Chad’s opposition candidate Saleh Kebzabo has announced his exit from the country’s presidential election set for 11 April. Saleh has accused the incumbent President, Idriss Déby, of using force to intimidate rivals. President Déby came to power through a military coup in 1990 and is serving his fifth term. He is a strong ally of the West…
Ghana has become the first country to receive coronavirus vaccines through the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. The initiative is being led by the World Health Organization, and the aim is to ensure that Covid-19 vaccines are shared fairly among all nations. Covax intends to deliver about two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines around the world by the end…
The Ugandan government has announced the full restoration of internet and social media services. The State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, Peter Ogwang in a tweet defeated the restrictions, adding that the decision was taken in the interest of national security. The services were severely restricted on the eve of January 14th presidential election. President Yoweri…
The Speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Alban Bagbin says the House will suspend sittings for three weeks due to increasing coronavirus cases among lawmakers and staff. The number of Lawmakers who have contracted the virus has risen to 17 while that of staff has gone up to 151. The Speaker said sittings would resume on March 2, adding…
Liberia’s former Defence Minister, Brownie Samukai, has been ordered to refund nearly one point two million US dollars from soldiers’ pension savings. The Supreme Court made the order after upholding the judgment of a lower court against Samukai and two others who worked under him. Samukai and the others had argued that they withdrew the money from…
The newly appointed head of the military in Mozambique,Eugénio Ussene Mussa has died of Covid-19. Mussa was undergoing treatment at the Maputo Central Hospital in Mozambique where he died yesterday. His death comes less than a month after Mussa took office as Chief of the General Staff of the country’s military.