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The President of the Sovereign Council praises the rapprochement with Israel
In Sudan, the President of the Sovereign Council, the Transitional Body, spoke for the first time on the Israeli issue. On national television, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan praised this rapprochement and the benefits that the country would benefit from it.
With our regional correspondent
For Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, rapprochement with Israel was necessary and had to happen now. "The economic situation does not allow us to wait another year," said Lieutenant General.
The rapprochement with the Hebrew state and the impending…
a US citizen kidnapped in Massalata
A US citizen was kidnapped in southern Niger overnight from Monday to Tuesday by six attackers who came on foot.
as reported from Niger, Moussa KakaThe kidnapped U.S. citizen had lived for a year in the Massalata fortress, not far from the border with Nigeria. A year ago, Philip Walton had bought a garden and moved there with…
The European Union supports the candidacy of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The European Union has chosen its candidate to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The EU Ambassador to Geneva will officially announce this Tuesday, October 27th.
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance of Nigeria, formerly number two at the World Bank and perhaps soon the…
a still chaotic return to school two weeks after the reopening of classes
The start of the school year is still hypothetical two weeks after the official reopening of classes in the DRC. The striking teachers are demanding a regulation of their salaries and their status by the government. They suspended their mobilization without winning their case, but classes did not resume all.
From our Kinshasa…
Headlines: France and Mali are at odds with the dialogue with jihadists
Visiting Mali, the chief of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, closed the door on a attainable dialogue with armed teams, explains Le Level Afrique."The least we will say is that the international minister left little question in regards to the French angle in direction of jihadist teams." Le Level Afrique quotes the phrases of Jean-Yves Le Drian, who responded to the press on Monday: "Allow us to say issues very clearly:…
ISIS faction in Somalia takes duty for assaults in
MOGADISHU, Somalia - For the primary time in so many months, Islamic State corporations in Somalia have claimed duty in an assault contained in the capital Mogadishu, which left three troopers badly wounded, in an assault that comes below concern over safety conditions.
ISIS-Somalia by way of Amaq Information claimed duty for the assault, which left troopers badly wounded and a fighter arrested on Sunday within the Somali capital. The assault, IS-Somalia claimed, offered proof that it was able to seize the capital…
a new food aid center looted in Abuja
After peaceful protests against police and violence that degenerated into riots and vandalism last week after a bloody breakdown, we are now witnessing numerous looting of food aid reserves, principally intended for families of vulnerable people affected by the coronavirus crisis. never distributed by the authorities.
as…
Somalia convicts 11 of lethal assaults on Al-Shabaab jail
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A army courtroom in Somalia over the weekend sentenced 11 individuals for connections to a jail cease that noticed a number of inmates and jail guards killed within the nation's most well-known crime facility along with creating uncertainty in regards to the security of such amenities within the nation.
Within the incident on August 12, at the very least 16 individuals have been killed after an unprecedented break through which notorious Al-Shabaab prisoners ambushed guards resulting in a number…
only 40% of voters withdrew their cards
Ivory Coast is voting this Saturday, October 31, for the first round of the presidential election. Nearly 7.5 million Ivorian citizens are urged to have their vote put on the ballot. They had until last Sunday to withdraw their voting cards. But less than half of the registered voters turned out to collect it. A weak mobilization that could be explained by the call for civil disobedience and an active…
Félix Tshisekedi on a working visit to Brazzaville
The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Félix Tshisekedi crossed the Congo River on Monday 26 October to Brazzaville, where he will attend the 80th anniversary of the Brazzaville Manifesto, De Gaulle's call for resistance against Nazi Germany during World War II. He will use this stay to discuss bilateral issues and internal politics with his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso.…