Africa

In South Africa, organizations fighting for fair access to vaccines against revelations are rising in a New York Times article describing how at least 32 million doses of Johnson & Johnson packaged on site at the local Aspen plant have been exported to Europe. as reported from Johannesburg, Claire BargelèsJohnson &…

With the Covid-19 pandemic, African tourist countries are going through a deep crisis. Tunisia, Morocco, South Africa and Senegal have seen international customers disappear and local economies hit hard. A new sector may restore the taste for travel: e-tourism, an interactive virtual visitor experience. A young start, Maghreb Experience, thus offers to discover mythical places in Algeria, Morocco and…

African rivers are polluted by the development of the textile industry on the continent. It is NGO Water Witness who sounded the alarm in a report published on August 17 and which is based on case studies in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Lesotho. Wastewater emissions are the most important source of pollution in the…

In Bangui, the resignation of the former president of the National Assembly is very noticeable. This information from Jeune Afrique was confirmed by RFI. Abdou Karim Meckassoua left Bangui this Sunday, August 15, with the utmost discretion, confirming his entourage. The latter, dismissed from his post as president of the National Assembly 2018, was deprived of his status as deputy on Wednesday, August…

Former Burkinabè president in exile, Blaise Compaoré, will be tried from October 11 for the murder of Thomas Sankara, the man he overthrew in a coup in 1987, prosecutors announced on Tuesday. military. Compaoré and…

The Ivorian health authorities continue to vaccinate against the Ebola virus. During this vaccination day, the authorities focused on a district in Abdijan in Allahkro where the young Guinean passed before being hospitalized. Allahkro, a slum-like neighborhood, was the focal point of the vaccination campaign. This is where the…

Tonight, Uganga weighs the demand of the United States to welcome refugees fleeing Afghanistan, Tunisia is stepping up its vaccination campaign and we are watching the seasonal delicacy of the Central African Republic. .

The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (postponed until 2022) took place on Tuesday 17 August at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The host country meets BurkinaFaso in the opening match on January 9. Title holder Algeria must challenge the Ivory Coast. The 24 qualified selections are fixed. They know their…

This is a first for students in the Sahara region Taoudéni, in northern Mali. One hundred students take the test that opens them, perhaps the doors to the school. The trials were organized in Timbuktu, where their families have been displaced since the early 2010s. The exam began on Monday with the dictation-question test.…

In the aftermath of the opposition's victory in Zambia, the former ruling party Patriotic Front suffered a series of defections. Several members slammed the door to outgoing President Edgar Lungu's party after his defeat to opponent Hakainde Hichilema. And according to some analysts, the storm has just begun. Among the…