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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday his intention to introduce a “vaccine passport”, amid widespread mistrust of the Covid-19 vaccine in the continent’s most affected country. In a televised address to the nation, Mr. Ramaphosa assured that the immunization of the adult population was a necessary prerequisite to fully reopen the economy and avoid a fourth wave of… Read More

Canceled last year due to the coronavirus, the 13th edition of the Anoumabo (Femua) Urban Music Festival, organized by the famous Ivorian group Magic System, ended Sunday after a concert by the Congolese star Koffi Olomide. Scheduled as the flagship concert of Saturday evening, Koffi Olomide was to perform around 4 a.m. (local and GMT), in Abidjan. Due to a… Read More

Rwanda University teacher and well-known opposition figure Christopher Kayumba was arrested on Thursday on rape accusations, police said. Former Kigali journalism school lecturer Kayumba faces allegations from several people, including a former student, according to the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB). “Today, RIB arrested Dr Christopher Kayumba after a period of investigating him for allegations of coercion and sexual misconduct reported… Read More

Queen Elizabeth II and Britain’s royal family support the Black Lives Matter movement, a representative of the monarch said in extracts from a TV interview published Thursday. The Windsors have been rocked by accusations from Prince Harry and his mixed-race wife Meghan that they faced racist comments from an unnamed royal about the colour of their child before he was… Read More

The African Union said on Friday it was suspending Guinea after a coup in the West African country that saw its president Alpha Conde arrested. The pan-African body said on Twitter that it “decides to suspend the Republic of Guinea from all AU activities and decision-making bodies”. The move came after Guinean special forces seized power on Sunday and arrested… Read More

Hundreds of opposition supporters gathered in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday to protest against changes to the electoral law that they say will undermine the transparency of next year’s general election. President Joao Lourenço introduced a bill this week to centralise the counting of votes instead of doing it at the level of each municipality and province. All opposition… Read More

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has demanded an evaluation of projects linked to the “Sino-Congolese” contract signed in 2008 by his predecessor Joseph Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), official sources said on Saturday. The head of state has asked the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Works “to present the state of play of the technical and financial execution… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Saturday night the appointment “as soon as possible” of a new government and mentioned a future reform of the Constitution, during a walkabout in Tunis. A new government will be “formed as soon as possible” after “selecting the most honest personalities”, said Mr. Saied to Wataniya and Sky News Arabia television, after strolling, under… Read More

Mixed reactions are greeting a Zimbabwe court ruling that sided with traditional chiefs seeking to exhume the remains of ex-president Robert Mugabe from his home village and move them to the capital, going against the family’s wishes. Mugabe was buried in his rural home village of Kutama, about 90 kilometres (55 miles) west of Harare, in September 2019 after weeks… Read More

A Guinean opposition leader who left the country ten months ago returned to the capital Conakry on Saturday, almost a week after military officers overthrew President Alpha Condé. Sidya Touré, leader of the Union of Republican Forces (UFR) party, moved to Paris after alleged threats from Condé and the arrest of several of his critics. “I’m very, very happy to… Read More