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The World Health Organization chief, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has congratulated Tanzania’s new president and said he hopes they can work together to end the coronavirus pandemic. Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn-in as the East African nation’s new leader on Friday, following the death of Covid sceptic President John Magufuli. Tanzania has not published data on coronavirus since May 2020… Read More

Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on Friday as Tanzania’s first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery. The 61-year-old, dressed in black suit and red headscarf, took the oath of office in Dar es Salaam before inspecting troops at a military parade and receiving a cannon salute. The inauguration was witnessed… Read More

The 77-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso is aiming for re-election in the first round on Sunday in Congo-Brazzaville, where members of civil society have expressed “serious reservations” about the transparency of the election. “One shot, K-O”, proclaim the campaign posters of the candidate of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) to mark his desire to be re-elected in the first round,… Read More

Young people in Congo-Brazzaville comment on 77-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has governed the country for 36 years and is running for another term in Sunday’s election. Youth under 25, the majority of the country’s five million inhabitants, have only known the old president in power, like their parents since 1979, aside from a break between 1992 and 1997.… Read More

The woman who filed a rape charge against Senegal’s opposition leader repeated her accusation and said her case must proceed, following deadly clashes over his arrest. In an interview broadcast Wednesday, Adji Sarr said opposition leader Ousmane Sonko had forced her to sleep with him on several occasions and had threatened reprisals if she refused. “If Ousmane Sonko has never… Read More

Africa’s infrastructure networks increasingly lag behind the developed world. That’s according to a World Bank report on financing infrastructure. Sanjeev Gupta is Executive Director for Financial Services at the Africa Finance Corporation(AFC). Among others, the AFC is focused on solving the infrastructure needs on the continent. Sanjeev joins us from Lagos, Nigeria. Our Ignatius Annor spoke to him in the… Read More

Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu said Tanzania’s President John Magufuli died from the coronavirus last Wednesday. Tanzania has been plunged into sadness over the death of President John Magufuli with the country flying flags at half-mast and 14 days of mourning after the vice president announced on Wednesday he died of heart complications. Magufuli’s death comes after weeks of… Read More

The African Union said that African countries should continue to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, as several nations in Europe and the Democratic Republic of Congo have suspended its use due to concerns of blood clots. Many countries in Africa are relying on the AstraZeneca vaccine as it is cheaper and easier to store. Under the Covax initiative, around 14,5… Read More

The death of the Zulu king in South Africa has caused pain. But the passing of Goodwill Zwelithini has shone the spotlight on an incredible tradition of the Zulu people. The sights and sounds of the zulu culture is just a breathtaking sight to behold. Bare-breasted women in elaborate necklaces and headbands sang and danced as they paraded through the… Read More

A new avocado farm in southern Kenya has met with backlash for supposedly blocking elephant migration routes. The tug-of-war over the 180 acres of land in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro tells a bigger tale: the struggle for the survival of elephants and other wildlife against the increase of agriculture to produce delicacies for rich countries. Tolstoy the elephant roams… Read More