here is your latest african news africa wide african cup of nations organizers insist that next
month's delay tournament will go ahead african cup of nations organizers insist that next month's
delay tournament will go ahead the organizers face resistance from european clubs because of
rising cases of the new coronavirus train omicron the general secretary of the caf say the release
of players is dictated by fifa regulations and not the clubs 24 teams are expected to take part
in the africa cup of nations the authorities in cameroon appear ready to host this major event
the africa cup of nations takes place between the 9th of january and 6th of february 2022
central african republic anti-french sentiment rises in the central african republic the central
african republic anti-french sentiment is ever growing following the decision by the european
union to suspend its military training program a march has been organized in the capital bangui
where local media says the flags of france and the eu will be set on fire the eu says it acted
because it believes the russian mercenaries wagner exert undue influence of the central african
republic's armed forces and it fears it could get tied up in the violations of international law
senegal senegal national dish added to unesco heritage site
the united nations cultural agency unesco on wednesday added senegalese national dish
a rice and fish platter called chebuchen to its cultural heritage list senegal's cultural
ministry applied to include the dish which is widely consumed in the west african country on
the intangible cultural heritage of humanity list in october the northern senegalese city
of saint louis is believed to be the birthplace of the dish the city whose old centre itself is
a unesco world heritage site borders the atlantic ocean and host a thriving fishing community debu
chen also pronounced as cebu jen in wolof joins other food related items in the unesco list such
as the art of neapolitan pizzaulo and couscous culture in mauritania morocco algeria and tunisia
zimbabwe zimbabwe was hit by an exodus of health professionals a huge exodus of the health
professionals that made the covet 19 pandemic is hitting zimbabwe hard with more than 2 200
living to take jobs in the u.s uk australia and neighboring states according to the government's
health service board this is more than double the number of doctors nurses and pharmacists
who left last year and three times the number that left in 2019 the world health organization
recommends a minimum of 23 doctors by 10 000 people with zimbabwe is far from meeting
south africa 24 rhinos killed in south africa in two weeks
twenty-four rhinos have been killed in south africa in about two weeks the environment
ministry has confirmed it says seven carcasses were found in the kruger national park another
seven in pumalanga province six in kwazulu-natal and four in western cape the ministry has
condemned the continued poaching of rhinos for their homes saying nine suspected poachers have
been arrested in the first 14 days of december it has encouraged the public to assist with any
information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of poachers south africa is home to
nearly eighty percent of africa's rhino population which stands at less than thirty thousand
hundreds are killed every year for their homes most of which are destined for asia where rhino
horn is an ingredient in medicine and horrible remedies the environmental department says it will
give an update on the total number of rhinos killed for their horns in 2021 early in 2022
ghana ghana borders to remain shut to avert covet wave ghana's land borders will remain closed
indefinitely to prevent a potential fourth wave of corvid 19 infections in the country president
nana kufardo said in a national address early in the week that his government was monitoring the
level of threat of the disease and ongoing vaccination in neighboring countries before
it can reopen borders residents in border towns have protested against the prolonged closure of
ghana's land borders that began when the pandemic broke out last year only transit cargo trucks are
exempt from the borders closure president akufura does say the current data points to a favorable
covered 19 situation but urged vigilance meanwhile the ghana health service ghs has said the large
quantities of cover 19 jobs distributed in the southeastern volta region have expired due to
vaccine hesitancy ghana has so far administered 6.4 million doses out of the 17.7 million vaccines
available in the country the west african country has recorded over 130 cases and 1243 deaths
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