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Gabon’s foreign minister Michael Moussa Adamo died Friday (Jan. 20) after suffering a heart attack during a cabinet meeting. The 62-year-old, an ally of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, suffered a heart attack and died “despite efforts by specialists” to revive him, the government said in a brief statement. Reacting to his death on Twitter, President Bongo paid tribute to Moussa… Read More

**Malawi’s worst cholera epidemic in decades has sparked massive demand for vaccines but stocks are reportedly running low.** According to local media, citing the spokesperson for the Malawi’s health ministry – Adrian Chikumbe -, the country has no more cholera vaccines. Malawi secured a tranche of 2.9 million doses from the Gavi-supported Global Oral Cholera Vaccine Stockpile in November. The… Read More

UN peacekeeping mission in Mali is ‘not viable’ without increasing the number of peacekeepers, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP, which mentions a possible withdrawal of troops if key conditions are not met. MINUSMA was created in 2013 to help stabilize a state threatened with collapse under jihadist pressure, protect civilians, contribute to the peace effort, and… Read More

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio on Thursday signed into law a law requiring all public or private organizations to reserve 30% of their jobs for women, including in leadership positions, in a society that traditionally favours men. “The Women’s Equality and Empowerment Act that I am signing into law today will undoubtedly completely redress the gender imbalances in our… Read More

The capital of Togo hosted a two day conference dedicated to the fight against terrorism. The meeting in Lomé was attended by more than 250 participants including presidents of national assemblies, representatives of African parliaments, youth NGOs and representatives from UN agencies. The president of the Togolese National Assembly stressed the importance of collective response. “The resurgence of violent acts… Read More

Hundreds of people in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, marched to demand the departure of the French ambassador to the country. The demonstration was called by the Pan-African Leaders Collective, a political group that includes organizations who support Captain Ibrahim Traore, in power since the end of September. The participants want the withdrawal of the 400 French special forces stationed in… Read More

“Parkinson’s disease”, “stingy”, “corrupt”: the two main presidential candidates in Nigeria deliver a bitter end to the campaign, each calling for the arrest of the other by resurrecting old corruption scandals. Nigerian politics is plagued by accusations of all kinds, especially concerning dark money affairs. And the favourites for the presidential election on February 25 – Bola Tinubu and Atiku… Read More

The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday in Dakar touted her country’s relationship with Africa, saying it offered more benefits than Washington’s rivals. “The United States is fully behind Africa and fully with Africa,” Yellen said at the start of a trip to Africa, one of the first in a series expected from senior Biden administration officials since the… Read More

The French attorney general has asked the Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction of Papa Massata Diack involved in a corruption scandal to hide Russian doping in sport. The lawyers of Papa Massata Diack, son of the former head of world athletics Lamine Diack, pleaded Thursday for the release of their client tried before the Court of Appeal of… Read More

An attack in Burkina Faso on Thursday has claimed the lives of at least 18 civilians including 16 army volunteers. Both attacks took place in the north of the country, a region that since 2005 has been facing attacks by jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.  The attacks have recently multiplied. They have left thousands of dead… Read More