here's your latest african news africa wide france to donate 10 million vaccines to africa
over three months france will be sending 10 million doses of covert 19 vaccines to africa
over the next three months the french presidency said in a statement on monday the vaccines will be
allocated and distributed through the african union's vaccine acquisition trust and covex
a vet is a means of enabling group purchases of vaccines by the african union members
to help them meet at least 50 percent of their needs at a conference in berlin last
week african leaders renewed calls for vaccine equity south african president cyril ramaphosa
said it was unfair that richer countries had vaccinated nearly their entire adult populations
while developing countries struggled to buy vaccines nigeria nigeria to partner with bit inc
to launch e-naira digital currency nigeria will work with bit inc as a technical partner
in its bid to launch its own cryptocurrency the e naira the central bank said on monday the central
bank announced plans to launch its own digital currency later this year after nigeria barred
banks and financial institutions from dealing in or facilitating transactions in cryptocurrencies
in february central bank governor godwin mfiele has said the e-nara would operate as a wallet
against which customers can hold existing funds in their bank accounts in a statement on monday
emifiele said the currency would accelerate financial inclusion and enable cheaper and faster
remittance inflows barbados-based bit inc earlier this year led development of the eastern caribbean
currency union's d cash the first digital cash issued by a currency union central bank
sudan and chad sudan chad agreed to boost security fight cross-border terror threats the chairman of
chadian transitional military council mohammed idris debbie monday visited
sudan in a bid to solicit regional support in building the north central africa african state
the sudan sovereignty council president al-bulum met the chad agk president debbie
and his accompanying delegation at the republic palace in the central khartoum in a statement
debbie said his visit was also meant to strengthen the cooperation and relations
between sudan and chad faced with related security issues the two countries embraced the integration
concerted efforts and joint cooperation with the african union in the field of border security
the fights against terrorism as well as the fight against cross-border security violations
debbie further stated that they will intensify efforts to reinforce the security and stability
of sudan and chad kenya kenya's valuable sandalwoods are being uprooted to near extinction
east africa's endangered sandalwood tree is being illegally harvested at a rate that could see it
becoming extinct the misuse of this valuable resource is causing a loss of biodiversity
and a source of medicine for local communities the increased over-exploitation in this wood
of this wood rather in kenya goes back to 2006 according to the convention of international trade
in endangered species of wild flora and fauna which lists the tree as threatened the whole
tree is uprooted to access the sandalwood oil most of which is found in the roots and the trunk
tackling this over exploitation requires a range of responses as those involved in
trafficking must be investigated and prosecuted just as important is a concerted effort at the
community level in kenya to preserve this valuable tree community-based conservation initiatives are
needed to gain local support for protecting and preserving the tree and its socio-cultural value
uganda uganda airlines negotiates interline deal ugandan airlines ua is finalizing interlining
negotiations with two of tanzania's airlines in an effort to streamline travelling across the region
speaking at the julius nierere international airport in dar es salaam yesterday ua's country
manager ms lucy ismail said negations with air tanzania company limited as well as precision air
are in the final stages an insulin agreement allows airlines to handle the check-in and baggage
for each other's passengers this means travelers only have to check in once for all their flights
on their itinerary and that their baggage will be transferred by the first airline to the second
without them having to manually collect it and then re-book their package ua has already inked
an interlining pact with qatar airways emirates han air and french apg airline and they are now
at the systems testing stage drc congo reviews chinese mine contracts after
president felix chise pushes back against deals favoring foreign firms
the world depends on the democratic republic of congo for its cobalt and to electrify vehicles
but the drc which supplies more than 60 percent of the world's reserves of cobalt
or may be getting short charged by foreign mining companies and is investigating whether unfair
foreign mining contracts were signed during the previous administration president felix giuseppe
said in may that some mining contracts could be reviewed because of concerns that they are not
sufficiently benefiting the country which is the world's largest producer of cobalt and africa's
leading minor of copper his government announced this month it had formed a commission to reassess
the reserves at resources at china malabidian's massive tenkey fragram copper and cobalt mine
in order to lay claim to its rights congo's minister of mines in a statement claimed that
the 2007 deal agreed with the chinese state-owned firms senior hydro corp and china railroad group
limited was also being reviewed to ensure it's fair and effective zambia newly elected
president hechi lemma sacks military police chiefs newly elected president
fired zambia police service inspector general kangaja and the deputies barely a week after his
inauguration the newly elected president on sunday appointed new military chiefs and replaced all
police commissioners after promising to end the previous regime's heavy-handedness right groups
accused hichulema's predecessor edgar lunga of leading a brutal crackdown on descent with police
violence claiming at least five lives since he was officially elected in 2016. ichilema has
been arrested over a dozen has arrested a dozen times with his political career and made restoring
freedoms a linchpin of his electoral promises the president also has urged through checks before
detaining suspects stressing that no one should be arrested before investigations are concluded
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