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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged all “eligible Nigerians” to be vaccinated against coronavirus as soon as possible. At a media event in Abuja, Buhari himself was earlier vaccinated using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative. “Yesterday, our frontline medical personnel, top on the priority list, were… Read More

Senegal’s regulatory authorities suspended two local television channels on Friday after accusing them of focusing too much on the violent protests that ensued after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested. Clashes broke out on Wednesday and Thursday between Sonko’s supporters and police as he made his way to court to face rape accusations against him — allegations that he denies.… Read More

Pandemic Sees African Solidarity Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta paid a visit to the Nairobi National Vaccine Depot on Thursday as the East African nation received its first shipment of just over 1 million AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccines the day before. Several other African countries also received millions of coronavirus vaccines over the last week by way of the Covax facility, run… Read More

Ghanaian opposition leader John Mahama says he disagrees with the Supreme Court’s decision to reject his challenge to the December 7 presidential election result which said allegations of fraud lacked evidence. He accused the electoral commission of inflating the vote tally in favour of the 76-year-old President Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama, 62, demanded a re-run after official results gave him 47.36%… Read More

Waiters in grey waistcoats bearing dainty platters of canapés circle the private lounge at Cape Town’s main train station and the tinkle of champagne glasses fills the air. Timeless ease fills the room as passengers wait to embark on the fabled Blue Train for a luxurious two-night trek across South Africa. But even in this cosseted world, 2021 intrudes, showing… Read More

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara casts his vote in Abidjan for the parliamentary elections. His political opponent, former head of state Henri Konan Bédié voted an hour before him. More than seven million voters are being called upon to choose their deputies after a campaign without major incidents raised hopes for a return to a peaceful political climate, four months after… Read More

Clashes followed a court ruling that, Ousmane Sonko, opposition leader, be held in custody. And following four days of protests, on Friday evening, four people were reported killed in the country as a result. The Minister of the Interior, Antoine Felix Adboulaye Diome gave a speech calling for a return to order after police fired tear gas in clashes with… Read More

South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Thursday called on the president to apologise and withdraw pro-Israeli statements made in June, which had caused an outcry in a country strongly committed to the Palestinian cause. Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng, a devout Christian, again caused a stir in December by calling the coronavirus vaccines “satanic”. In a video exchange organised in June 2020 by… Read More

Ivory Coast was set to vote in a parliamentary ballot on Saturday in a key test of stability after presidential elections last year marked by violence. Grappling with a deep political crisis, President Alassane Ouattara has offered an olive branch to his former rival, Laurent Gbagbo, whose party has now lifted a decade-long boycott of elections. His Ivorian Popular Front… Read More

One of Ousmane Sonko’s lawyers denounces irregularities and a “state conspiracy” against the Senegalese opponent who was arrested on his way to court to answer rape charges against him. Sonko was transferred Thursday night from the research section of the gendarmerie where he was in police custody, to the courthouse in Dakar, and his lawyers say they haven’t been informed.… Read More