirmed 99 cases, including 4 members of the cabinet namely education […]
In coming weeks, all African countries will have the capacity to test for coronavirus as part of preparedness for the rampaging virus, Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization Head for Africa region said on Monday. According to Moeti, the UN health body is hopeful that all nations in sub-Saharan Africa will be able to […]
At least 50 Boko Haram militants have been killed in Niger, the West African country’s defense ministry says. According to the army, the Islamist militants had launched an attack, using 20 vehicles, on an army outpost at the south-eastern village of Toummour on Sunday night, but were repelled in a counter-attack. Troops pursued […]
Moroccan capital city, Rabat, has won its bid to host the 2019/20 CAF Confederation Cup final match scheduled for May 24. The one-final game will be played at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. The decision was announced on Monday by CAF, Africa’s football governing body, after reviewing the submitted bids taking into consideration key facilities such […]
Authorities in Madagascar have recently launched an impressive reforestation campaign to plant 60 million trees, in reference to the sixtieth anniversary of the country’s independence, which will take place on June 26, 2020. Last week, close to 10,000 people planted up to 1.2 million trees in one day. Madagascar, once called the great green island, […]
A Canadian woman and an Italian man kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 were picked up by UN forces and transferred over the weekend to Mali’s capital, Bamako. Canadian Edith Blais and Italian Luca Tacchetto, who went missing while traveling through Burkina Faso, are said to be in good health and high spirits. The UN […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend until further notice passenger flights with 21 more countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release issued Saturday, March 14, the same day the Ministry of Health announced nine new cases of […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a team of investigators to Sudan to help probe the failed assassination attempt that targeted PM Abdalla Hamdok. Sudan culture and information minister Faisal Mohammed told reports that a FBI team landed in capital Khartoum Wednesday in view of providing relevant expertise and techniques for this […]
Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has replaced the head of the army, the presidency said in a statement. The President “decided to relieve Lietenant General Masanneh Kinteh of his duties as Chief of Defense Staff of The Gambian Armed Forces,” the statement read. Gen. Kinteh hands over to Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Major […]