Resurgence of coups d’état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’ – UN top envoy
Jan. 11, 2022 After a recent wave of attempts and coups d’état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, The UN Special Representative for the region told the Security…
Sanctions-hit Mali facing isolation as neighbours cancel flights
Jan 11, 2022 Airlines from neighbouring countries and former colonial ruler France cancelled flights to Mali on Monday, helping isolate a military junta under regional sanctions for trying to extend…
Barrick Gold says Mali mines unaffected by ECOWAS sanctions
Jan. 11, 2022 Barrick said its mines had sufficient stocks and stores to continue operating normally, adding however that the situation was ‘very fluid’ and it was monitoring it closely….
COVID-19: China Orders Suspension of Some U.S. Flights After Reported Positive Cases
Jan. 11, 2022 China has ordered the cancellation of more than two dozen scheduled flights from the United States in recent weeks after numerous passengers tested positive for COVID-19 after…
ECOWAS COUNTRIES TO SHUT ALL BORDERS AGAINST MALI, RECALL AMBASSADORS, REJECT JUNTA’S TRANSITION SCHEDULE
Jan. 10, 2022 With its latest stand against unconstitutional seizure of power, leaders of member states in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have shown strong resolve and…
Vaccine pass better than a mandatory order – French govt spokesman
Jan. 9, 2022 A mandatory order would not be the most efficient way to encourage those not vaccinated against COVID-19 to get the shot and that plans to toughen health…
COVID-19: New Year brings renewed WHO appeal for vaccine equity
Jan. 7, 2022 The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across the globe, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told…
New Dutch H5N1 bird flu outbreak will see 190,000 chickens culled
Jan 5, 2022 Around 190,000 chickens on two neighbouring farms in the east of the Netherlands will be culled after the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus was detected on…
South African inquiry points to systemic corruption during Zuma era
Jan. 5, 2022 A South African corruption inquiry has pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma’s tenure in the first part of its report published on Tuesday, after…
South Africa parliament blaze contained, National Assembly ‘completely destroyed’
Jan. 4, 2022 Authorities said on Tuesday that they had finally contained a suspected arson fire at South Africa’s parliament building after a second-day flare-up that completely destroyed the lower…