Saidu Bah Freetown, Sierra Leone – After casting itself as a fighter against corruption, Sierra Leone’s government is under fire over allegations of irregular spending by its first lady and a senior minister. The scandal has come as an embarrassment to the West African state’s president, Julius Maada Bio, who after coming to power in…
Sudan began inoculating frontline healthcare workers against coronavirus on Tuesday after receiving its first batch of vaccines last week, a health official said. The country is the first in the Middle East and North Africa to receive vaccines through COVAX, a UN-led initiative that provides jabs to poor countries, according to the children’s agency UNICEF. “We…
By Alao Abiodun First Lady Aisha Buhari has lamented the continuous mass abductions of women and girls by bandits and insurgents, especially in the north. Aisha in a statement on the occasion of the International Women’s Day posted on her official Twitter handle @aishambuhari, said: “As a mother, I share the sorrow and agony of…
Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Nji said this in Maroua, the chief town of Cameroon’s far north region just before take-off for Nigeria’s Borno state. Nigerian refugees, who fled to Cameroon due to the Boko Haram insurgency, began returning to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary repatriation process, an official said. Cameroon’s Minister…
Coastguards, floating containment lines deployed as traces of leak seen around the Chinese-flagged Lurong Yuan Yu. Mauritius has deployed its coastguard and armed forces after a Chinese-flagged trawler carrying 130 tonnes of oil ran aground off the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. It is the second shipwreck in less than a year off Mauritius after a…
Senegal’s main opposition leader called on Monday for “much larger” protests, but urged non-violence after days of deadly clashes in the West African state sparked by his recent arrest. President Macky Sall also called for calm, appealing in an address to the nation for protesters to avoid confrontation. Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was freed from…
It’s International Women’s Day on March 8. To mark the momentous occasion Africanews spoke to the First Lady of the Democratic Republic of Congo Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi. She is a champion defender of women’s rights with the foundation that bears her name, which fights against gender-based violence. She also worked as a nurse for many…
Ivory Coast opposition party, the Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), has claimed majority victory in the just-concluded parliamentary election held on Saturday. The general coordinator of the opposition party, Niamkey Koffi told journalists on Sunday that they had captured over 128 seats out of the total 255 parliamentarians. He further alleged that preliminary results…
At least four powerful blasts hit a military camp in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, causing casualties, state television reported. The TVGE channel broadcast footage of wrecked and burning buildings, with people — including children — being pulled from the rubble and the wounded lying on a hospital floor. It showed images of a thick column…
Rape Allegations See Atypical Unrest Clashes erupted in Dakar on Thursday between Students at the Cheick Anta Diop University and law enforcement officials following the arrest a day earlier of Senegal’s main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko — who is due to be heard on Friday by a judge on rape charges. Students were seen setting…