Uganda will hold general elections on Jan. 14 next year. JOHANNESBURG Police in Uganda confirmed Wednesday that three people were killed and 34 others wounded after protests erupted in the capital and other urban centers following the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. “It is unfortunate that three innocent lives…
Continent has so far reported more than 2 million confirmed cases. ISTANBUL (AA) The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Wednesday that the international health body was planning to vaccinate at least 20% of the continent’s population for COVID-19. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said in a teleconference that all African countries should prepare themselves…
Morocco on Wednesday began work in an area of the disputed Western Sahara at the centre of a crisis that pits the kingdom against the pro-independence Polisario Front. Heavy machinery was seen at work in the buffer zone at Guerguerat along the sandy track that leads to the border with Mauritania, the correspondent said, while…
The walls of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou are smothered in posters as more than a dozen rivals try to win over voters ahead of Sunday’s general election. But one colour — orange — dominates. It’s the campaign colour of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who is running for a second term, defying criticism of his…
The former UK prime minister addressed a virtual audience on the topic Building Back Better in Post COVID-19 Africa: The Role of Technology and Governance, as part of the Kofi A. Annan Lecture Series. ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, November 17, 2020/APO Group/ —We have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency…
A new report published by Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), estimates that Africa’s Internet economy has the potential to reach 5.2 percent of the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2025, contributing nearly $180 billion to the overall economy. The projected potential contribution could reach $712 billion by 2050. The report, dubbed e-Conomy…
Cairo may be sending a message to regional rivals with recent naval drills. On Monday, several Egyptian warships were spotted en route to the Black Sea, where they are set to link up with Russian forces for a joint exercise called “Bridge of Friendship 2020.” That might unsettle some observers in Washington. Over the decades,…
Governance progress slowed across Africa for the first time in a decade, even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, with commitment to democracy and civil rights faltering, a major report said Monday. The Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, published every two years, gives each country’s government a score according to criteria including anti-corruption measures, protection…
Monitoring Defense and security from Nov. 9 to 16, 2020-CC
A leader of the Polisario Front said on Sunday that the independence movement was mobilizing “thousands of volunteers” to join the Saharawi armed forces on the third day of the crisis between it and Morocco in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. “Thousands of volunteers are joining the military regions among those who have finished…