AFRICA

Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday urged collective and decisive action to subdue the resurgence of political instability in West Africa. Opening the extraordinary summit by leaders of the regional body in the Ghanaian capital, …

🔴 AFCON SEMIS ✳ Egypt 0 (3) Cameroon 0 (1) #TeamCameroon | ✅❌❌❌ #TeamEgypt | ✅✅✅ Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Egypt will face Senegal in Sunday’s 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations final after winning today’s semifinal 3-1 on penalties . It was a tactical and tense match …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | With only 11 percent of the population fully vaccinated in Africa, the vaccination rate on the African continent needs to increase six times to meet the 70 percent target set for mid-2022, warned Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO). “The world has finally heard our calls. …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest aviation group, flew its Boeing 737 MAX jet for the first time on Tuesday after a tragic crash in 2019. “Ethiopian Airlines has returned its Boeing 737 MAX back to the skies today with the airline’s board chairman and executives, Boeing …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for restraint in Guinea-Bissau after a failed coup in the African country, said his deputy spokesman on Wednesday. “The secretary-general is continuing to closely follow the developments in Guinea-Bissau. He encourages all stakeholders, particularly defense and security forces, to exercise …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Republic of Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons Bruno Jean Richard Itoua, current chairman of the ministerial conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), announced Wednesday that OPEC will increase oil production to 400,000 barrels per day. According to Itoua, this decision is aimed at …

🔴 AFCON SEMIS ✳ Senegal 3 Burkina Faso 1 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Sadio Mane was man of the match as Senegal brushed aside Burkina Faso 3-1 to storm the AFCON final on Wednesday. The Lions of Teranga reach the TotalEnergies AFCON final for the second successive time. …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Over 350 members of Tanzanian parliament on Tuesday elected 45-year-old woman as speaker of parliament, replacing Job Ndugai who resigned early January after he had criticized the government’s borrowing trend, saying it was unhealthy. Tulia Ackson, who was deputy speaker of parliament, was elected …

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Xinhua | Several automatic weapon fires were reported on Tuesday afternoon near the government palace in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. Gunshots were reported near the Palace of the Government of Guinea-Bissau, where the extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers was being held. The president, Umaro Sissoco …

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | A total of 1,192 people were killed and 3,348 others kidnapped in 2021 in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna, according to official data released by Tuesday. In a security report for the …