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Prime Minister Dbeibah swore an oath to information Libya
Libya's new caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah took office on Monday after being elected to lead the war - torn country's transition to elections in December after years of chaos and division.
The North African nation came into conflict after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in a NATO uprising in 2011, which resulted in several forces competing for power.
A UN-supervised process aims to unite the country and build on a ceasefire in October between rival administrations in…
Libya’s Prime Minister to be sworn in to steer a war-torn nation
Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, will be sworn in on Monday to lead the war - torn country's transition to elections in December after years of chaos and division.
The North African nation came into conflict after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was overthrown and killed in a NATO uprising in 2011, which resulted in several forces competing for power.
A UN-supervised process aims to unite the country and build on a ceasefire in October between rival administrations in the country's…
Maritime case continues at ICJ regardless of Kenya
Maritime case continues at ICJ despite Kenya's withdrawal
HAGUE - The hearing of the maritime border case between Kenya and Somalia will continue as planned, it has emerged despite last-minute withdrawal of Kenya, which is struggling to retain the oil-rich territory that Somalia accuses her of having seized.
In a timetable published last week, the International Court of Justice will…
the opposition continues to sentence the detention of
The Beninese government does not give us any proof of these allegations. And they themselves say that they do not yet have such evidence of accusations. And we, we know that this lady is disturbing, she is coming on the political field of the election while she is not expected. So we know she has the financial means to win the election, unlike many of the candidates who are there who do not have the financial means.
Doctor Nadin Tayéwo Kokodé,…
70% of well being amenities had been destroyed in Ethiopia
Widespread attacks on health facilities have been observed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. More than 70 health facilities out of 106 had been looted and vandalized, while 30% of them had been damaged from December to early March, according to the statement from MSF on Monday.
"The attack on Tigray's health facilities is having a devastating effect on the population," said Oliver Behn, director general of Médecins Sans Frontières. Only 13% of the country's health facilities functioned normally, it…
regardless of the lull, the tug-of-war continues between
On Saturday, the opposition, at the request of the caliph general, decided for Mourides to suspend his demonstrations "his die" to avoid the risk of further violence in Senegal. If the field is genuine, the crisis is not resolved in the field. It's about balance of power.
With our special correspondent in Dakar, Carine…
Wasis Diop: “Thione Seck was an actual artist
It's the disappearance of a legend of Senegalese music: singer and lyricist Thione Seck, 66 years old. He started his career at the age of 17 with the Dakar Star Band and continued with the mythical orchestra Baobab, the Senegalese cult group in the 1970s. Thione Seck was one of the singers in the famous "mbalax" style. Many artists and big names in the music scene mourn a brother like his countryman singer Wasis Diop, who remembers a man deeply attached to his country. .
Painter Ndoye Douts picks up the heartbeat
Figure of the Senegalese artistic scene, the painter Ndoye Douts invites to a unique dive in the popular districts of Dakar. It is there, from Yoff to Gueule-Tapée, that he draws his inspiration since leaving art in 1999. "Entre terre et mer", his new exhibition at the Art-Z Gallery in Paris, until March 27, testifies to abundant, colorful, playful work.…
Election of Patrice Motsepe on the helm of CAF:
In Africa, not everyone is happy with the election of South African Patrice Motsepe as president of the African Football Confederation (CAF). Last Friday, during a CAF general meeting in Rabat, the South African billionaire benefited from the withdrawal of three West African candidates in his favor. But for Senegalese Abdoulaye Thiam, editor-in-chief of the "Sud Quotidien" and chairman of the Senegalese sports press association, politics…
How Farmajo “disrupts” upcoming election negotiations
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The pre-election negotiations scheduled for Halane Base Camp may not yield much after all, Axadle has learned from recent developments that it would see a number of stakeholders miss out on what could now delay reconciliation in the country.
Several sources suggested Axadle about the new complexity, which would seriously damage the reconciliation negotiations, contrary to the expectation of the international community, which has fought extremely hard to rectify the situation.
President Mohamed…