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In the Ugandan capital of Kampala, the usually buzzing HIV/AIDS treatment center is almost empty days after parliament enacted a controversial anti-gay law. According to staff, the usual daily influx of approximately 50 patients has dried up, antiretroviral drugs pile up unused. A resident medical officer at a US-funded clinic, warned that new waves of HIV infections were forming as vulnerable… Read More

Forward Vinicius Junior reported for duty with the Brazil national team in Barcelona on Monday. The Real Madrid star joins the ‘Seleção’ ahead of facing Guinea in a friendly at Espanyol’s Estadi Cornellà-El Prat on Saturday. Brazil then travel to Portugal for a second friendly against Senegal at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on Tuesday 20th. It is the… Read More

Six years after the start of works, the new technological park near Cape Verde’s capital, Praia, opened this month.  Situated in the vicinity of the Nelson Mandela airport, the new technological park lies at the heart of the government’s digital strategy. “This building is part of a great vision of the Government of Cape Verde, in the path of diversification of… Read More

Once banned from the airwaves, the Tunisian bagpipe has made a comeback. Known locally as a “mizwad“, this traditional Tunisian instrument is made from two cow horns connected to pieces of river reed and a goatskin bag for producing the unique sound. “The “mizwad” must be made from natural elements. The reed, the one of good quality, comes from the… Read More

The Rwandan government and the African Union Commission (AUC) on Saturday concluded agreements for the establishment of the headquarters of the first ever African Medicines Agency in Kigali. On 10 June, Rwanda signed an agreement with the African Union to host the headquarters of the African Medicines Agency in Kigali. The signing comes just a few days after the Rwandan… Read More

Nigeria’s security services have detained the country’s suspended central bank chief as part of an investigation into his office, the national domestic security agency said on Saturday. The arrest of Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele came shortly after new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government suspended him following nearly a decade in the post. Tinubu, who came to power… Read More

Senegalese President Macky Sall is giving himself until the end of June to provide answers to the ongoing crisis eight months before the presidential election, when he is under pressure from all sides to dispel heavy uncertainties after deadly violence. Questions abound a week after the eruption that killed at least 16 people, starting with those about whether or not… Read More

Ethiopia has criticised the suspension of food aid to the country by the United States and the UN World Food Program (WFP). Government spokesman Legesse Tulu, on Saturday called the decision “political” saying the suspension “punishes millions of people”. More than 15% of the country’s population depends on food aid. On Thursday, USAID, the US government’s international aid agency, announced the suspension… Read More

The passenger train line connecting Mali’s capital and the country’s western part arrived in Bamako Saturday (June 10) after the inaugural trip of locomotive CC2207 for SOPAFER-Mali. The train left Kayes the previous day (June 09) to undergo a 400-kilometre trip. The line had been closed for 5 years. The train driver was satisfied with the renovations. “From departure in… Read More

European leaders visiting Tunisia Sunday (June 11) held out the promise of more than 1 billion euros in financial aid as well as investments in undersea data cables and renewable energy in an effort to stem migration from its shores to Europe and restore economic stability to the North African country. Tunisia president hosted the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands… Read More