Cameroon elections: oldest President appears

Brussels 09.10.2025 Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya appeared this week at his first campaign rally for the upcoming election in which the world’s oldest head of state is seeking his eighth term. Cameroon 🇨🇲 Paul Biya 92 who can barely walk or speak is seeking for the 8th Presidential term After 43 years in power,…

SA invites astronomy pilgrims

Brussels 19.02.2025 South Africa (SA) is manifesting itself as a leading astro-tourism destination with the introduction of a government-backed Astro-Tourism Strategy, planned to be presented in Parliament by Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Prof. Blade Nzimande. Developed in co-operation with the Department of Tourism, the strategy aims to engage the country’s world-class astronomical infrastructure,…

Lions maul zookeeper in Crimea

Brussels 17.10.2024 During morning hours, October 16, the director of the Yalta Zoo Skazka LLC and the manager of the lion’s park, Leokadia Perevalova, died under tragic circumstances in the Taigan Safari Park, Crimea. The owner of the Crimean zoos, Oleg Zubkov, commented on the employee’s death, and informed that an investigation has begun. “Today,…

Western Sahara: EU on ECJ Morocco judgment

Brusssels 04.10.2024 Today the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission had breached the universal rights of people to self-determination while concluding trade deals with Morocco, when omitting the rights of people of Western Sahara. Western Sahara, a strip of desert, which has been the scene of Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute since…

EU: South Africa in view

Brussels 13.12.2021 Today the Foreign affairs ministers will hold a comprehensive discussion on EU-Africa relations, touching on the overall situation on the continent and the challenges it faces in fields such as: security, development, demographic growth, health, democratic evolution, and engagement at a multilateral level. South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his…

Namibia opens arms to tourists

Namibia has further eased restrictions for international tourists to try to prevent the complete collapse of a sector severely damaged by the coronavirus pandemic after the country closed its borders in March, following the pandemic announcement of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Namibia eases coronavirus restrictions to attract tourists https://t.co/qvvnSnS9Jb — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) September…

COVID19: Morocco removed from EU travel list

The European Union removed Morocco from its safe travel list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential voyage, after a review by EU ambassadors on August 7, Friday. Morocco recorded a record high of 6,385 new cases of contamination in the past week, according to a statistics by the Johns Hopkins University. The official…

#COVID19: Algeria exclused from EU safe travel list

The European Union is set to exclude Algeria from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel after a meeting of EU ambassadors on July 29, Reuters news agency reports, refering to the European diplomatic sources. The European Union is set to exclude Algeria from its safe list of countries from…

Botswana repatriates citizens

Botswana will undertake efforts to repatriate citizens stranded abroad due to coronavirus travel bans, with more than 100 travellers to arrive on June 3 from Ethiopia, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Saturday, May 30. Botswana will help repatriate citizens stranded abroad by coronavirus travel bans, with more than 100 due to arrive on Wednesday from…