Africa Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo was named African of the Year 2021 by Forbes Africa magazine for repositioning the country in the global marketplace by relying on its own resources and strengths
Africa Benin Opposition leader Reckya Madougou has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, despite she declared she has never been and a terrorist while another opposition member was sentenced to 10 years last week by a special court established by the President in 2016
Africa Tunisia A national census of people with disabilities will start in the Q1 of 2022, covering only disability card holders; according to the last general 2014 census, there were 241.000 disabled people, of whom only 45% were card holders
Africa Lesotho According to the latest findings of the vulnerability report, some 470.00 Basotho people are facing high food insecurity between October 2021 and March 2022, requiring humanitarian assistance to reduce food shortages and prevent acute malnutrition
Africa Egypt The Ministry of Environment has announced a 50% reduction on entrance tickets to nature reserves and protectorates to encourage young people to visit local sites of interest
Africa Somalia Deqa Dhalac, a Somali immigrant to the United States and the first Muslim woman elected to the South Portland City Council in 2018, has been elected the city's first black mayor
Africa South Africa Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has signed an agreement to license Aspen Pharmacare of South Africa to produce its single-dose anticovid vaccine for the African market
Africa Cameroon Cameroonian Lazare Eloundou Assomo is the new Director of World Heritage at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, becoming the first African to hold the post
Africa Nigeria The federal government has estimated that the total number of poor citizens will reach 109 million by the end of 2022, out of a total of 210 million, with the increase linked to the pandemic
Africa Sierra Leone President Bio said Statistics Sierra Leone will conduct a two-week count of everyone starting today; it will also collect administrative, demographic, social and economic information on all households and individuals
Africa Gabon 200.503 people have been vaccinated agains Covid-19 out of an estimated total population of 1,7 million; of those, only 49.000 women have already received at least a first dose, compared to 150.000 men
Africa Madagascar SPI/FilmBox and Axian Group have signed a distribution agreement that makes four SPI channels available in the country; viewers will be able to watch FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Arthouse, DocuBox and FightBox in the Premium package
Africa Libya The Central Bank of Libya has announced a unification plan to end years of division between eastern and western banks; the completion of the international financial review for the central bank will be held in July