Tunisia: 92 to 93% for the yes to the new Constitution, according to the Sigma Conseil institute

#Tunisia : The “yes” to the new Constitution in Tunisia won by a large majority of “92 to 93%”, indicated to AFP the director of the Sigma Conseil institute, on the basis of a poll in the exit of the polls. This controversial new fundamental law, imposed by President Saied, grants vast powers to the … Read more

Senegal: faced with the new wave of Covid-19, civil society is sounding the alarm

#Senegal : With 51 new cases of Covid-19 recorded on Saturday July 23, 2022, Senegal has again seen the contamination rate increase for the past few days. The contamination curve, which has remained downward for almost 6 months, has been showing signs of recovery for a few days. More and more cases of Covid-19 are … Read more

After Covid-19, WHO and Gavi to deploy Africa’s first malaria vaccine

#Ivory Coast : After having strongly contributed to the access of African countries to anti-Covid-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will do it again with the first vaccine against malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands of children every year. After Covid-19, the WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, an … Read more

South African president summoned to appear in farm robbery case

#Other countries : South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to be subpoenaed to provide answers in an investigation into an embarrassing burglary case, the office of the Republic’s Ombudsman announced on Tuesday. The time limit given to Ramaphosa to answer questions relating to this file at the origin of accusations of corruption against the … Read more

DRC: an American journalist arrested by the intelligence services

#Other countries : An American journalist has been arrested in the Democratic Republic of Congo by intelligence services on the grounds that he had approached armed groups in the south-east of the country, a senior government official told AFP on Sunday. According to civil society groups quoted by local media, American journalist Stavros Nicolas Niarchos … Read more

Sudan: 31 dead in tribal conflict on the border with Ethiopia

#Other countries : The conflict between two tribes this week in the Sudanese state of Blue Nile, bordering Ethiopia, has left 31 dead, according to a new report announced on Saturday by local authorities. According to the communiqué of the security services of this State «39 people were injured and 16 stores burned down» from … Read more