here is your latest african news africa wide african health ministers review covert 19 fight
and plan for future shocks african health ministers meet on tuesday to take stock of
the continents fight against covet 19 as the pandemic continues to stretch health systems
to breaking points and some countries and just two percent of all africans are fully vaccinated
against the virus ministers assessed immediate actions needed to curb africa's third wave
which saw covert 19 cases in africa surpass 7 million reach a record weekly peak of 250 000
in early july and drive up deaths to a record weekly peak of 6400 in early august the third
wave has declined over the last five weeks since the peak in early july but 16 countries are still
experiencing a surge in new cases the ministers met for a special session at the 71st session of
the world health organization regional committee for africa the organization's decision making body
decision-making body that comprises ministers of health from 47 member states of the world
health organization african region as well as key partners chad former president hisenia habre dies
former chadian president hussein habre who was ousted in 1992 died at a hospital in dakar senegal
the senegalese justice ministry announced on tuesday he was 79 years old habre who ruled from
1982 to 1990 with an iron fist fled to senegal following the coup chad's transitional president
muhammad idris debbie sent condolences to hapley's family habre was sentenced to life in prison in
2016 for war crimes crimes against humanity and torture by the extraordinary african chambers
a tribunal that was created by senegal and the african union the sentence set a precedent as
being the first time that a country prosecuted a former leader of another nation for rights
abuses and was upheld in 2017 by an appeals court he spent his final years as a prisoner in senegal
sudan after 50 dead as swollen blue nile rex havoc according to officials an official report
on tuesday torrential rains and resultant flash floods continued to swell the flow of the blue now
this has led to devastating consequences as houses were submerged roads were cut off and
loss of lives resulted meanwhile the official death toll in this season's floods has risen to
more than 50 however the civil defense department warned that the death toll in the floods will rise
to more than the recorded number as rescue efforts are currently underway zambia zambia's
new president vows to cut unsustainable public debt new president hakain de hichi lima pledged
on tuesday to tackle zambia's unsustainable debt lamenting that the national budget was overwhelmed
by the cost of servicing it ichilema spoke during his swearing-in as the southern africa's a
southern african country's seventh president after a landslide election victory earlier this month
over incumbent egalungu it marked zambia's third peaceful change of power to an opposition party
since independence from britain in 1964. the new leader who lost five previous presidency attempts
states that his main goal was to revive an economy weighed down by debt unprecedented world commodity
prices and covert 19. tanzania zanzibar to build africa's second tallest skyscraper and the largest
hotel in eastern central africa zanzibar will in the next few years be home to a 1.3 billion dollar
commercial tower that could change the face of semi-autonomous indian ocean archipelago a joint
venture of tanzan tanzania's aicl group and edinburgh crowland management limited
yesterday signed a contract with the new york and dubai based architect excasia that will see
the letter come up with the architectural designs for what will be the tallest building in eastern
central and southern africa when completed the seven story building will be the second
tallest in africa behind iconic tower in egypt which covers a total of 65 000 square meters
the zanzibar house of representatives approved a budget of 1.82 trillion shillings in june
according to a statement by excasia zanzibar domino tower will be a key tourist spot
offering visitors residences and businesses entertainment culture and conferencing services
tunisia tunisian president says parliament will be suspended indefinitely soon as in president kai
syed has extended his suspension of parliament until further notice a month after sacking his
premier and granting himself greater powers in a shock intervention opponents described as a coup
a statement from the presidency late on monday extended an order freezing immunity for lawmakers
and said saeed would address the people in the coming days without elaborating it reiterated its
stance that said actions were a flagrant violation of the constitution he has yet to appoint a new
government or reveal a road map for his decisions despite repeated demands from political parties
while the president enjoys widespread popularity at home his move sparked fears internationally
that the cradle of 2011 arab spring is regressing towards authoritarianism east africa eac tourism
sector lost 4.8 billion dollars in 2 million jobs the east african region lost more than 4.8 billion
dollars and 2 million jobs in the tourism sector in 2020 due to the pandemic as according to a new
report the august report titled eabc studies on impact of kovac 19 on selected sectors
found that 4.2 million foreign tourists were not able to travel to their preferred east
african community destinations the impact has also been felt across affiliated industries and
other sectors of the economy tourism is one of the leading foreign exchange earners and fastest
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