Coronavirus

In an open letter to Kristalina Georgiva, Executive Director of the IMF, 19 women, political and civil society figures in Cameroon ask the financial institution not to grant a new loan to the state without all the transparency and openness. so-called "Covidgate" cases. A report by the Supreme Court of Cameroon, dated March last…

The World Health Organization warns of a possible third wave of Covid-19 in Africa as pollution begins to rise again in 14 countries on the continent, and only 0.54% of the African population is currently fully protected by a vaccine. The WHO acknowledges that the continent was poorly prepared for this vaccine phase and overly dependent on the rest of the world. Almost 99% of vaccine production takes…

The police continue to investigate corruption cases that have been filed since the pandemic began. President Cyril Ramaphosa had promised to treat all these cases related to the coronavirus in a "serious and appropriate" way, but the latest case that talks about it is embarrassing one of the leaders in the fight against the pandemic, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.…

A gift that is part of the Covax initiative in which the country is involved. According to the program planned by the Ministry of Health, vaccination is scheduled to start in the first week of June and will affect healthcare professionals, people living with morbidity and pilgrimage to Mecca. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya…

Uganda, relatively spared so far by the Covid-19 pandemic, has seen the number of positive cases increase in recent weeks in the country. A new wave that raises fears of new restrictive measures while the curfew is still in place. On Saturday night, President Yoweri Museveni spoke on TV to launch a warning message about the development of the health situation.…

In Gabon, the curfew from 18.00, which has been in force since February, will be postponed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, from 21:00. The announcement was made on the evening of Friday, May 28, by President Ali Bongo Ondimba in a statement to the nation. Ali Bongo Ondimba claims that he has led to several barrier measures…

After Rwanda, Emmanuel Macron is in South Africa this Friday 28 May. A journey with a focus on health, while this country is the one that has been hit hardest by the Covid crisis on the African continent. With our special correspondent in Pretoria, Pierre FirtionAs soon as they arrived in South Africa, Emmanuel Macron was…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has chosen the AstraZeneca vaccine to stop the development of the disease. However, the vaccination campaign is about to slow down. The country is far from the original goals. Following the delay recorded in the deployment program and mistrust of the population, a large proportion of the doses acquired were redistributed to other countries thanks to the Covax…

G20 international locations, the IMF and main vaccine producers promise to pace up vaccination in poor international locations which can be lagging behind. By the tip of April, lower than 2% of Africa's inhabitants had been vaccinated, in contrast with greater than 40% in the USA. On Friday, Might 21, on the World Summit in…

The availability of vaccines towards Covid-19 on the African continent "through" the worldwide Covax initiative is "virtually stagnant" worries the African division of the World Well being Group (WHO). Within the final three months, solely 18 of the 66 million anticipated doses have been acquired. The group requires worldwide solidarity.…