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The WHO is trying to ease the controversy over Covid-19 vaccines being exported from South Africa to Europe, a case revealed by the "New York Times". As the continent lags behind in vaccination and deliveries planned under the Covax initiative are slow, the New York Times revealed this week that millions of doses of the Johnson…

While an opposition platform announced a street raid to protest the law on opposition status, the latter was approved by the Supreme Constitutional Court earlier this month. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauThe opposition will be parliamentary or not. This means that the opposition leader must be a member of…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has inaugurated five hospitals in the capital Nairobi. Facilities that will be open 24 hours a day, but the ceremonies were held overnight while the country applies curfews to limit the spread of Covid-19. When Kenyans saw the pictures, they reacted strongly, especially on social networks. The KOTs have struck again. Kenyans on Twitter could not help but comment unpleasantly on pictures of Uhuru Kenyatta who cut ties and visited new hospitals at night, as residents are expected to stay home from…

Conflicting decisions between, on the one hand, the National Assembly authorizing national deputies to be heard by the courts and, on the other hand, the Senate rejecting the waiver of the immunity of certain members of this House. Voices have been raised to mourn the scandal over senators' attitudes that, according to some structures, have hampered justice.…

On Friday, Addis Ababa accused the EU's special envoy of making false statements with colonialist overtones. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemethEthiopians refer to a meeting on Tuesday between Finnish Pekka Haavisto and a committee of the European Parliament during which the special envoy accused the Ethiopian authorities…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the question of nationality to be president arose again two and a half years from the end of Felix Tshisekedi's term. Noël Tshiani made a bill according to which "can only be a candidate for the President of the Republic who is born of a Congolese father and mother". A topic of particular concern for Moïse Katumbi's camp, whose nationality has already been the…

In Chad, a week after the appointment of senior officers, the controversy continues. The decree, dated May 21 by the Transitional Military Council, which appointed leading military officers within the DGSSIE, the presidential guard, sparked disputes. as reported from Ndjamena, Aurélie Bazzara-KibangulaAccording to the…

Should Laurent Gbagbo be welcomed triumphantly or should he return discreetly to the Ivory Coast? For 24 hours, and the publication of the website Africa Intelligence, of an article confirming that the former president will return at the end of June "on cunning", agitates the issue and takes a political turn in Abidjan. as…

The purchase of a new Airbus "A320 Neo", which will be delivered on July 16, does not go unnoticed. The opposition and civil society demand accountability, the government is trying to explain. as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac"It was time to replace the presidency's A319," according to the minister's spokesman for the…

Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, the army governors appointed beneath the siege state have nonetheless not reached the provinces they're to manage. Since Thursday, the siege has been in power in northern Kivu and Ituri. The aim is to place an finish to the massacres in these two provinces. Human Rights Watch is anxious in regards to the profiles chosen to perform these operations. Whereas the…