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The plot thickens as Somalia’s Top Minister Roble frustrates Jubaland and Northeastern State
The plot gets thicker as Somalia's Prime Minister Roble frustrates Jubaland and Northeastern State's leaders
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Efforts to clear up the current dead end in Somalia were a nod on Wednesday, with questions now being asked whether it is Villa Somalia or federal member states that are trying to postpone the election, but the former apparently takes a lot of blame.…
civil society is difficult the federal government
For several weeks, the number of pollutants has continued to increase. The country has a total of 24,426 cases and 418 deaths. A second wave more deadly than the previous one and which has more serious cases. A press conference was held on Wednesday, civil society organizations in the health care sector. The measures and response strategy that the authorities are taking to limit the spread are…
repeal of the strike movement by
A pearl strike had been called since January and paralyzed the administration every two weeks. This was a broken promise from the government, which has committed to restoring social benefits that have been suppressed since 2016 due to the fall in oil prices.
Today, the difference continues behind the scenes of a social pact, a first in five years of negotiations.
The ten-page document is being studied at the office of the union protest platform. The goal of this pact that the government proposes is written in black and…
CAN in Cameroon from 9 January to six February 2022
The next African Cup of Nations for men (CAN 2021), scheduled for Cameroon, will take place from January 9 to February 6, 2022, the African Football Confederation (CAF) said in a press release dated March 31, 2021 and was published on Thursday. . The draw for the final phase, which will reveal the composition of the six groups, will take place on June 25, 2021.…
Within the Democratic Republic of Congo, senators are at battle
A commission was set up to challenge its boss, Jules Alingete. According to that commission, he was wrong to say that people accused of mismanagement had sought refuge in Parliament in order to take advantage of Parliament's immunity. Correspondence should be addressed to the President of the Republic to authorize the House of Lords to question the Inspector General.…
Al-Shabaab rejects COVID-19 vaccines at the grounds that they’re ‘useless and
Al-Shabaab rejects COVID-19 vaccines citing its 'ineffective and unfavorable' side effects
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia-based Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab militants have dismissed the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was recently developed in the fight against the coronavirus, arguing that it is "harmful" and therefore cannot be used by its members as a preventative dose. .
Coronavirus has…
UN concerned about the rights of Russian mercenaries
UN experts said they had received and continue to receive reports of "serious violations of human rights" by Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic (CAR), where they have supported the militant government's military.
"The experts have received, and continue to receive, reports of serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, which can be attributed to the private military personnel working with CAR's armed forces and in some cases to the UN. peacekeepers,…
The UN Safety Council needs Somali leaders to make the “election” once conceivable
The UN Security Council wants Somali leaders to fix a dead end "as soon as possible"
NEW YORK -Somalia's leaders must use the "earliest opportunity" to break the deadlock in the country, the UN Security Council has said and added that a solution must be found to the model and nature of future elections.
For several months now, the AP reports that stakeholders from all areas,…
Guterres calls on the UN Security Council to set up monitors around it
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a report released on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to set up a "monitoring component" to operate in and around Libya's Sirte province and compliment the Libyan-led mechanisms to monitor the ceasefire.
In the report presented to the Security Council, Guterres did not say how many UN observers would be needed for the UN mission, known as the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
"I call on the Security Council to give UNSMIL a clear but flexible…
a human rights group
A year ago, more than 80 human rights and press organizations signed a petition calling on several African presidents to release journalists in overcrowded prisons whose prisoners are often exposed to Covid 19. The Cameroon Committee to Protect Journalists. (CPJ) restarts President Paul Biya.
One year after this appeal, the…