Africa

After a break, the vaccine campaign is about to resume in the next few days. The injection of the vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson was stopped after cases of blood clots in six patients in the United States. As no cases have been observed among people vaccinated in South Africa, the campaign will be able to continue, to complete the first phase of caregivers, and the country should soon…

The new Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde will present his government's program on Monday 26 April at the People's Palace in order to get his investment. What are the main programs in this program? Building a strong, prosperous and united state between 2021 and 2023 is the title of this 64-page program presented on April 20 at the National Assembly's office. It is based on 15 pillars and 62 axles, divided into measures to be implemented. No one is quantified, but it is an ambitious program where it is often about…

Deliveries via the Covax system are late. The health authorities have therefore just announced an increase in the time between the first and second injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine. It goes from 8 to 12 weeks and prioritizes the first doses. A situation that worries the population when the country has been fighting for several weeks against a third wave of the epidemic. On Sunday, April 25, the…

The CMT junta opposes an end to the impermissibility of the rebels of fact. Their leader Mahamat Mahadi Ali said he was ready for a ceasefire if an inclusive dialogue was launched. On Sunday evening, the spokesman for the Transitional Military Council responded to them via a press release. "It is not time for mediation or negotiation with the lawless," said General Azem.…

The Central African class is in mourning: Désiré Bilal Kolingba, leader of the Central African Democratic Assembly, died at the age of 64 this Sunday, April 25, in Kinshasa, following an illness, according to his family. Former Minister for Youth and Sport during the presidency of François Bozizé, Désiré Kolingba was a candidate in two presidential elections in 2015 and in December last year.…

Calm returned this Sunday evening, April 25, in the Somali capital Mogadishu after a day of tension. As of this morning, the army loyal to President Farmajo had deployed in several points in the city, while troops hostile to the extension of his mandate had taken positions in a neighborhood where opponents shelter. Some demonstrations had taken place during the day and at the end of the afternoon violent clashes were heard in the city. The night has fallen for several hours in the Somali capital and tensions seem to have…

In Madagascar, in the Ampefiloha district, a popular district in the capital, there were about fifty construction workers protesting against the government. The reason: almost two hundred small and medium-sized construction companies (SMEs) in construction (BTP) have not been paid by the state in eight months for road works commissioned and for which the contract has been awarded to them. .…

Pope Francis on Sunday, April 25, described as "shameful" the destiny of 130 migrants who had disappeared since Thursday after a shipwreck within the Mediterranean, saying he was "very saddened by this tragedy". With our Vatican correspondent, Eric Senanque"I admit to you that I'm very saddened by the tragedy that has occurred…

Chad is a country still in national mourning and the Chadians are awaiting, following a historic week in which President Idriss Déby died, the installation of a transitional military committee led by his son, Mahamat, and a national funeral, on Friday, April 23, in the presence of a dozen foreign leaders. The various representatives of civil society and religious communities called for discussions to…

South Africa will be represented at the 93rd Oscar, this Sunday, April 25, in Los Angeles. The movie "The Octopus Wisdom" competes for the Oscar for Best Documentary, having won twenty trophies including Bafta, in the same category in London on 11 April. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongThe film tells the story of the…