(3 mins read) The Ghanian government has now issued a press release of their new COVID-19 Protocols for international travellers. On the 9th December the Ghanian government issued a press release which will restrict international travellers from entering Ghana as of the 12th December. The press release reads; ” In November 2020, 168 cases…
(3 mins read) The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to 7, the government says. As of Thursday the 7th October 2021 confirmed that from 4am Monday 11 October, 47 countries and territories will be removed from its red list, making it easier for more people…
(5 mins read) Homophobia: Africa’s Colonial Burden “God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve”, “Gay people are possessed by demons” “Why would you choose to be gay? It’s unnatural”, “Being Gay is for white people, Africans aren’t gay”. These are some of the things Gay Africans have to hear throughout their lives on…
(3 mins read) What the UK’s new travel list means to travel in Africa As the UK is now easing its lockdown restrictions, travel has now been included in this area. As of May the 7th, the UK has now issued its green, amber, and red list countries. Travel to the green list countries is…
(3 mins read) Right now Senegal is going through a political wake. People are storming the streets of Dakar in protests against the government. Senegalese staged a widespread demonstration against Macky Sall‘s administration, which kidnapped opposition leader Ousman Sonko on his way to a court hearing two days ago. The Pastef party leader was arrested for…
(4 mins read) More African countries have received their first batches of the coronavirus vaccines under the global Covax scheme. Rwanda has received its first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses from the UN-backed Covax distribution initiative. The country received 240,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and with a further 102,960 doses of Pfizer vaccine expected…
(4 mins read) Ivory Coast has now recieved thousands of COVID Vaccines from the UN-Based Covax distribution initiative. Injections started on Monday. Ghana has also recieved vaccinations from this programme with it’s President; Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the first to receive a coronavirus vaccine through this scheme, which he broadcasted on television. President Akufo-Addo…
(5 mins read) The UK Supreme Court has now ruled that the Nigerian oil-polluted communities can sue the Dutch Shell company in the English courts. The decision comes as a victory for the communities after a five-year battle with the company. The Niger Delta communities of more than 40,000 people say decades of pollution have…
(4 mins read) Several protesters in Lagos, Nigeria were arrested earlier today after they tried to hold a peaceful rally against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate, where security forces shot at protesters in October, which became the epicenter of the #EndSARS movement. Police bundled around 17 protesters into a black truck and some other…
(1 min read) Biden promises to rebuild ties with African Union The newly elected 46th US President; Joe Biden promised to rebuild his country’s partnership with the African Union (AU) moments after he delivered his first foreign policy speech since taking office. His predecessor, Donald Trump, sparked a row in 2018 over his alleged use…