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Coverage: Somalia, the Horn of Africa, and African affairs

Axadle Editorial Desk is the newsroom team behind Axadle coverage of Somalia, the Horn of Africa, and wider African affairs. Stories are edited for accuracy, sourcing, and clarity before publication.

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the challenge of transporting election materials to remote areas

Axadle Editorial Desk
Central-Africa
In the Central African Republic, it is the last straight line before the grouped elections - presidential elections and legislation - to be held on 27 December. The election material, which represents several tonnes, is distributed to the most remote areas in the country. A real logistical challenge. It is Minusca that transports the material to the prefectures, just like in Bangassou, where the…

controversy after the death of a political opponent in the prison in Conakry

Axadle Editorial Desk
West-Africa
A Guinean opponent, detained since September in Conakry, died Wednesday night through Thursday, December 17. Roger Bamba, in his forties, was a member of the communications cell and youth leader of the Union for Democratic Forces in Guinea (UFDG), the largest opposition party, led by Cellou Dalein Diallo. He died a few hours after being transferred to the hospital in the capital. He was arrested after…

Matic: Manchester United have the standard to struggle for the Premier League title

Axadle Editorial Desk
Sports
Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic imagine his aspect have the standard to mount a title problem on this season’s Premier League. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s staff made it six video games unbeaten within the English high flight with a 3-2 victory over Sheffield United on Thursday night time. And that consequence now implies that if the Previous Trafford aspect can win their recreation in hand, they’ll solely be two factors of table-topping Liverpool. And Matic belivies with some enhancements of their type there’s…

344 high school students kidnapped from the Kankara boarding school have been released

Axadle Editorial Desk
West-Africa
In Nigeria, high school students who were caught last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, northwestern Nigeria, were released on the evening of Thursday, December 17. This mass kidnapping was claimed twice by Abubakar Shekau, leader of a Boko Haram faction, first Tuesday, then Thursday, through a video showing dozens of children being shown by armed men. Some of them are now free, while the…