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Paul Rusesabagina’s relatives are preparing to lodge a complaint in Belgium

This whole procedure is completely absurd, I do not know if you can imagine, but to kidnap someone and get it approved by a state governed by the rule of law which is the Rwandan state, and the rest is of the same kind, that is, he can not even meet his lawyer . There are two lawyers appointed by the government, we waited three months before these lawyers were withdrawn by the same government. The president of Kigali could meet him, but now it is no longer possible because he is in Covid. So there…

the testimony of newcomers from Tigray on the Sudanese border

Communication has been re-established in the capital Tigray, Mekele and several other cities in the region. But many areas are still cut off from the world, international organizations worry. The visit of Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok this Sunday in Addis Ababa was canceled without explanation. Mediation unnecessary for the Ethiopian government, which claims that the events in Tigray are an…

After the break with Somalia, the rapprochement with Somaliland grew to become increasingly burning

The kitchen is burning between Kenya and Somalia. Mogadishu severed diplomatic ties with its southern neighbor on Tuesday, December 14. Kenyan diplomats have seven days to go away Somali territory. Within the course of, Nairobi introduced that the consulate will open subsequent March in Somaliland, this self-proclaimed impartial area that Somalia considers a part of its territory. Within the context…

Peter Maurer (ICRC): In Tigray, “we can imagine there were slips on all sides”

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is so far the only humanitarian organization that has been able to gain access to the Ethiopian region of Tigray after a month of conflict. A supply convoy from the hospital in the provincial capital Mekele reached the city on Monday, December 14. Our guest is the President of the ICRC, Peter Maurer. He was in Paris to meet with French President…

Rwanda tightens curfew within the face of rising circumstances

Is Rwanda experiencing a second wave of Covid-19? In current days, the nation has registered a peak in contamination, with a few hundred circumstances detected per day. Figures have hardly ever been reached for the reason that pandemic started in Rwanda, which has to this point been comparatively sparse. The federal government, which in current weeks has reopened sure sectors of the economic system,…

Online trolls linked to French military, Russia compete for influence in Africa: Facebook

Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have tried to deceive and influence Internet users in the Central African Republic ahead of an election later this month, Facebook said on Tuesday. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen foreign influence operations directly engage on its platforms, with fake accounts condemning each other as "fake news". The company said it had suspended three networks of a total of 500 accounts and sites for so-called "coordinated unauthentic behavior." One…

Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya citing interference

The Somali authorities says it has severed ties with its strategic neighbor Kenya "to guard the nation's unity, sovereignty and stability." The announcement on Tuesday got here when the chief of Somaliland's eruption territory ended a three-day go to to Kenya the place he acquired therapy just like that given to a head of state in conferences with the Kenyan management. "On the idea of its sovereignty, worldwide regulation and order and the achievement of its constitutional obligation to guard the…

Nearly 40% of Madagascar has been contaminated with Covid-19

In Madagascar, a nine-month scientific research by the Institut Pasteur and the Ministry of Well being means that 40% of the inhabitants would have been in touch with the Covid-19 virus. A vital determine for the nation. It was a thunderstorm for the Huge Island. The so-called "seroprevalence amongst Malagasy blood donors"…

Covid-19 pandemic: where is Africa?

Since Sars-Cov-2's official appearance on the continent on 14 February 2020, the number of pollutants and deaths due to the pandemic has seemed largely limited, despite a resurgence in some countries in recent weeks. The numbers do not leave until then, no room for doubt. 2.32 million pollutants, 55,265 deaths. Ten months after the first officially declared case in Egypt, the African continent has only 3.4% of coronavirus contaminants while it represents 17% of the world population. The reality of the spread of the virus…

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