The Prognosis for Peace and Human Security for Mali becomes Dire
The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo plans to make sign language as the fifth official language, adding to Swahili, Lingala, Kituba and Tshiluba. It will be formally taught in schools to help people who rely on sign language to access government services more easily. “It’s a community that for long has been marginalised […]
African Leaders Meet on Vaccination Roll Out Plans
The 71st session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa started on Tuesday with focus on the continent’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The three-day session, being held virtually for the second year in a row, has brough together health ministers from the continent to set the continent’s health agenda for the […]
Addis Creates its Own Social Media Platforms
Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency has said. For the past year Ethiopia has been engulfed in an armed conflict between the federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), […]
Courtroom Access to One of the Biggest Corruption Scandals in Mozambique
The trial of the “hidden debt”, which has plunged the country into a serious financial crisis and is embarrassing even the top of the state, opened on Monday in a Maputo prison. Nineteen people accused of blackmail, forgery, embezzlement and money laundering, for amounts of several million euros, are to be heard in hearings scheduled […]
Hundreds Attend the Inauguration of Zambia’s New President
Zambia’s newly elected leader Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn in after an election victory hailed as a rare triumph over authoritarianism and a milestone in African democracy. Hichilema, fondly known as “HH” or “Bally” – an informal term for father – has vowed to clean up the mess and woo back spooked investors. His inauguration […]
