Algeria: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 3,007 (BBC)
Military reckoned as second strongest in Africa. Arms from Russia. (The Africa Report)
Angola: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 511 (BBC)
Benin: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 75 (BBC)
Botswana: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 359 (BBC)
Burkina Faso: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 143 (BBC)
Burundi: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 3 (BBC)
Cameroon: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 551 (BBC)
Cape Verde: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 152 (BBC)
CAR: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 63 (BBC)
Chad: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 140 (BBC) France urges Chad to investigate killings at the home of Yaya Dillo (opposition leader) (Reuters)
Comoros: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 145 (BBC)
Congo-Brazzaville:
Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 131 (BBC)
Democratic Republic of Congo:
Leaked claim that UK intends to cut aid by 60%. (BBC)
Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 712 (BBC)
Djibouti: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 63 (BBC)
Egypt: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 10,916 (BBC)
Pres. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has arrived in Khartoum for talks with the Sudanese Government for talks concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ( on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia) which Egypt and Sudan consider a threat to their water supply. (Al Jazeera English)
Equatorial Guinea:
Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 96 (BBC)
Eritrea: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 7 (BBC)
Eswatini: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 654 (BBC)
Ethiopia: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 2,404 (BBC)
Following accusations of massacres of civilians and children by Eritrean troops in Axum by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch claim Eritrean troops “killed hundreds of civilians in cold blood) (Al Jazeera English)
Gabon: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 90 (BBC)
Gambia: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 152 (BBC)
Ghana: Election victory upheld for Pres. Nana Akufo-Addo. Mahama accepts defeat (Reuters) (The Africa Report) Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 637 (BBC)
Guinea: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 93 (BBC)
WHO expresses concern about the lack of preparedness of Guinea’s neighbours to deal with Ebola outbreak. (Al Jazeera English)
Guinea-Bissau: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 49 (BBC)
Ivory Coast: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 199 (BBC)
Calm parliamentary elections have taken place months after presidential elections won by Pres. Ouattara and boycotted by the Opposition. (Al Jazeera English)
Kenya: 7 out of 11 species of vulture in Africa on verge of extinction mainly through poisoning. Only 5 individuals left of Beardless Vulture left in Kenya. (BBC) (Reuters) Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 1,873 (BBC) Vaccinations have begun for health workers with AstraZeneca under Covax initiative (BBC) LGBT+ refugees call on UN for safer space after Attacks on refugee camp in NW Kenya. (Reuters) KiliAvo Fresh Ltd. Is building nurseries for avocados which, it is claimed, will interfere with the free movement of 2,000 elephants and Maasai cows (Reuters)
UK/Kenya trade deal ratification delayed from UK side because of fears that it will harm UK trade with East African Community and on Kenyan side because of perceived lack of transparency from Kenyan Govt. (The Africa Report)
Ban on maize imports from Tanzania and Uganda imposed because of high levels of mycotoxins. Hardships for Ugandan traders. (NTVUganda)
Lesotho: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 307 (BBC)
Liberia: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 85 (BBC)
Libya: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 2,236 (BBC)
PM-designate has submitted names to Parliament for a proposed cabinet in next step towards unifying the country Al Jazeera English)
Madagascar: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: (297 BBC)
Malawi: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: (1,063 BBC)
Mauritania: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 358 (BBC)
Mali: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 442 (BBC)
It is claimed that Venezuela got around US sanctions by sending gold to Mali in Russian planes where it was refined then resold to the UAE. Venezuela is reckoned to have earned $1.21bn. (Al Jazeera English)
Mauritius: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 10 (BBC)
Morocco: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 8,673 (BBC)
Call for repeal of art. 490 which criminalises extra-marital sex. Moroccan Outlaws movement calls for individual freedoms to be put at the heart of legislative elections. (The Africa Report)
Military rated 5th strongest in Africa. Arms from France and US. (The Africa Report)
Mozambique: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 680 (BBC)
Namibia: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 437 (BBC) Locals who have mineral exportation licenses are no longer allowed to sell them to foreigners. (Reuters)
Niger: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 172 (BBC) 17 tonnes of Cannabis ($37M) en route for Libya seized (Reuters)
Nigeria: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 1,954 (BBC) Vaccinations have begun for health workers with AstraZeneca under Covax initiative (BBC) (Reuters) Islamic insurgents take town of Dikwa then withdraw (Reuters) $300,000 paid for release of kidnapped Chinese crew of fishing boat. 95% of all maritime kidnappings took place in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020 (Al Jazeera English)
A curfew has been put in force in Zamfara State after the kidnapped girls were freed. They were being checked medically when parents tried to grab them. 3 people were shot but it is not known by whom. (Al Jazeera English)
Rwanda: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 267 (BBC) Vaccinations have begun for health workers with AstraZeneca under Covax initiative (BBC) (Reuters) Rwanda first African nation to use Pfizer vaccine (Reuters)
São Tomé: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 31 (BBC)
Senegal: 3 days of street protests after Opposition leader arrested. (BBC) Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 907 (BBC) Internet access restricted as protests intensify (Reuters) 324,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses received (Reuters)
Call for people to “take over the streets” by Movement for the Defence of Democracy. Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been detained and charged with rape and making death threats. (Al Jazeera English)
Seychelles: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 15 (BBC) Seychelles to re-open tourism this month (Reuters)
Sierra Leone: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 79 (BBC)
Somalia: Leaked claim that UK intends to cut aid by 60%. (BBC)
Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 294 (BBC)
20 dead and 30 injured in suicide car bombing near port in Mogadishu (Al Jazeera English)
South Africa: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 50,566 (BBC) Hundreds of fake Coronavirus vaccines seized by police in Johannesburg. £ Chinese and 1 Zambian arrested (Reuters) 26 escaped crocodiles captured after escaping from breeding farm into river in Western Cape. Unknown number still at large. (Reuters)
South African variant of COVID produces giving high degree of protection against other variants. (Al Jazeera English
South Sudan: Leaked claim that UK intends to cut aid by 59%. (BBC) Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: (102 BBC) Next week Sudan to begin vaccinating health workers, then over-45s with chronic conditions benefitting from Covax. (Reuters)
Sudan: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 1,895 (BBC)
Tanzania: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 21 (BBC)
Togo: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 88 (BBC)
Tunisia: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 8,130 (BBC)
Uganda: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 334 (BBC)
US State Dept. spokesman has announced that members of Uganda’s Security Forces responsible for actions against members of the Opposition in last January’s presidential election. Targeted options are to be considered. Ugandan Govt. spokesman responded that US is “an international bully” (Al Jazeera English)
Western Sahara:Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 0 (BBC)
Zambia: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 1,116 (BBC)
Zimbabwe: Confirmed Coronavirus deaths: 1,484( BBC)