English – Africa Hot News http://africahotnews.com Best News Tue, 25 May 2021 09:10:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 Mali-International organizations demand immediate release of the leaders http://africahotnews.com/2021/05/mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders http://africahotnews.com/2021/05/mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders/#respond Tue, 25 May 2021 09:10:30 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3816 UN, EU and AU have called for the release of Malian the transitional president Bah N'Daw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane arrested by the army on Monday.

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]]> The United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have called for the release of Malian figures arrested by the army, including the transitional president Bah N’Daw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane.

” I am deeply concerned by news of detention of civilian leaders of the Malian transition. I call for calm & their unconditional release. My Special Representative is working closely with ECOWAS, the AU & all other international actors supporting the ongoing political transition.” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterress said on his Twitter account overnight Monday to Tuesday.

In a statement, the European Council condemned “firmly the kidnapping of the transitional president of Mali and the Prime Minister and called for their immediate release”.

The Council warned that “the European Union is ready to consider targeted measures against political and military leaders obstructing the transition in Mali”.

These reactions are in addition to those issued in the evening by the Monitoring Committee of the transition in Mali, which brings together representatives of ECOWAS, the African Union and Minusma with members of the international community, including the France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and the European Union.

Speaking in a statement issued on Monday evening, the Committee condemned an “attempted coup” against the transitional power in Mali and called for the immediate release of the President and his Prime Minister.

On Monday evening, soldiers arrested transitional president Bah N’Daw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and civilian and military figures, before forcing them to the Kati military barracks located about fifteen kilometers from the capital Bamako.

The arrest of these personalities came just after the announcement of a new government team, according to which Brigadier General Souleymane Dacouré replaces Colonel Sadio Camara at the head of the Ministry of Defense and Major General Mamadou Lamine Diallo replaces Colonel Modibo Koné at the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection.

According to corroborating sources, Camara and Koné are the brains of the coup that overthrew former President Ibrahim Boubaker Keita on August 18, 2020.

As a reminder, President Bah N’Daw and Moctar Ouane took office in mid-September 2020, following negotiations between the Economic Community of West African States and the military junta.

Their main mission was to lead a peaceful transition lasting 18 months, to end with the holding of general elections and the restoration of constitutional order.

Prime Minister Moctar Ouane presented his resignation on May 14 and was reappointed the same day to form a new government.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/05/mali-international-organizations-demand-immediate-release-of-the-leaders/feed/ 0 Côte D’Ivoire- Alassane Ouattara receives Motsepe and Infantino http://africahotnews.com/2021/05/cote-divoire-alassane-ouattara-receives-motsepe-and-infantino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cote-divoire-alassane-ouattara-receives-motsepe-and-infantino http://africahotnews.com/2021/05/cote-divoire-alassane-ouattara-receives-motsepe-and-infantino/#respond Tue, 04 May 2021 14:55:00 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3673 The Ivorian Head of State Alassane Dramane Ouattara received on Tuesday in Abidjan, Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA and the boss of CAF, Patrice Motsepe

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]]> The Ivorian Head of State Alassane Dramane Ouattara received on Tuesday, in Abidjan, Gianni Infantino, President of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) accompanied by the new boss of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Patrice Motsepe.

The latter was joined on the evening of Monday, May 3, 2021, in Abidjan, by the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino and the secretary general of the body, Fatma Samoura.

Just on his arrival on Monday in the Ivorian economic capital, Patrice Motsepe began his visit with an internal meeting with members of his delegation composed mainly of his vice-presidents.

He then had an important working session with members of the standardization commission of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), before meeting with his special advisor, Ambassador Jacques Anouma.

During their meeting, which is part of the launch of a Pan-African inter-school football tournament in Abidjan, football officials spoke with Alassane Ouattara on AFCON 2023 to be held in his country.

“We discussed the CAN 2023 to be held in Côte d’Ivoire and the important role that our country must play in African and world football.” said the Head of State after their meeting.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/05/cote-divoire-alassane-ouattara-receives-motsepe-and-infantino/feed/ 0 Tchad- Idriss Déby meurt sur le champ de bataille http://africahotnews.com/2021/04/tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille http://africahotnews.com/2021/04/tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille/#respond Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:25:00 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3567 Le Chef de l'État Tchadien Idriss Déby Itno, est décédé des suites de blessures subies lors d'un combat dans le nord du pays, où il s’était rendu pour rendre visite aux soldats combattant les rebelles.

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]]> Le Chef de l’État Tchadien Idriss Déby Itno, est décédé des suites de blessures subies lors d’un combat dans le nord du pays, où il s’était rendu pour rendre visite aux soldats combattant les rebelles.

Déby , 68 ans, «vient de souffler sa dernière défense de la nation souveraine sur le champ de bataille» ce week-end, a déclaré le porte-parole de l’armée, le général Azem Bermandoa Agouna, dans un communiqué lu ce mardi à la télévision d’État, un jour après que Deby a été déclaré vainqueur d’un élection présidentielle.

Les circonstances exactes de la mort de Déby n’étaient pas immédiatement claires.

L’armée a déclaré que le président commandait son armée ce week-end alors qu’elle combattait les rebelles qui avaient lancé une incursion majeure dans le nord du pays le jour du scrutin le 11 avril.

Agouna a également déclaré qu’un conseil militaire dirigé par le fils du défunt président âgé de 37 ans, le général Mahamat Idriss Deby, remplacerait le Maréchal.

Un couvre-feu a été imposé et les frontières du pays ont été fermées à la suite de la mort du président.

Officier de formation, Idriss Déby est arrivé au pouvoir en 1990 par un soulèvement armé. Il était un allié de longue date de la France et d’autres puissances occidentales dans la bataille contre les groupes djihadistes dans la région du Sahel en Afrique.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/04/tchad-idriss-deby-meurt-sur-le-champ-de-bataille/feed/ 0 Tanzania- President John Magufuli died at 61 http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61 http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:43:00 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3480 The Tanzanian President John Magufuli, aka "the Bulldozzer", died Wednesday of heart problems after more than five years as head of the East African state.

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]]> The Tanzanian President John Magufuli, aka “the Bulldozzer”, died on Wednesday of heart problems after more than five years as head of the East African state.

Reelected last October for a second term, John Magufuli, 61, last appeared in public more than two weeks ago, on February 27, and lingering rumors were circulating about his state of health.

“It is with great regret that I inform you that today, March 17, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., we have lost our courageous leader, the President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli,” announced Samia Suluhu Hassan on the television.

The vice-president clarified that the head of state had suffered from heart problems for 10 years.

He was admitted on March 6 to the Jakaya Kikwete Heart Institute in Dar es Salaam, but was released the next day.

On March 14, he felt ill again and was admitted to Emilio Mzena Hospital, a government facility.

“The organization of the funeral is underway (…) Our country will be in mourning for a period of 14 days and the flags will be at half mast,” said Samia Suluhu Hassan.

John Magufuli, nicknamed the “Bulldozer”, came to power in 2015 promising to fight the endemic corruption that infuriates the population.

According to many human rights organizations, his first term was also marked by an authoritarian drift, repeated attacks on the opposition and the decline in fundamental freedoms.

His re-election in October, in a context of strong repression, had also been rejected by the opposition, which was crying out for fraud.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61/feed/ 0 Ivory Coast- Prime Minister Ahmed Bakayoko has passed away! http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:42:10 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3404 Côte d'Ivoire thus loses two Prime Ministers in less than a year. On July 8, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Bakayoko's predecessor, died suddenly in Abidjan after being the victim of unease amid a cabinet meeting in Abidjan.

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The Ivorian Prime Minister Ahmed Bakayoko, evacuated to France since February 18 and urgently transferred to Germany last week, succumbed to a dazzling cancer on Wednesday March 10, 2021 at the age of 56.

The sad news has been announced on Wednesday evening by Fidel Sarassoro, director of cabinet of the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara.

“I am deeply saddened to announce the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko this Wednesday in Germany from cancer,” he said.

“Our country is in mourning,” said Alassane Ouattara, in a message posted on social media.

“I pay tribute to the Prime Minister, Hamed Bakayoko, my son and close collaborator, too soon torn from our affection”, he continued, paying homage to this “great statesman, a model for our youth, a personality of great generosity and exemplary loyalty ”.

Côte d’Ivoire thus loses two Prime Ministers in less than a year. On July 8, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Bakayoko’s predecessor, died suddenly in Abidjan after being the victim of unease amid a cabinet meeting in Abidjan.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away/feed/ 0 Nigeria- Muhammadu Buhari gets vaccinated against Covid-19 http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/nigeria-muhammadu-buhari-gets-vaccinated-against-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nigeria-muhammadu-buhari-gets-vaccinated-against-covid-19 http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/nigeria-muhammadu-buhari-gets-vaccinated-against-covid-19/#respond Sun, 07 Mar 2021 13:33:00 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3359 The day before, a doctor was the first Nigerian to be vaccinated in the West African country of 200 million people.

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]]> The Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari received a first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus on Saturday morning in Abuja, the day after the launch of the vaccination campaign in the most populous country in Africa.

“To show my confidence in the safety and efficacy of these vaccines, I received my first injection today, and I urge all Nigerians to do the same, so that we are protected against this virus, “Buhari said in a statement.



Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo also received on Saturday, like Mr. Buhari, a dose during this vaccination organized at the presidential palace and broadcast on national television.

The day before, a doctor was the first Nigerian to be vaccinated in the West African country of 200 million people.

Nigeria received nearly 4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, funded by the COVAX device which aims to provide them to low-income countries.

This is the first batch of 16 million AstraZeneca / Oxford doses due to arrive in Nigeria in the coming months, where caregivers and professions at risk will be the first to be vaccinated.

Nigeria had 158,042 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, including 1,954 deaths. But these results are considered undervalued, due to a low number of tests carried out in relation to the population.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/nigeria-muhammadu-buhari-gets-vaccinated-against-covid-19/feed/ 0 Benin- Arrest of opposition flagbearer Reckya Madougou http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:08:36 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3288 After her car was pulled over on the Porto Novo Bridge, those who were in the craft with her were taken out. And she was taken to Cotonou.

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]]> Reckya Madougou, the leader of the opposition party, “Les Democrates”, who’s candidacy for the presidential election in Benin was rejected, has been arrested on Wednesday in Porto Novo.

Shortly after leading a press conference in the presence of other equally unsuccessful opposition candidates, including Professor Joël Aïvo, Reckya Madougou was arrested by Republican police on her way to Cotonou.

After her car was pulled over on the Porto Novo Bridge, those who were in the craft with her were taken out. And she was taken to Cotonou.

This follows an arrest warrant issued by the Court for the Repression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET).

A source confirms to Rfi that her arrest would be linked to the arrests of “two activists from her party placed under arrest warrant on Monday for criminal association and terrorism”.

The opposition leader is currently in custody.

According to local media, her phone was also confiscated.

At the end of the investigation, she will be presented to the public prosecutor.

Meanwhile, Me Renaud Agbodjo, her lawyer, denounces her arrest, indicating that she was not even summoned beforehand.

Nevertheless, according to his counsel, “the main motives are always criminal association and terrorism. It must be considered that in reality her candidacy is embarrassing and this arrest is clearly political. So we denounce this totally arbitrary and illegal arrest ”.

A CRIET press conference is announced today to give full explanations of this affair which may have impact on the April 11, 2021 presidential election in this Western African country.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/feed/ 0 Ghana- Vaccination Covid-19: Akufo-Addo’s opponent joins him http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ghana-vaccination-covid-19-akufo-addos-opponent-joins-him/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghana-vaccination-covid-19-akufo-addos-opponent-joins-him http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ghana-vaccination-covid-19-akufo-addos-opponent-joins-him/#respond Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:05:09 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3235 The leader of the opposition, who is still contesting before the Supreme Court, the results of the presidential election in Ghana was vaccinated this Tuesday against COVID-19 at the police hospital in Accra.

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]]> Like his successor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the former president of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama and his wife Lordina received their vaccinations against the novel coronavirus this Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

The leader of the opposition, who is still contesting before the Supreme Court, the results of the presidential election in Ghana was vaccinated this Tuesday against COVID-19 at the police hospital in Accra.

Speaking to the press after being vaccinated, Mr Mahama said the only way the country can beat the virus is to vaccinate everyone.

“I believe that all Ghanaians should avail themselves for the vaccines and indeed in Africa, we should be less hesitant about taking vaccines because all of us took vaccines when we were growing up, and it is due to these vaccines that today our children do not get all kinds of diseases like polio and smallpox among others. ”, He confided.

“So vaccines are useful in preserving our health and so Ghanaians should disregard all these rumours,” he said while adding that he has agreed to take the vaccine publicly, to assure everyone that there is nothing to fear.

The Head of State Nana Akufo-Addo and his wife, Rebecca Akufo-Addo were the first to receive their vaccinations yesterday at the 37 military hospital in Accra.

As a reminder, the neighboring country of Togo was the first African nation to benefit from the COVAX initiative by receiving 600,000 doses of Astrazeneca vaccine last week.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ghana-vaccination-covid-19-akufo-addos-opponent-joins-him/feed/ 0 Ghana-Closure of a homosexual center in Accra http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:34:39 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3076 These incidents come a few weeks after the first reaction of the American President, Joe Biden on the management of these practices by the other countries of the world.

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On Wednesday, the Ghana police service closed the offices of an organization that supports the LGBTQI + community (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual trans, queer, intersex), in a neighborhood north of Accra.

On Twitter, LGBT + rights group Ghana announced that its center had been overrun by national security, adding that not only did they no longer have access to that space, but their lives were also at risk.

Furthermore, the community calls on human rights organizations and their allies to condemn “these attacks and hate crimes” against them.

For several weeks, religious groups and leaders in the Christian-dominated country have been campaigning for the authorities to close the center.

Meanwhile, Ghanaians on social media criticized the silence of President Akufo-Addo after the opening of this center in January by Rights Ghana with the support of foreigners (white).

The owner of the building that housed the center, Asenso Gyambi, told reporters he did not know his house was rented by the group.

These incidents come a few weeks after the first reaction of the American President, Joe Biden on the management of these practices by the other countries of the world.

Read also: Togo-A newspaper suspended for “defaming minister”

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra/feed/ 0 Ghana- First batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrives on Wednesday. http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-on-wednesday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghana-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-on-wednesday http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-first-batch-of-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-on-wednesday/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:41:02 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3024 Meanwhile the Ghanaian authorities urge the public to cooperate with the government in the administration of the vaccines when they arrive in the country.

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The Ghanaian State will receive on Wednesday, February 24, its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, announced the gouvernement.

The Ghanaian ministry of Information announced in a press release on Tuesday that the Minister-Designate for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu will lead the government delegation to receive the vaccines at 7:00 am.

The ceremony will be televised live on Ghana Television (GTV) and also on the Ministry of Information’s Facebook page, the statement read.

This is the first batch of Coronavirus vaccines in the western african country, out of a total of 2.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India (AZ/SII).

Ghana is among 145 countries listed to receive vaccines from a number of suppliers through the COVAX Facility according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Meanwhile the Ghanaian authorities urge the public to cooperate with the government in the administration of the vaccines when they arrive in the country.

As a reminder, the neighboring country of Togo has also approved the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.

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