Mali transitional government restores ousted Camara as defence minister
June 12, 2021 Mali’s transitional government announced on Friday it had restored Colonel Sadio Camara as defence minister, after his removal from office was one of the factors that led…
G7 vaccine pledge is just a drop in the ocean – campaigners
June 11, 2021 A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not…
Terrorism: W/African nations quietly back talks with Islamists
June 11, 2021 Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he received an unexpected request to return…
Don’t give our dignity away, don’t take Africa Oil Week to Dubai – Former Petroleum Minister of Niger Republic tells leaders
June 11, 2021 Following Africa’s Oil Week announcement of moving their flagship Cape Town event to Dubai, H.E Mahaman Laouan Gaya, Former APPO SG and Former Petroleum Minister of Niger…
No evidence COVID-19 virus emanated from Wuhan lab, says WHO scientist
June 10, 2021 The laboratory leak, for that to be the origin meant they must have had the virus to begin with, and we don’t have evidence of that,’’ said…
Macron Vows To Defy Security Fears After Slap
June 9, 2021 French President Emmanuel Macron will continue to greet crowds during his travels despite a security scare that saw him slapped by a man in the south of…
Coronavirus more likely to be product of nature than of lab – Report
June 9, 2021 The novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is “more likely to be a product of nature’’ than one of a laboratory, an article written by two U.S. virology researchers in…
Police arrest man who slapped French president as video causes global outrage
June 8, 2021 Media reported that the man who slapped Macron shouted “Montjoie Saint Denis” – a rallying cry of the former French monarchy, still used by royalists – and…
Ghana court denies 21 detained LGBT activists bail
June 8, 2021 A Ghanaian court on Tuesday denied bail to 21 gay rights activists arrested nearly three weeks ago for what police described as an unlawful gathering, their lawyer…
COVID-19 vaccine: WHO urges manufacturers to commit 50% of their volumes to COVAX this year
June 8, 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on all manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines to give COVAX first right of refusal on new volume of vaccines, or commit 50…