The EU Council today adopted conclusions on Mozambique, reiterating the EU’s availability to support the country in the steps needed to address the current situation. .@EUCouncil adopted conclusions on #Mozambique The EU: ➡️ supports Peace & National Reconciliation Agreement➡️ stresses importance of disarmament, demobilisation & reintegration➡️ is concerned about the situation in Cabo Delgado province…
Tag: featured
Lesotho PM «dignified retirement»
Government of the Kigndom of Lesotho has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will resign without any further delay. Maseribane says there was a clear agreement about dignified exit of Prime Minister Tom Thabane in July. #Lesotho #LesothoCrisis pic.twitter.com/33J5zducdD — KhayelihleKhumalo-James Jnr (@KhayaJames) April 20, 2020 The…
DRC escape of Ebola patient
The Democratic Republic of Congo was two days away from announcing the end of the world’s second-largest Ebola epidemic when a new chain of infection was discovered on April 10, following more than seven weeks without a new case. Since then, health authorities have sought to contain any renewed spread of infections. But on April…
#COVID19: Zimbabwe mines to continue extractions
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended a lockdown from 19 april by two weeks to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, but the measure does not concern mining companies, which are going to contintue their activities. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday extended a lockdown to contain the spread of the new coronavirus by two…
Boko Haram prisoners death mystery
In Chad, 44 suspected members of the Islamist militants Boko Haram have been found dead following a recent arrest. Coroners said they suspect that the prisoners ingested a substance which causeed breathing complications, and heart failure. Coroners suspect the Boko Haram prisoners ingested a substance that caused heart and breathing complications.https://t.co/reyWEXZ6JR — DW News (@dwnews)…
COVID19: Nigeria Abba Kyari died
“The Presidency regrets to announce the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari,” spokesman Garba Shehu said on Twitter. Kyari had been hospitalized in the Nigeria commercial capital, Lagos, after testing positive for the coronavirus upon his return from a trip to Germany on March 15. The Presidency regrets to…
COVID19: Africa flower industry collapse
The crash of the $8.5 billion global trade in cut flowers shows how quickly and distinctively the new coronavirus pandemic is disrupting supply chains, even in places where it isn’t yet pervasive. After only a few weeks of quarantine, The crash of the $8.5 billion global cut-flower trade shows how quickly coronavirus is disrupting supply…
COVID19: Nigeria security kills imposing restricitons
Security personnel in Nigeria have killed at least 18 people enforcing restrictions introduced to stop the spread of coronavirus, ThisDay reported, citing a report by the National Human Rights Commission. (Image: illustration) #UPDATE Nigerian security agents have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb #coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll…
Chad army reduces G5 cooperation
Chad’s army will no longer participate in military operations beyond its borders, President Idriss Deby said on April 10, the decision undermining international efforts to defeat Islamist groups in the djihad-plagued Sahel and Lake Chad region. Chad’s army will no longer participate in military operations beyond its borders, President Idriss Deby said on Friday, a…
COVID19: Burkina-Faso water shortage
“They say we must wash our hands, keep clean, and wash our clothes to prevent us catching the disease. We’d really like to, but if there’s no water it’s really complicated,” said the 37-year-old mother-of-three at her home in the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou, where houses are not connected to the power or water…
AFRICA DIPLOMATIC 