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Construction crews began leveling homes deemed too close to the airport in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital on Thursday, part of a crackdown on informal settlements after a teenage boy died earlier this month as a flight stowaway. The tragedy involving an Air France jet bound for Paris underscored the risks that many in the West African nation are willing to… Read More

Zimbabwean tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has offered to pay the southern Africa country’s doctors to end their four month strike that has paralysed the health sector. As they continue to look for long term solutions, the doctor’s association representatives urged doctors to accept the pay off of between $290 to $580 according to Bloomberg. Masiyiwa is offering a six months fellowship… Read More

Consistent and steam gaining, the 2020 edition of the Tropical Amissa Bongo cycling tour is already making headlines since the kick off on January 20th. The first lap from Bitam to Ebolowa was won by Eritrean Natnael Tesfazion on Tuesday Algerian cyclist Youcef Reguigui was ranked second in the second stage after pedalling for 120 km between Bitam and Oyem.… Read More

Authorities in Uganda have advised citizens to stock on food, as the alarming locust invasion raging through Eastern Africa approaches the border with Kenya. The advisory was issued by the country’s Government Citizen Interaction Center on Wednesday, following reports that the locusts had reached the Samburu and Turkana areas, a distance of just 166km form the border. PUBLIC NOTICE? Reports… Read More

In the latest immigration control measure, the United States said Thursday it would no longer issue temporary visitor visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the country for so-called “birth tourism.” In announcing the rule change, which takes effect Friday, the White House said foreigners were using the visas “to secure automatic and permanent American citizenship for their children by… Read More

Democratic Republic of Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi marks one year in office on Friday, and while the country’s first peaceful transfer of power was historic, the journey thereafter has been bumpy. On January 24 2019, after election results that rivals bitterly contested, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi succeeded President Joseph Kabila, who stepped down after 18 iron-fisted years at the helm.… Read More

United Kingdom-Africa Investment Summit, how does London hope to strengthen its economic ties with the continent? The summit captures challenges between Britain and Africa in a post-Brexit perspective This week, some 15 heads of state and government took part in the first ever UK-African summit, which focused on increasing trade and investment, particularly in energy and sustainable cities. London, whose… Read More

Bank of Central African States toughens regulations. From now on, banking institutions in the CEMAC region will face stricter control of all their financial transactions. Banking institutions in the six countries of the CEMAC zone are now subject to stricter regulations concerning the transmission of data on their financial transactions to the Central Bank. The instruction of BEAC Governor Abbas… Read More

As part of our news analysis slot on Africanews, we will be updating a media watch page that deals with major issues of media ongoings across the continent. It will cut across happenings in mainstream and across social media with also a special eye for fake news. Internet outage in Togo Beninese radio station fires all employees after suspension Burundi… Read More

This year is expected to be another busy election year for West Africa, much like in 2019 when three presidential polls were held across the region. Incumbents won re-election in Nigeria and Senegal whiles in Guinea-Bissau, the incumbent was kicked out. The 2020 calendar sees three close neighbours holding elections i.e. Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast. Guinea is the other… Read More