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People who had already run from one war found no safety in the next place they stopped. The headline is stark: Sudan paramilitary drone strike kills 41 displaced people in Blue Nile province, close to the Ethiopian border. The rights group Emergency Lawyers, which tracks the war, blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for Friday’s […]
Eritrea has asked the world’s top diplomatic body to step in as tensions with Ethiopia edge toward open war. The call for Eritrea UN intervention in Ethiopia standoff came on Saturday, when Foreign Minister Osman Saleh wrote to the Security Council and urged it to take measures to deter Addis Ababa after what he called […]
At the last meeting between the Union of Candidates and the Prime Minister it was agreed to move forward and reconvene on Thursday. It was also agreed that the opposition would hold a demonstration on Saturday. The prime minister has agreed to set up a commission to investigate the February 19 incident and work with […]
Reports from Mogadishu say that there have been at least two explosions and killings by unknown assailants. A roadside bomb targeted Yaqshid district commissioner of Benadir region Ahmed Abdullahi Carif and accompanying police officers. The blast took place in Dar es Salaam district, and no casualties were reported except for a damaged vehicle. The blast […]
Mohamed Bazoum has won Niger’s presidential election, according to the country’s electoral commission. Niger’s electoral commission has declared the ruling party’s candidate, Mohamed Bazoum, is the winner of the country’s second round of presidential elections with 55.75 percent of the vote on February 21st. President-elect MrBazoum, 61, was the ruling party’s candidate in Sunday’s run-off […]
At a meeting of the Union of Candidates today, they again warned the outdated Farmajo government against blocking Friday’s protests. According to Union of Candidates spokesman DahirMohamudGele, they will hold another large-scale demonstration against illegitimate President Farmajo on Friday, and warned that the Farmajo government will once again commit the heinous act it committed on […]
Demonstrations are a constitutional right, and the community has the right to come out and express their views and feelings against any dictator. Farmajo Government has arrested more 20 young journalists and others during last year’s demonstration in Mogadisho. The worst incident took place on the night of February 19 when the government launched a […]
PuntlandState President SaedAbdullahiDeni, who addressed politicians and sections of the public at the PDRC forum, spoke about sensitive issues and hidden information about Farmajo’s plots to take over the country. He spoke of the various ways in which Farmajo had failed the consecutive conferences to resolve the electoral dispute. Deni spoke about the reasons for […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the immediate delivery of the Covid 19 vaccine in Africa as the continent faces a growing burden of disease. The death toll is higher than in the first wave, and in developing countries the situation is more difficult. Macron called on the EU and the United States to […]
South African Education Minister Angie Motshekga is facing serious criticism on Monday after she said “educated men did not commit rape.” This comment has led Angie to face criticism that could lead to her dismissal. She said educated men did not rape as the country was currently battling the scourge of violence against women. The […]
Police in Nigeria have arrested protest in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday after they tried to hold a rally demanding justice for the victims shot during a protest last year against SARS police group. Protesters refuses reopening of the Legki tollgate, where security forces shot dead protesters in October last year, which became the epicenter of […]
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing political pressure from the West that has affected his country’s foreign policy. Earlier, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a man believed to be an ally of the Zimbabwean government who allegedly used millions of dollars. Regimond Tagwirei and his company, Sakunda Holdings, was the US target in […]
Today is February 8, it was 4 years before President Farmajo was elected. Today, the immunity of President Farmajo has expired and the opposition has stated that they will no longer recognize him as the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. In a press statement issued by the national candidates union stated that the […]
Bobi Wine has officially filed a petition on the recent election in Uganda on Monday, Wine tendered his petition to the supreme court against the victory of incumbent President, Yoweri Museveni in the just concluded elections in the country. Bobi Wine claimed that there were series of irregularities in the recent elections. The 38-year-old artist […]
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has officially launched his new political party in the country, this move is to boost his chances in the presidential election coming in December. President Barrow is already soliciting for support ahead of the election, the name of the newly established party is the National People’s Party (NPP) In a […]
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba has resigned of Friday from his post. This can be particulary attributed political crisis in the country especially between Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba and President Felix Tshisekedi. A new prime minister will be appointed by the president following Ilunkamba’s resignation. Ilunga, a nearby partner to […]
There as been series of arrest of the members opposition in Guinea since the announcement of the result of the presidential election in the country. Another popular opposition leader, in the person of Oumar Sylla has been arrested on Thursday. This is quite alarming particularly for the members of the opposition. Conde, 82, won the […]
Former President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika has eventually lost the bid to unfreeze his account which was initially frozen by the anti-corruption agency in the country due to Mutharika’s alleged involvement in corruption. Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) last August froze the individual financial balances of Mutharika and his better half, Gertrude, in a test looking […]
President Faustin-Archange Touadera of Central African Republic has begun his second in office, President Touadera recently won the presidential election in the country that kept h in office for a second term in office despite the ongoing Bangui crisis. President Faustin-Archange Touadera’s political decision triumph which was affirmed on Monday January 18, by the country’s […]
Former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma has decided to boycott the anti-corruption commission, Zuma was scheduled to make an appearance at commission, The former president is being investigated for possible corruption. Cathleen Powell is an Associate Professor in open law at the University of Cape Town. She said if Zuma doesn’t react to the […]