Somali Prime Minister Roble appoints electoral advisers weeks after deal MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has appointed a seven-member advisory team to review the handling of the upcoming elections, which are expected to take place within the next two months in accordance with an agreement signed a fortnight ago. Somali political leaders have agreed on the basis…

A 37-year-old South African woman broke the Guinness World Record by giving birth to ten children, according to media reports on Tuesday. The IOL news site said that Gosiame Thamara Sithole, a resident of Tembisa East in Johannesburg, delivered seven boys and three girls by caesarean section at a hospital in Pretoria. Teboho Tsotetsi said his wife also had 6-year-old twins. He said he was happy and emotional about the news. Reports earlier showed that Sithole was expecting eight children, but two apparently missed the…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, justice has not yet ended with Brenda Okale, the widow of the former head of military intelligence, Delphin Kahimbi, and her mother, acquitted to everyone's surprise on Monday by the tribunal de grande instance Kinshasa-Gombe. The two women were accused of murdering General Delphin Kahimbi…

Dobet Gnahoré punctuates his sentences periodically with this information, as a justification: "you know, I'm a twin." Hard as iron, the 38-year-old Ivorian singer believes in the astrology that governs her life. According to websites that specialize in reading the sky, Gemini symbolizes communication, movement, exchange, curiosity, intelligence. These words may suit him well. "I only live by my intuitions," she adds in her beautiful, curvy voice. If I get up one morning on the wrong foot, if I'm cold sweat, if…

Putschist General Khalifa Haftar is blocking a constitutional referendum in Libya because he knows he cannot run for president because of his dual citizenship, Libya's top prime minister said on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists in the capital Tripoli, Khalid al-Mishri pointed to an article from the draft constitution that those with dual citizenship could not be candidates for the presidency. Haftar has both Libyan and American citizenship, which excludes him from Libya's future political landscape.…

The date has now been confirmed, Patrice Lumumba's tooth will be returned to her family on June 21 by the Belgian authorities. This figure of Congolese independence and the anti-colonial struggle was carried out in January 1961 before his body was dissolved in acid. This tooth that belongs to Patrice Lumumba was was found five…

In Ethiopia, the conflict continues in the province of Tigray. This northern region is still plagued by violence between the former TPLF power on the one hand, the federal army, Eritrean soldiers and Amharic militias on the other. The conflict has claimed thousands of lives and caused significant damage as well. With our…

Announced by the Congolese government, the displaced people of Goma and the territory are beginning to return to the city after the volcanic eruption on May 22 and the order to evacuate on May 27. Authorities noted the end of the lava flow and solidification, as well as the significant reduction in earthquakes in the area.…

Al-Shabaab suffers defeats as escalating military operations in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - More than 130 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in Somalia in the past three weeks, Defense Force Chief Gen. Odowa Yusuf Rageh confirmed, adding that troops would continue to clear militants from their various hiding places. in the country. Most of those killed were caught by the Somali National Army…

In Senegal, President Macky Sall is preparing a new "economic tour" in the north of the country this weekend, especially in the Saint-Louis and Matam regions. These marathon trips within the country allow, according to the head of state, "to see the state of implementation of the various projects". One of the government's major…