US warns federal states which have but to conclude elections in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - United States warned Somali states which have but to conclude elections after the March 15 deadline expired on Tuesday, additional exposing electoral shortcomings within the Horn of Africa nation. On Tuesday, solely the South West and Galmudug had concluded the legislative elections on their aspect,…

In Gambia, the number of displaced people and refugees continues to grow after the start on Sunday, March 13, of a large-scale Senegalese military operation in northern Casamance. Since the weekend, many communities have welcomed people fleeing the detonations…

Former Secretary of State Maxime Mokom has been locked up in LaHaye since Monday. Mokom is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the 2013 and 2014 civil wars. In Bangui, victims' associations and authorities welcome the transfer…

The neutrality that Pretoria shows makes some of the opposition and public opinion furious. South Africa abstained in a vote condemning the Russian invasion before the UN General Assembly in early March. A closed vote implying a bias condemns the opposition.…

This controversial system requires candidates to collect at least 34,580 signatures for this poll (ie 0.5% of voters), and a maximum of 55,327 sponsorships, ie. 0.8% of registered voters. A demand categorically rejected by the opposition coalition "Yewwi Askan…

In Fort Dauphin, within the far southeast, suspected incidents recorded since mid-February in rivers and lagoons across the mining firm QMM (a subsidiary of Rio Tinto) are worrying. Yesterday, throughout a joint press convention, the Minister of the…

In Kenya, the presidential marketing campaign is now properly beneath means. After Raila Odinga on Saturday, it was William Ruto's flip to be formally invested on Tuesday, March 15, by his political get together, the United Democratic Alliance (created in…

For more than three months now, Ugandan (UPDF) and Congolese forces have been conducting a joint operation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the ADF's armed group, responsible for the deaths of more than 6,000 civilians since 2013, according…

In Africa, a dozen online game studios have simply merged to type PAGG, the Panafrican Gaming Group. This coalition goals to develop the sector and, above all, to harmonize practices on a continent with one billion individuals and 54 nations. But the long run…

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni's eldest son, who some already see as his father's possible successor, arrived in Rwanda on Monday. As on his earlier go to in January, he met with Paul Kagame to talk about the difficult relationship between their two…