Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Africa as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Cameroon: Anglophone crisis
Fire has destroyed the parliamentary offices of the main opposition party – the SDF – only days after they began a veto of the national parliament because of the current treatment of English-speaking minorities …
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Libya: Water shortages
The growing chaos and lawlessness across the country has now come to a head following the turning off of the “Great Man Made River” bringing water to the capital Tripoli …
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East Africa: Free movement of labour
A deal worked out by the trading block – “the “East African Community” (EAC) – to set up a free movement of labour zone has now been implemented by Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda …
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Africa: Open borders? Maybe not yet
The African Union intends to issue passports to citizens of its 54 member states which give visa-free access across the region …
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Cape Verde: Additional social security contributions for employers and employees
The West African island state of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) has just introduced an unemployment benefit allowance …
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Africa: Smoking bans ineffective
Although Africa remains one of the few continents where the incidence of smoking is on the increase, some African countries have taken modest steps to ban smoking, both at work and in public places …
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