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Ivory Coast Ouattara declares financial system in controversial bid for third time period
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, who's operating for re-election on October 31, has been a part of Ivorian politics for thirty years. This marketing campaign, he guarantees, shall be his final.
When Ouattara proclaimed that he wouldn't stand for a 3rd time period again in March, he was praised by pal and foe, each in Ivory Coast and overseas.
However after the dying of his elected successor, Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the 78-year-old as soon as once more took the marketing campaign path.
Who're the…
the joint mission calls for an end to the blockade of Cellou Dalein Diallo’s home
In Guinea, ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations have just completed a joint mission to try to ease tensions following the October 18 presidential election. The latter in particular calls for the lifting of the blockade on the home of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo.
With our special correspondent,Charlotte…
The President of the Sovereign Council praises the rapprochement with Israel
In Sudan, the President of the Sovereign Council, the Transitional Body, spoke for the first time on the Israeli issue. On national television, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan praised this rapprochement and the benefits that the country would benefit from it.
With our regional correspondent
For Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, rapprochement with Israel was necessary and had to happen now. "The economic situation does not allow us to wait another year," said Lieutenant General.
The rapprochement with the Hebrew state and the impending…
a US citizen kidnapped in Massalata
A US citizen was kidnapped in southern Niger overnight from Monday to Tuesday by six attackers who came on foot.
as reported from Niger, Moussa KakaThe kidnapped U.S. citizen had lived for a year in the Massalata fortress, not far from the border with Nigeria. A year ago, Philip Walton had bought a garden and moved there with…
The European Union supports the candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The European Union has chosen its candidate to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The EU Ambassador to Geneva will officially announce this Tuesday, October 27th.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance of Nigeria, formerly number two at the World Bank and perhaps soon the…
a still chaotic return to school two weeks after the reopening of classes
The start of the school year is still hypothetical two weeks after the official reopening of classes in the DRC. The striking teachers are demanding a regulation of their salaries and their status by the government. They suspended their mobilization without winning their case, but classes did not resume all.
From our Kinshasa…
Headlines: France and Mali are at odds with the dialogue with jihadists
Visiting Mali, the chief of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, closed the door on a attainable dialogue with armed teams, explains Le Level Afrique."The least we will say is that the international minister left little question in regards to the French angle in direction of jihadist teams." Le Level Afrique quotes the phrases of Jean-Yves Le Drian, who responded to the press on Monday: "Allow us to say issues very clearly:…
ISIS faction in Somalia takes duty for assaults in
MOGADISHU, Somalia - For the primary time in so many months, Islamic State corporations in Somalia have claimed duty in an assault contained in the capital Mogadishu, which left three troopers badly wounded, in an assault that comes below concern over safety conditions.
ISIS-Somalia by way of Amaq Information claimed duty for the assault, which left troopers badly wounded and a fighter arrested on Sunday within the Somali capital. The assault, IS-Somalia claimed, offered proof that it was able to seize the capital…
a new food aid center looted in Abuja
After peaceful protests against police and violence that degenerated into riots and vandalism last week after a bloody breakdown, we are now witnessing numerous looting of food aid reserves, principally intended for families of vulnerable people affected by the coronavirus crisis. never distributed by the authorities.
as…
Somalia convicts 11 of lethal assaults on Al-Shabaab jail
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A army courtroom in Somalia over the weekend sentenced 11 individuals for connections to a jail cease that noticed a number of inmates and jail guards killed within the nation's most well-known crime facility along with creating uncertainty in regards to the security of such amenities within the nation.
Within the incident on August 12, at the very least 16 individuals have been killed after an unprecedented break through which notorious Al-Shabaab prisoners ambushed guards resulting in a number…