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Libyan unity govt capture strategic cities from rebels

Forces backing Libya’s unity government say they have captured two strategic cities in the West of Tripoli Monday. It is a fresh blow to Eastern commander, Khalifa Haftar a year after he launched an offensive on the capital. A spokesman for the Tripoli-allied forces, Colonel Mohamed Gnounou, said they captured the city of Sabratha, around […]

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Ex-Somali president cautions govt after spy outfit threatened top journalist

Somalia’s former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has cautioned against efforts that could derail Somalia’s march towards democracy. He was weighing in on a recent incident that saw the country’s intelligence outfit label one of Somalia’s top journalists, Harun Maruf, as a national security threat. In a tweet on Monday, the 8th president of Somalia wrote: […]

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Ethiopia govt, opposition back coronavirus-induced poll delay

Ethiopia’s election set for August has been postponed as the national election board said Tuesday the coronavirus makes it impossible to prepare. The vote has been highly anticipated in a country that has seen sweeping political reforms in the past two years but a surge of violence as some people use the new freedoms to […]

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It is the government’s responsibility to make lives better not mine – Burna Boy says

Singer, Burna Boy has informed a Nigerian man that the responsibility of making life better for the common man lies in the hands of the government and not his. He said this during an exchange with the Twitter user who asked him to go back to his community to do something meaningful for them during […]

Bitcoin business needs support from the government – Odum

Odum Chijioke John, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Chiji14xchange, a leading Nigerian e-commerce company in the business of crypto currency trading and Gift cards exchange has decried the lack of government support in their evolving sub-sector of the e-commerce industry. Odum, who made this known in a recent interview accused the government of […]

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Tunisia PM forms govt despite majority party opting out

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh formed a new government on Saturday. The former finance minister, was tasked by Tunisia’s president with forming a government after a previous list proposed under the leadership of the Ennahdha party was rejected by parliament following October legislative elections. Prime Minister Fakhfakh said of his government: “At this historical moment, […]