Umamah Bakharia Tunisians have voted in a referendum on a new constitution that critics of the president fear will...
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The Africa Report: Angola gears up for elections in August, but there are issues around media freedom
By Neelam Rahim Thandi Smith, the head of programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, joins the discussion with Radio Islam...
Vaccination Campaign Efforts in Africa: Monkeypox, Marburg and Covid
Umamah Bakharia While Covid-19 vaccines have been rolling out globally, emerging viruses like monkeypox and Marburg...
Zamfara: Kidnapped Girls Reunion with Parents turns Violent after Shots Fired
At least one person was killed, and two others injured when security forces in Nigeria shot live rounds at a crowd gathered outside a government school in Zamfara state, Nigeria on Wednesday. The crowd had gathered to catch a glimpse of the reunion with their parents,...
Catholic Church in Tanzania ‘Not Allowed” to test for Coronavirus
The Catholic Church in Tanzania says sixty nuns and 25 priests have died in Tanzania in the last two months. They had all shown symptoms of coronavirus. The BBC reports that the Catholic Church, which has previously been outspoken about what it sees as a hidden...
Resourceful Nigerians turn Drums into Handwashing Basins
Two young Nigerian furniture-makers, Bamigbose Adams and Emmanuel Ogbu, are turning old metal drums into handwashing basins. The recycled basins are then sold in Lagos. Africa News reports that in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, where clean hands are essential...
Hundreds Escape from Croix-des-Bouquets Prison in Haiti
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, more than 200 prisoners are on the run following Thursday's mass escape from the Croix-des-Bouquets prison. The BBC reports that 25 people died in the violent escape, including the prison director. Among the dead were also 6 prisoners. The...
Zimbabwe Hails China over Vaccine Supplies
Zimbabwe's presidential spokesman, George Charamba, said Zimbabwe is to receive a further 800 000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from China. He said that this indicated the "excellent relationship" between the two countries, as well as China’s willingness to give...
Nigeria: Scores Killed As Boko Haram, IS Fighters Battle for Supremacy
Scores of fighters were killed earlier this week following a fierce battle between the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram group and IS West Africa Province at a border area between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. The Nigerian Public Relations Officer, Brigadier General...
Congo Blames Rwanda’s Hutu Rebels for Italian Envoy’s Death
Hutu rebels in Rwanda have denied allegations that they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo. They say that the DRC and Rwandan militaries are behind Luca Attanasio’s killing . Attanasio had been on a field trip in...
President John Magafuli Finally Acknowledges Coronavirus Presence in Tanzania
After having downplayed the impact of COVID 19 in his country for months, Tanzania’s president, John Magafuli, has urged citizens to take preventive measures against the coronavirus. Magafuli had previously claimed it had been eradicated. Al Jazeerah reports that...
Trump Possibly Complicit in Violating Libya Arms Embargo
A close ally of former US President Donald Trump was found to have violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya. UN investigators have found that private security contractor, Erik Prince, had supplied Libyan general Khalifa Haftar with weapons and foreign...