Europe’s anti-migrant stance resulted in the deaths of thousands trying to flee persecution and conflict, analysts say. Violence, human-rights abuses, disappearances and deaths – that is how the situation on the Mediterranean is being described as with migrants and refugees, who flee Libya hoping to reach Europe, losing their lives at sea. Since 2014, more than 20,000…
Senegal resumed international flights Wednesday July 15, four months after shutting air traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic. An Air Algeria flight arrived in Dakar on the midnight of Tuesday with six other flights expected to depart and arrive throughout the day. ‘‘Today, to come to Senegal, we demand strict compliance with border measures, namely…
Governments across the continent must put more work into digital rights legislation which falls into the wider area of fundamental human rights and freedom of speech laws enshrined in almost all constitutions. According to Adeboro Odunlami, a Legal Officer with social enterprise outfit, Paradigm Initiative, PIN; governments must treat work on such legislation as urgent. “The…
Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Thursday named a new Prime Minister in the person of Madame Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda. She becomes the country’s first female Prime Minister. She will replace Julien Nkoghe Bekale, who had been in the position since January 2019. Her appointment was announced by the presidential spokesperson. He said the…
Hopeful news about a Covid-19 vaccine developed by US government researchers and Moderna Inc has buoyed expectations – and markets – on the potential for a preventive measure against a global pandemic that has killed more than half a million people and upended daily life. Moderna first announced its vaccine, backed by the National Institute…
Egypt is turning to renewables to meet a soaring demand in energy. If it meets the targets it will become a pioneer in the African energy landscape, but are the plans realistic? Toufik Khitous, the business development manager for North Africa at Wärtsilä Energy Business, says Egypt has no choice but to invest in renewables,…
The extraordinary hacking spree that hit Twitter on Wednesday, leading it to briefly muzzle some of its most widely followed accounts, is drawing questions about the platform’s security and resilience in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election. Twitter said late Wednesday hackers obtained control of employee credentials to hijack accounts including those of Democratic…
CAPE TOWN – Employment fell by 3 million people between February and April, mostly among low-income earners, according to a National Income Dynamic Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (Nids-Cram) Survey released yesterday. Nids-Cram is the only ongoing panel study of labour-market dynamics over time in South Africa. “We believe the high-level trends evident… are indicative of underlying…
Coronavirus COVID19 vaccine Russia, India, USA, Oxford update news: After Russia, and US-based Moderna, positive news pertaining to the Coronavirus COVID19 vaccine could come today from Oxford-AstraZeneca! World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that more than 150 potential vaccines for coronavirus are at different stages of development. So, around 23 vaccines have managed to reach…
After 30 years under Omar al-Bashir, the country has abolished several discriminatory policies and banned FGM – in what activists have called ‘great first steps’ towards liberalisation. Sudan’s transitional government has been praised for its latest reforms, which decriminalise apostasy, ban female genital mutilation (FGM) and end the requirement for women to get travel permits. The…