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Choguel Maïga is for an organ
It was the first meeting on Thursday in Bamako, between Malia's Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and Malia's entire political class. The main topic of discussion was the conditions for holding credible elections next year, in principle presidential and legislative elections, at the end of February 2022. The Prime Minister announces the establishment of a single body to organize the elections. .…
a bill to reserve access to
National Deputy Nsingi Pululu presented a text on Thursday on the National Assembly office aimed at reserving exclusively for Congolese-born Congolese father and mother access to the state's highest office. This initiative is shared by the Congolese. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa KamandaThis process was initiated by a…
DR Congo launches its general mining survey
The Democratic Republic of Congo organizes the general states of the mines, its economy, but which is in contrast to the poverty of the population and the meager economic mobilizations of the state. Bosses from mining companies, civil society and authorities have together made an inventory of the mines since Thursday in Kinshasa.…
a first peak since the announcement of the end
A G5 Sahel summit will take place on Friday, July 9, through video conferencing, the first since the announcement of the gradual end of Operation Barkhane. Emmanuel Macron will attend the meeting. He should take the opportunity to clarify the contours of this decoupling. The French president will attend this Elysee summit. But he will not be alone, he will have Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerian president,…
civil society worried about the fate of the rebels
On May 9, Army Chief of Staff Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud was greeted triumphantly in Ndjamena after weeks of confrontation with rebels from the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad near Nokou. The rebels who were taken to prison were presented to the press. Two months later, Chad's civil society is concerned about the fate of six officials in the fact that it has no news about and the conditions for…
Starvation multiplied by six since the pandemic
Starvation is one of the most serious consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the new report from NGO Oxfam, published on July 9, 2021, the number of people suffering from hunger has increased sixfold since the pandemic began. Currently, seven people die every minute of the pandemic around the world. But NGO Oxfam…
Covax wants to turn to other vaccines for
The third wave of Covid-19 in Africa has not yet reached its peak of infection, but already this wave is worse than the previous one according to the WHO, which is worried about the spread of the Delta variant. However, the Covax unit that will distribute vaccines to poor countries is at a standstill. Almost 251,000 new cases were discovered last week in Africa, 20% more than last week. At the same time, the continent is still facing a shortage of vaccines. The Covax unit, pilot piloted by WHO, thought to distribute doses…
in prison, Jacob Zuma is now awaiting review
In South Africa, the news caused surprise. Former President Jacob Zuma spent his first night in jail. Sentenced last week by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, he was finally detained on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, July 8, when the ultimatum to surrender to the police ceased.…
MSF discontinues operations
Médecins Sans Frontières has made the painful and difficult decision to suspend activities in certain places in the Tigray region, in Ethiopia, and calls on all authorities and all parties involved in the conflict to carry out in-depth investigations with one to establish the light, facts, circumstances and responsibilities, around this unfortunate event. We talk about difficult decisions, because we have always seen many needs on the ground. Therefore, Médecins Sans Frontières has decided to…
Somalia: Farmajo’s advisor chased via Kismayo air
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A plane carrying a relative of incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was turned back in flight Thursday before landing at Kismayo airport in another dramatic event in Somalia's tectonic politics. Abdi Ali Rage, special adviser to outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, was on a plane due to land at Kismayo airport on the Indian Ocean, but authorities in Jubaland were apparently aware of his trip In the region. Several sources confirmed that the plane was denied landing rights, forcing…