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Al-Shabaab hit hard as army seizes key central Somali town MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali national army on Tuesday recaptured the town of Ba'adweyn from al-Shabaab militants, more than four months after the region was captured by the al-Qaida-linked group, which controls large swathes of rural central and southern parts of the country. Somalia. Al-Shabaab has used the strategic city to unleash…

The new restrictions linked to Covid-19 are a blow to companies in the capital Kinshasa. Bars, nightclubs and terraces are forced to close by the authorities to deal with the "third wave" of the pandemic, more virulent than the first two. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaIt performs new measures against Covid-19,…

"Against a global downward trend since the beginning of May, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated in Africa for the fifth week in a row. Africa Pointabove all. The trajectory of Covid cases in Africa is "very, very worrying", the WHO estimated on Friday, with the spread of more infectious variants and a dangerously low level of vaccination. According to data collected by the WHO, there were 116,500 new infections in Africa…

In Nigeria, the attack launched on Thursday by a horde of cattle thieves against several villages in the state of Kebbi, in the northwestern part of the country, has been revised upwards: it went from 66 to 88 dead. as reported from Lagos, Liza FabbianEight villages in the Danko Wasagu district were attacked on Thursday by men…

The primary stage of the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League was held on 14-15 Could 2021. Kaizer Chiefs South Africans made a powerful impression by crushing Simba's Tanzanians to a closing rating of 4-0. Esperance de Tunis misplaced to Chabab Belouizdad (2-0), whereas the title holders, Egypt's Al Ahly, dominated Mamelodi Sundowns with the identical factors.…

Parliamentarians from Libya's three areas will collect in Morocco's Tangier on Tuesday for an advisory session of the Home of Representatives (HoR), the UN stated. The UN-Libya mission stated the assembly with "such a lot of parliamentarians" was a optimistic and welcome step in a tweet the identical day. "We hope that the HoR will meet the expectations of the Libyan folks within the implementation of the roadmap agreed by the LPDF (Libya's Political Dialogue Discussion board) forward of the conduct of…

Closed in mid-March as a result of pandemic, the border publish between Tunisia and Libya as soon as once more allowed autos and pedestrians to go on Saturday. Flights between the 2 international locations will resume this Sunday. This opening is a breath of contemporary air for Tunisia, which has been hit arduous by a severe financial disaster.…

Following a resurgence of coronavirus instances in vacationer areas, Madagascar is closing its borders to passengers from 16 nations, together with 9 Europeans. Whereas the reopening of the borders of the authorities in Nosy Be by the authorities since October 1 had given hope to this island, which primarily lives off tourism, this resolution seems like a cease for operators within the archipelago…

Nigeria is formally in recession for the primary time in additional than a decade, ending three years of low however optimistic progress. The African nation's financial system is closely depending on oil exports, however the coronavirus pandemic has lower international demand and the value of oil has fallen. That is unhealthy information for a rustic whose price range plans had been depending on getting a sure value per capita. Barrel, a value that now means Nigeria is promoting crude oil at a loss. Our correspondent…

Here are the musical releases that make the news in Afro-Club, hit on turntables this week with Oudy 1er, Elow'n, Burna Boy & Stormzy, MPR, Stanley Enow, Tekno, finally Töme & Sean Kingston. In Conakry we dance with Oudy 1s, so we do not draw a picture for you: Oudy 1s has just uploaded a clip where we dance. The one now called the President of the Indians is back a few months after his collaboration with the Congolese artist and member of the Extra Musica group, the legendary Roga Roga. The two artists threw the…