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in Uganda, hundreds of victims
According to Ugandan authorities, "unscrupulous" doctors and nurses have managed to withdraw millions of shillings from more than 800 people and 11 unsuspecting companies. They favored vaccine candidates who were willing to pay to get an injection when doses in Uganda were lacking. These people were desperate to be vaccinated.…
Guinea refrains from the Olympics due to
Guinea's Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow announced on Wednesday that his country will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics. According to him, the government wants to "preserve the health of athletes" in the face of "the upsurge in variants of Covid-19". For the first time since 1976, there will be no Guinean athlete at…
Djibouti denies sending troops to Ethiopian border as 1000’s gather
Djibouti, Djibouti - Djibouti has fought against claims that its troops were sent to the common border with Ethiopia, even as the conflict between Addis Ababa and the Tigray Defense Forces rages, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed struggles to restore order in the country. Reports of Djibouti's plans to send troops to the border with Ethiopia emerged on Tuesday, with the end game being to prevent TDF from cutting rail and road links to Djibouti as a strategy to economically stifle Addis Ababa. . Ethiopia depends on the port of…
The President of Madagascar survives the assassination
Several suspects were arrested in connection with a withdrawn assassination attempt on Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina, the country's prosecutor's office said on Thursday. Two French people are among several people arrested on the island in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday "as part of an investigation to undermine state security", the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported, citing diplomatic sources. DETAILS THAT FOLLOW ... .
Madagascar is pursuing assassination makes an attempt
Several suspects were arrested on Tuesday regarding a devastated assassination attempt on Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina, the country's prosecutor's office said. "Several foreign nationals and Madagascar nationals were arrested on Tuesday, July 20, as part of an investigation into an attack on state security," prosecutor Berthine Razafiarivony said in a statement released overnight. "At this stage of the ongoing investigation, the prosecution assures that we will shed light on this case," she…
The NISA ordered not to stop politicians from visiting their constituencies
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The National Intelligence and Security Agency , police and immigration were put together by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, following a litany of complaints involving them in a series of incidents targeting politicians across the country. The spy agency , has often been criticized for targeting opposition politicians in a crackdown reportedly sanctioned by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, who has had problems with a number of his critics. More often than not, opposition leaders have…
Attempted assassination of Colonel Goïta in Mali:
Following the assassination attempt by Colonel Assimi Goïta, the president of the Malian transition, the prosecutor at the Tribunal de grande instance of Municipality II in Bamako launched an investigation into facts that would likely constitute crimes against 'attack on state security and attempted assassination. The attacker began to speak into the hands of the security services. .
Yoruba activist Sunday Igboho threatened
Nigerian activist Sunday Igboho, organizer of a meeting in early July for the creation of a "Yoruba" nation, was presented to the prosecutor on Thursday in Cotonou. The sessionist was arrested on Monday in the Benin capital by the aviation police and he had fled his country after a raid by Nigerian services to his home in Ibadan 150 km from Megalopolis Lagos. Nigerian authorities demanded that he be arrested and extradited. Nigerian sources, transmitted by social networks, announced on Wednesday the release of the activist…
game of La Francophonie under the threat of
The 9th Francophonie Games are planned in Kinshasa from 19 to 28 August 2022. Almost a year since the organization of this sporting and cultural event, doubts are beginning to take into account the respect of the calendar. This edition was already planned for earlier this year, but it had been postponed at the request of the Democratic Republic of Congo after the pandemic in Covid-19. The progress of the work raises fears of further postponement or assignment of the games to another country. In early April, Félix…
Tunisians flock to vaccines in the middle of
In Tunisia, the vaccination campaign, which was open to all, was suspended this Wednesday on the second day of Eid for maladministration. The Minister of Health has been fired. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaiseWith the doors to vaccination centers closed and queues to buy bread, on the second day of Eid, many Tunisians want…