According to a statement from Villa Somalia on Saturday, Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, will officially take office today. The Presidential Handover Committee has chosen Monday, May 23rd as the date for the ceremony. The 10th President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, will be sworn in at the Somali presidency. After winning the country’s […]
Abdoulaye Diop, Mali’s foreign minister, met with Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, in Moscow, shedding light on France’s role in the former colony. According to Sergei Lavrov, France has a “colonial mentality” toward Mali. Lavrov told reporters that France’s “dissatisfaction with the Malian leadership’s decision to seek assistance from external security troops” is “nothing more […]
Egypt is gaining strength, becoming self-sufficient. After starting to grow its own wheat, it has now moved towards a new National strategy for tackling climate change. Keeping a long-term vision in mind, Prime Minister Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly has said in the media that Egypt indeed is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate […]
According to statements made by the President of Niger, the dissolution of the G5 Sahel, a multinational force that was established to combat Islamist militants, will take place after Mali withdraws from the organization. In an interview that he gave to the French newspaper La Croix, President Mohamed Bayoum made the comments in question. Bazoum […]
The new documentary by The Guardian, titled “The Spiderman of Sudan” is the new symbol of civil resistance that began in October. The ‘man who cannot be named’ says, “Violence and arrests will not deter Sudan’s young activists from resisting the military who stole our revolution.” How the ‘Spidey’ emerged? The security forces of Sudan, […]
After the upheaval caused by the government led by Farmaajo, Somalia elected a new leader who has the potential to restore relations with the rest of the world. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s relationship with Arab countries Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected as the new president of Somalia in the country’s parliament on Sunday, and on […]
A child has been paralyzed in Mozambique’s northeastern Tete province. And the health authorities have confirmed it to be due to polio virus, thus declaring polio outbreak in the African country. Second imported case of polio this year The authorities have confirmed that this polio case is the second imported case of virus in southern […]
Raila Odiga, a presidential candidate for the Azimio Laumoja party in Kenya, made the announcement on Monday that he had selected Martha Karua to serve as his running partner. On Monday, Raila Odinga announced at a rally in Nairobi that he would share a ticket for the next presidential elections, which are set to take […]
Presidency comes at a cost; something that Mali’s junta has experienced as they have now decided to give up association with a Western jihadist group. This was decided as they realized that the jihadist association was preventing them from taking on leadership role in the mainstay. Its associations saw many repercussions. For one, Mali was […]
Over the last five years, the Egyptian modelling industry has continued to grow. Without a doubt, social media has played an important part in the success of future Egyptian models. Especially since what they see online has inspired a growing number of people to pursue this type of career path. Also Read: Top 5 Ethiopian […]
Uganda has finished the development of its first satellite, bringing the country’s space and technological ambitions closer to reality. In April 2020, Uganda began the process of launching its first satellite into space by sending three graduate students to the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan for training in satellite design, construction, and testing as […]
A spokeswoman for the German government declared on Wednesday that Germany is prepared to increase its military presence in Mali as part of the United Nations operation known as Minusma. During a routine press briefing, Christiane Hoffmann stated that the permitted maximum number of soldiers has been increased from 1,100 to 1,400. She said that […]
On Tuesday, former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré and nine others were found guilty and ordered to pay more than 800 million CFA francs (1.2 million euros) in damages to the families of former president Thomas Sankara and his killers, who were killed in 1987. According to Judge Urbain Méda, in order to compensate the […]
On Monday, a former high-ranking Rwandan official was charged in Paris with taking part in the 1994 genocide in that African country. He is the highest-ranking person to face justice in France for the atrocities of that year. Also Read: Top 10 African nations with largest crude oil production Laurent Bucyibaruta’s case is the fourth […]
Sharif’s legal career Sharif arrived in Somalia in 2000, at a time when the country was ruled by warlords and allies who could not meet in Mogadishu due to clan divisions and mistrust. The legacy of civil war in Somalia has been felt, and Sharif aspires to save his country and his people. In Mogadishu, […]
It was nothing less than a slap on the face of the candidate who is running for Somalian presidentship- as a Somalian citizen residing in Britain took to twitter and shredded his commitment to tatters. As Said Abdullah Dani made assertions about development is the field of education and overall development of Somaliland, a Somalian […]
Following a long-awaited official declaration on the issue, Gambian civil society organizations have called on authorities to bring former dictator Yahya Jammeh to justice. The government has until May 25th to make a decision on the recommendations made six months ago by a commission that probed the former dictator. A total of between 240 and […]
Amnesty International accused a strong Libyan armed group backed by the government of abusing migrants and Tripoli locals on Wednesday. The Stability Support Authority (SSA) was accused of “unlawful killings, arbitrary detentions, interception and subsequent arbitrary detention of migrants and refugees, torture, forced labor, and other terrible human rights violations,” according to a statement. An […]
