News link 2021-10-19 Second Edition
News link 2021-10-19 Second Edition
News link 2021-10-19 Second Edition
The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ARCC), on Monday, held talks with civil society and the private sector in Togo. This is part of an advocacy and awareness-raising workshop, organized in collaboration with the ministry in charge of trade, with the…
Reports indicate that Côte d'Ivoire and Mali have been fighting for a few years over a forest of 125 hectares. According to APA News, the information was given during the plenary session of the Korhogo regional workshop as part of…
In Senegal, a new development in the Karim Wade case. Sentenced to six years in prison as part of the hunt for ill-gotten gains, the son of former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has won a battle in Monaco. The justice…
In Liberia, President George Weah has rewarded a teenager Emmanuel Tolue who found fifty thousand United States dollars about a week ago and returned the money to its rightful owner. President Weah believes the teenager's decision to return the money…
In Ghana, the leader and founder of separatist group Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Charles Kormi Kudjordji, popularly known as Papavi has died. The 87-year-old, known for championing calls for the separation of the “Western Togoland” from Ghana through his…
Nigerians may be required to take extra shots of the covid19 vaccine to stay safe despite being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease says Professor Akin Abayomi – the Lagos State commissioner of health. Professor Abayomi made the remark Tuesday during…
Voting is underway to determine the winners of the AfricTivistes Civic Action Prize for 2021. Ten organisations are taking part in this phase of the exercise after judges narrowed down the competition from a list of over 300 applications. The…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says Ebola vaccination began Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on 8 October. It says people at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed case…
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021 Global TB report. It says for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased. In 2020, more people…