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Turkey pays a part of Somalia’s IMF debt for aid initiative
Friday November 6, 2020
Turkey has granted almost $3.4 million to Somalia’s debt to the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF), as a part of an initiative the fund kicked off earlier this 12 months to alleviate the heavy money owed of low-income nations.
In accordance with an Worldwide Settlement issued on Nov. 5 on the Official Gazette, Turkey contributed some $3.4 million to Somalia for the IMF’s Enhanced Closely Indebted Poor International locations (HIPC) initiative.
The quantity Turkey granted to Somalia’s debt aid corresponds…
Moïse Katumbi back in Kinshasa
After five years away from the Congolese capital, former Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi arrived at Kinshasa airport this Friday. He will be received on Saturday by Félix Tshisekedi as part of the national consultations that began on Monday, and it is up to the president to find a way to get rid of the influence of his predecessor Joseph Kabila in the context of a political crisis within the coalition.…
start of work in Niono for reconciliation between communities
In Mali, the Malian army again provides several tons of food aid to the village of Farabougou in the Ségou region. With logistical support from the UN mission in the country, food and medicine were delivered on Thursday, other deliveries are scheduled for Friday to support the inhabitants of this village in the center of the country, surrounded by more than a month of jihadist fighters amid conflicts…
Cardinal Tumi was released, according to several sources
In Cameroon, Cardinal Christian Tumi has been released, according to several sources. Archbishop Emeritus of Douala was abducted on Thursday around noon. 18 in the English-speaking northwest of the country on the road between Bamenda and Koumbo. If Monsignor Tumi was released, the ten people who were kidnapped at the same time as him near Kumbo are still in the hands of the kidnappers.…
Katumbi in Kinshasa, consultations continue
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the former governor of Katanga and opponent Moise Katumbi arrive, and it is the first in five years, this Friday in Kinshasa. He will be received on Saturday by President Félix Tshisekedi.
With our special correspondent in Kinshasa,Sonia RolleyHis colleague from the Lamuka coalition and the…
another setback for US investment fund Och-Ziff
This is another setback for the US investment fund Och-Ziff. Its African subsidiary, OZ africa, was ordered by the US justice to pay $ 135 million to former shareholders. By 2016, Och-Ziff had already been ordered to pay the U.S. Treasury Department nearly half a billion dollars for corruption, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…
balaky.org launches civil society initiative for better control of elected officials
Cases of briefcases, concussion between deputies and power in place: in Madagascar in 2018, scandals are raging on the benches of the National Assembly. In 2019, as a deprivation of the population against this political elite, the absence rate breaks records in the legislative election ...
as reported from Antananarivo, Sarah…
a statue of Cheikh Anta Diop unveiled in Dakar
In Senegal, a new statue was unveiled in the heart of Dakar on Tuesday, November 3, by historian Cheikh Anta Diop, who died in 1986. The intellectual disrupted the vision of African history by emphasizing the contribution of black Africa to civilization, especially Egypt. His statue is now erected in front of the university and on the avenue bearing his name.…
AP explains: Why Ethiopia is instantly getting ready to civil battle
NAIROBI, Kenya - Immediately, Ethiopia seems getting ready to civil battle, threatening the steadiness of one of many world's most strategic areas, the Horn of Africa and the rupture of certainly one of Africa's strongest and populous nations.
However the disaster in Ethiopia, a significant allied safety pressure in the US, has been constructing for a number of months, and "it has been like watching a prepare crash in gradual movement," Dino Mahtani advised the Worldwide Disaster Group this week. Now Ethiopia's…
Why Ethiopia is immediately on brink of civil warfare
Friday November 6, 2020
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, middle, arrives for the opening session of the thirty third African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February. On Wednesday, Abiy ordered the army to confront the Tigray regional authorities after he stated it attacked a army base in a single day, citing months of "provocation and incitement" and declaring that "the final purple line has been crossed."
Instantly Ethiopia seems on the point of civil warfare, threatening the soundness of one of many world’s…