Southern Africa

Angela Merkel convened again, on Friday 27 August 2021, a meeting of the "Compact with Africa", an initiative that brought together twelve countries launched after the German Presidency of the G20 2017. If we previously spoke mainly about economics, the meeting has this time took place in hybrid form and was particularly devoted to the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccines. It was also for the German Chancellor…

Tonight Uganda welcomes its first group of refugees fleeing Afghanistan, we head to South Africa as the country has the highest unemployment rate in the world according to Bloomberg, and Yemeni fish become the dish national of Djibouti. .

The Foundation for the former South African president launched a petition for donations on Tuesday, August 24, on social networks to help him pay his legal costs in various cases. as reported from Johannesburg, Claire BargelèsIn South Africa, Jacob Zuma supporters are now being urged to put their hand in their wallets! The…

The 30th African Men's Basketball Championship, Afrobasket, kicks off this Tuesday, August 24 in Rwanda. Sixteen teams compete. Four years ago, during the latest edition, the Tunisians won. They are again challengers for the title but they are not the only ones. The tournament seems more open than ever. Sixteen teams from…

A historic trial five years ago, this corruption case had plunged the country into the most serious financial crisis since its independence and involved part of the Mozambican political class. On the bench off the accused: nineteen people, accused of extortion, forgery, embezzlement or even money laundering, for amounts of…

A trial has started for 19 suspects in Mozambique's "hidden debt" or "tuna bonds" scandal. The corruption case allegedly involved a tuna company, maritime security companies and more than $ 2 billion in loans. On Monday, South Africa promised to extradite the man who was then Mozambique's…

South Africa opened vaccination this weekend for all adults. The country continues to register almost 13,000 new cases of coronavirus per day and only 8% of the population has so far been fully vaccinated. as reported from Johannesburg, Claire BargelèsAlthough 72% of South Africans surveyed in a study at the University of…

The BRICS countries decided this week to merge a little more in the space sector. They signed an agreement to share data from their Earth observation satellites. Very useful data in various sectors, such as management of natural disasters, water resources or even agriculture. Good news for South Africa, which is trying to strengthen its space strategy.…

Algeria and Morocco joined countries on the red list of France on Friday, August 20. This list applies to countries where "active circulation of the virus is observed with the presence of variants of concern". Unvaccinated people returning from these two countries must present a convincing reason, a PCR test in less than 48 hours and must isolate themselves for ten days.…

While crime dropped significantly in the country during the lockdown last year, it has soared this year. The South African Police Department has published its statistics for the months of April to June. Compared with the parentheses in 2020, South Africa now has a slightly higher level of violent crime than it knew before the pandemic.…