Beyond West Africa

 In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), authorities have announced a visa ban on Ugandans and some other 20 African countries seeking to visit Dubai with immediate effect. In a notice issued to trade partners including travel agents, authorities indicate that…

In Chad, several members of the Transformers Party were arrested on Thursday during a protest match.  They had matched through the city of Ndjamena, the capital, to invite the population to join their next protest on Saturday.  Since they pulled…

Education officials in Cameroon say improved security in its western regions have allowed more than 200 schools that had been shut by separatist threats since 2017 to reopen for the new school year. But critics note officials said the same…

In Togo, the Minister of the Armed Forces, Mrs. Essossimna Marguerite GNAKADE has been meeting with the families of the victims of the attacks on Operation Koundjoaré posts.  The meeting mainly focused on the terms and conditions for the allocation…

The Africa Centre for Disease Control, Africa CDC, said on Thursday that it is still in discussions with various potential buyers for the branded vaccine of South African pharmaceutical Aspen Pharmacare's  Recall Aspen had on Wednesday said that its vaccine…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Cameroonian soldiers of killings, arbitrary detentions as well as looting of villages and health centres in the North-West region. Cameroonian troops have been engaging various factions of separatists waging a war in the predominantly…

Central banks in Africa are facing unprecedented challenges according to the International Monetary Fund IMF The world monetary fund also indicates that the use of mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa as the percentage of aged  15 years and above has…

French President Emmanuel Macron started his three nation tour of Africa on Monday with a visit to Cameroon. This is the first trip to the continent since winning re-election as he seeks to reboot France’s post-colonial relationship with the continent.…

The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has recommended that states on the continent step up efforts to monitor and track cases of monkeypox. Two days ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox an international public health emergency.…

A separatist leaders has been killed in Southwest Cameroon. According to reports, he was killed during a raid by the Cameroonian army on his camp. The fighter was wanted for his crimes against the military and inhabitants of the Lebialem…

The Chadian cabinet over the weekend underwent a reshuffle as directed by the transition president, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. The government in a statement said 13 of the 40 existing ministerial and state secretarial functions have been reallocated. This is…