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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 […]
The presidential election in Seychelles take centre stage in the country, as citizens all of the country are casted their vote to elect a new president and parliament. The election will span to 3 days. A large portion of the Indian Ocean islands making up the Seychelles, a valued special first night objective renowned for […]
The condition of Ivory Coast is chaotic at the moment. A few days ago, there were several violence and brutality in the build up to the forthcoming election, the violence started between two ethic group but as now escalated to the country at large. Ivory Coast is the world’s biggest maker of cocoa, A heft […]
Violence in Ivory Coast has indirectly affected forthcoming presidential election which as casted doubt amongst the citizen of the country. The youths of Ivory coast has once again reiterated their desire for good governance. Youth is the main impetus in this nation. In taking part in viciousness, the young loses a great deal of chances […]
Opposition groups in Guinea has said there’s a possible Elections malpractice in the just concluded presidential election. The group claim there might be a possible this term regime for Alpha Conde due election irregularities. In the interim, the principle challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo, who had guaranteed triumph Monday. excused it as fake. Festivities in Conakry […]
There has been series of violence in Ivory Coast due to Elections Campaign at the weekend particularly in the city of Bongouanou in North Abidjan as two ethnic groups started fighting. Two individuals were murdered as two ethnic networks conflicted. While the savagery seemed unconstrained, provincial coalition ECOWAS is stressed. It has dispatched an assignment […]
Vote counting has begun after the October 18 presidential election in Guinea, voting closed late in the evening. The counting of the vote is said to take place after the Elections are concluded so that there wouldn’t be chaos amongst the over 5.4 million people that registered for the Elections initially, which has been extreme […]
There’s concern amongst the citizen of Guinea ahead of the presidential election coming up over the electoral register and process. The equipments have been sent-the polling forms, and the voting stations are set up. Over 90% of the appointive citizens’ cards have been conveyed. As indicated by Mamadi Kaba, representative for Guinea’s National Independent Electoral […]
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde on Friday met with supporters in the nations capital during a campaign for the forthcoming election coming up on Sunday. There are two main candidate for sunday’s forthcoming Presidential election who are Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Conde. Conde is seeking for a third term in office while Diallo on the […]
Campaign from Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Conde has intensified ahead of the presidential election, coming up on suday. Both Candidates are soliciting for votes from citizens of Guinea. Guinea’s main opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo arrived in the capital Conakry on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s election, greeted by using hordes of animated supporters. […]
Bobi Wine office has been raised by security forces in Uganda, The security forces seized his campaign material and other items, Uganda’s security forces on Wednesday raided the offices of opposition politician and pop celebrity Bobi Wine and seized archives and marketing campaign materials. Wine, a famous musician who is searching for Uganda’s presidency in […]
As Guinea elections approaches, one of the most notable and formidable opposition for Alpha Conde is Cellou Dalein Diallo, a long time foe for the President who has used 10 years in office. Cellou Dalein Diallo is also former opposition chief who was as soon as once sentenced to dying by means of a ruler […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo, of Ghana who is additionally the modern-day President of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is on a mission of the 15 nation-bloc in Bamako, Mali. He was once acquired by means of the transitional president Bah Ndaw on Sunday to take stock of the political transition and talk about the […]
Political opposition leaders and their supporters joined forces in a united front at a rally of over 30,000 at the Felix Houphouet Boigny stadium in Abidjan on Saturday in civil disobedience against the sought perceived unconstitutional third term of current president Alassane Ouattara at the approaching October 31s elections. Yaho Ayo Frederick, a rally attendee, […]
Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the federal authorities and both the Tigray regional parliament and executive. This comes after the Tigrayan leaders chose to unilaterally hold elections — initially scheduled for August, last month in defiance of the decision made back […]
Dozens of Angolans marched on Saturday against alleged state corruption after Portuguese media accused the president’s chief of staff of embezzlement, damaging the credibility of an ongoing anti-graft campaign against the former regime. Private Portuguese broadcaster TVI 24 last month investigated several public contracts awarded to firms owned by Angolan President Joao Lourenco’s chief of […]
The president of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso’s main opposition party, Zephirin Diabré, and former Prime Minister Isaac Zida, filed their candidacies for the November 22 presidential election with the National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on Friday. In the 2015 elections, Diabré, 61 years old, came second with 29.65% of the votes, […]
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 […]