Tags GENERAL Sierra Leone doctors threaten to expand strike amid COVID-19 crisis Doctors in Sierra Leone, who are refusing to treat COVID-19 patients to press demands for bonus payments and more protective
Tags GENERAL Ivory Coast city holds out hope for exiled presidential candidate Guillaume Soro Guillaume Soro, a former rebel leader and candidate in Ivory Coast’s October presidential election, has been forced into self-imposed exile
Tags GENERAL Senegal’s Goree Island renamed Europe Square Senegal’s Goree Island, which for centuries served as a way station in the Transatlantic slave trade, has changed the name
Tags GENERAL Egypt arrests alleged serial sexual predator Egyptian authorities on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly sexually abused dozens of girls and women, in a case that
Tags GENERAL South Africa concerned over surge in COVID-19 infections in Gauteng province The South African government raised concern over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country’s Gauteng Province as the
Tags GENERAL Botswana experiences fuel shortage Botswana government through the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security told the public that the country is
Tags GENERAL Burundi buckles down on COVID-19 fight , begins screening Burundi launched a campaign of mass screening for COVID-19 on Monday, indicating that the new president is changing policies to
Tags GENERAL Africa’s top publisher to close South African publications South Africa’s Naspers plans to lay off more than 500 employees and close a number of newspapers and magazines, including
Tags GENERAL Foreign-based mine workers to begin returning to South Africa: Minerals Council An estimated 1,100 foreign-based employees for gold and platinum companies in South Africa are scheduled to begin returning to the
Tags GENERAL Burundian refugees in Tanzania face new pressure to go home Burundian refugees in Tanzania say they fear being forced to return to their country now that a new president has