West-Africa
lack of vaccines when cases begin
In Senegal, cases tested positive for Covid-19 are soaring with 121 new cases registered on Tuesday, July 6, a positivity rate of…
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West-Africa
Simone Gbagbo comes out of her silence
For the first time since her husband’s return to Côte d’Ivoire on June 17, the former lady speaks in a video posted…
East-Africa
Uganda-made COVID-19 drug now on the black market
A Uganda-made herbal COVID-19 drug called Covidex has become very popular and hardly at the same time in Uganda when it recently…
East-Africa
Ethiopia begins the following part of filling the Nile Dam,
Ethiopia says it has begun the next phase of filling a controversial mega-dam on the Nile, Egyptian authorities said on Monday, raising…
East-Africa
Somalia’s army kills 15 al-Shabab terrorists
The Somali military has killed 15 al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab terrorists in the central Galgaduud region, according to a statement issued on Sunday. An…
East-Africa
Somali area raises funds for victims of atrocities in Tigray
Ethiopia’s Somali region raises funds for victims of Tigray atrocities JIGJIGA, Ethiopia – Leaders from the Somali region of Ethiopia have launched…
West-Africa
Senegal: Cheikh-Anta-Diop University in Dakar,
In Senegal, it is considered a “temple of knowledge”: Cheikh-Anta-Diop University in Dakar or UCAD welcomes about 100,000 Senegalese and foreign students.…
East-Africa
Tigray chief Debretsion Gebremichael leaves
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayan rebels to put an end to a real ceasefire. The…
North-Africa
Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean to “secure shipping companies,” the presidency said.…
East-Africa
Former al-Shabaab deputy head begins starvation strike in Mogadishu
Former al-Shabaab deputy chief begins hunger strike in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia – Mukhtar Robow, the former deputy head of Al-Shabaab began his…
Central-Africa
The bishops’ conference is worried about threats
The Bishops’ Conference warns of the security situation in the Central African Republic. At the end of the annual retreat in the…
