Tag: Africaglobalvillage

Chad’s slain President Idriss Deby Itno was buried Friday near his hometown after a state funeral in the capital, N’Djamena. Many Chadians came to mourn and pay their respects to their late leader as the ceremony took place at Nation’s Square in N’Djamena. French President Emmanuel Macron and Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, the current chair of the African Union, were… Read More

The South African government exercised its power to intervene in the running of the country’s troubled cricket federation on Friday, leaving it to face its “greatest crisis” since the end of apartheid. Cricket South Africa’s interim board said it had received notice from sports minister Nathi Mthethwa that he had invoked a section of law allowing the government to take… Read More

On this special episode dedicated to celebrating Africanews 5th year anniversary, host Jerry Fisayo-Bambi takes us through the story of visual art as a tool to tackle mental health in Uganda. We also talk American football in Ivory Coast as some young people take to the sport. And on the interview segment, Jerry speaks to Tisya Mukuna, the Congolese woman… Read More

A candidate malaria vaccine has demonstrated an unprecedented 77 percent efficacy in trials in Africa, raising hopes of a breakthrough in the fight against the disease that kills mostly children, its developer Oxford University announced Friday. The vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, is the first to reach the 75% efficacy target set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), said the university, which is… Read More

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday confirmed his nation’s commitments to the Paris Agreement at the U.S.-led climate summit. Speaking virtually to the White House from Abuja, Buhari said since 2016, Nigeria had undertaken “major environmentally sound and climate friendly programs.” He said institutional frameworks have been made to cut emissions by 2030. “Beyond ending gas flaring by 2030, the… Read More

Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk. In an Instagram post on the 24th day of his hunger strike, Navalny said he will continue to demand a visit from his doctor to address numbness in… Read More

The participants in the international climate summit on Thursday and Friday were unanimous: fighting climate change will be good for global growth. From US President Joe Biden to French President Emmanuel Macron and IMF head Kristalina Georgieva, they are calling for ambitious action – massive investment, high carbon taxes – to halt rising temperatures and put the planet on the… Read More

For this one evening at the moment to break the religious fast, this classroom in Dakar, Senegal looks like a fast-food restaurant. A harmless move — especially during the holy month of Ramadan. Except that here, it is Christians who are the initiators. It all started with a small message on Facebook posted by this young man, Etienne Mamadou Ndour.… Read More

In Kenya, persons living with HIV/AIDS fear dying because of a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) to save them from the disease. The patients have begun to pile pressure on the government with protests. Protesters wore t-shirts and carried posters with slogans like “A sick nation is a dead nation”, “Killer government” and “Release ARVs.” They are demanding that the… Read More

The 60,000 vaccine doses arrived in Goma, capital of North Kivu province on a cargo plane from Kinshasa on Thursday. North Kivu has recorded the highest number of coronavirus infections after the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital. “Covid is endemic, we will live with covid-19. So to protect ourselves we have the vaccine which is one of the means of… Read More