“The Independent” : Algeria, Emerging Hub for Cocaine Coming to UK
Algeria has become an emerging hub for cocaine coming to the UK, warned British paper "The Independent". The paper recalled the discovery of almost half a tonne of cocaine floating in waters off the Algerian...
Pfizer, BioNTech to Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccine in South Africa
Pfizer and BioNTech have inked an agreement with South Africa's Biovac Institute to produce the COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa for the African Union, Pfizer said in a statement on Wednesday. "Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech...
Over 210 People Killed in Unrest in South Africa
The death toll from unrest in the South African provinces KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng has increased to 212, Kumbudzo Ntshaveni, the acting minister under the President of South Africa, said. Earlier, 117 deaths were registered. "We...
South Africa: Eleven Killed in Stampede During Shopping Mall Looting
Eleven people have been killed in a stampede during the looting of a shopping mall in the South African province of Gauteng, as a wave of violent protests against the incarceration of former President...
Moroccan group “Ymmy Finance Holding” to invest $ 3.3bln in Niger
Moroccan group Ymmy Finance Holding will invest US $ 3.3 billion in several industrial and infrastructure projects in Niamey, the city's authorities and the Moroccan group have announced. "There are six projects that will...
Delta Variant Drives Africa COVID Threat to ‘Whole New Level’, WHO Warns
With cases now doubling in Africa every three weeks, the Delta variant of COVID-19 has spread to 16 countries and it is present in three of the five nations reporting the highest caseloads, according...
A BCP subsidiary distinguishes itself in Senegal
Wizall Money, a subsidiary of BCP Group, has been named the best digital innovation company in Senegal, at the end of the 14th edition of the "Calebasses de l'excellence awards", says a press release...
Tunisian Prime Minister Contracts COVID-19
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said in a statement on Friday. The 47-year-old premier, who was vaccinated against COVID-19 in spring, will continue working remotely from office,...
NGO : Algeria Guilty of Violations and Enforced Disappearances in Tindouf Camps
The international NGO Il Cenacolo raised before the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) the impunity of the perpetrators of gross human rights violations in the Tindouf camps, holding the Algerian...
Mauritania arrests former president amid corruption probe
Mauritanian authorities have arrested former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, one of his lawyers said on Wednesday, amid an ongoing investigation into alleged high-level corruption during his time in office. Abdel Aziz, who stepped down...