The UK has put specific sanctions on people connected to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) because more proof of war crimes in the Darfur region has come to light. After a BBC Verify investigation found that executions in El-Fasher were the fault of a high-ranking RSF officer, the move was made. El-Fasher is a place […]
Ecuador has made a bold move to strengthen its national security apparatus and this was done via the official declaration of the Muslim Brotherhood qas a terrorist group under Presidential Decree 239. This action indicates the growing world-wide apprehension against extremist movements and indicates a strong desire of Ecuador to be part of the international […]
The chief of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party, Maurice Kamto, is traumatic an clarification from the Cameroonian government — in an interview Monday, for what he perceives to be a de facto residence arrest in mild of deployed regulation enforcement patrolling his dwelling day and night time following demonstrations with the […]
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday appointed a political newcomer to turn out to be top minister, almost two months after the country’s parliament voted out former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. Mohamed Hussein Roble’s appointment got here hours after the president and 5 regional leaders reached settlement on a revised election model after […]
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo recently appointed a political new face as prime minister, nearly two months after the country’s parliament ousted the former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire. The appointment of Mohamed Hussein Roble, a Swedish-Somali came hours after the president and five regional leaders reached an agreement on a revised electoral model after days of […]
Guinea’s opposition movement announced a new round of protests from late September, just weeks ahead of a presidential election. The movement is opposing President Alpha Conde’s controversial bid to run for a third term in the October 18 vote. Clashes erupted last October, claiming several dozen lives, after the 82-year-old leader pushed through constitutional reforms […]
The Constitutional Council, the top court in Cote d’Ivoire has officially validated the presidential candidacy bid of current President Alassane Ouattara who seeks a contentious third term — clearing only four of the 44 candidates for the October 31 presidential election. Mamadou Koné, the President of Ivory Coast’s constitutional council, read out the list in […]
Jovial commotion on the streets of Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire as supporters celebrated on Saturday the presidential candidate nomination inauguration of former head of state Henri Konan Bédié by his political party — and the main national opposition movement, Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA). The 86 year old politician had already […]
A proposal to appoint a two-year transitional civilian government, heavily influenced by the military junta is being debated in Mali The proposal, made by junta-appointed experts, has been submitted to about 500 participants from political parties, unions and NGOs, at a three-day conference in the capital Bamako. The talks mark the second round of discussions […]
The presidential election in Guinea is unfolding amid political tensions. The president Alpha Condé, who is 82, is looking for a third term, whilst a coalition of his opponents has chosen to boycott the vote and eliminate candidates from their ranks. “The political events that have decided to compete nowadays have moved away from the […]
Ageing war veterans and university students joined long pre-dawn lines in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region to vote Wednesday in parliamentary elections that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government has deemed illegal. Polls opened at 6am (0300 GMT) across the mountainous northern Tigray region despite a federal decision to postpone all elections because of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
The schedule for submitting candidacy papers to run for October’s presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire ends by midnight. At least 36 candidates are expected to be registered by the end the day for the presidential race, if all application are submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission. Opposition leaders, Pascal Affi Nguessan of Ivorian Popular Front, […]
Out of Detention The former Malian Prime Minister, Boubou Cissé, and President of the National Assembly, Moussa Timbine have been freed by the junta known as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People. This follows the earlier release of the now ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Thursday — barely ten days after the […]
Tunisia has announced its new government – for the second time in six months. The country’s prime minister-designate, Hichem Mechichi, has formed his cabinet. He has said that he wanted a team dominated by independent technocrats, to “present urgent solutions” to the country’s economy, which was already struggling before the coronavirus pandemic hit. The parliament […]
DRC opposition leaders, Martin Fayulu and Adolphe Muzito returned to Kinshasa Saturday after several months of absence. They’ve both been abroad due to the suspension of international flights following the coronavirus pandemic. The two leaders, members of the Lamuka coalition landed at N’djili airport shortly before 1pm local time. The two politicians took a few […]
An equestrian festival is being celebrated in Libya after the surprise announcement of ceasefire. Equestrian school in tripoli had been closed for 10 years. Citizens say the occassion marks the ninth anniversary of the fall Kadhafi. Libyans couldn’t hide their excitement after the announcement of the ceasefire. Horse riders came with their families from all […]
Talks for the Transition The National Committee for the Salvation of the People — the military junta who ousted from power now ex-president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, under the leadership of Colonel Assimi Goita, have been in contact with opposition parties, trade unions, civil society and other groups in Mali, as communicated to the media by […]
Military Coup d’État Colonel Assimi Goita, presented himself as the head of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) at a meeting with the Malian government’s top civil servants in Bamako on Wednesday. “I am Colonel Assimi Goita, the president of the CNSP,” he told the press after appearing on national television […]
Mali’s military ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who announced his resignation early Wednesday in the fragile West African State, which is battling an Islamic insurgency in the north of the country. “I don’t want a single drop of blood to be shed to keep me in power,” Keita said in a televised address to the […]
Jailtime for the Former President’s Son Billionaire behind bars, Jose Filomeno dos Santos, son of the former president who ruled Angola for 38 years, was sentenced to five years in prison by the nation’s Supreme Court in Luanda on Friday for a multi-billion dollar embezzlement scheme attempting to transfer to $1.5 billion into a private […]