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fishermen suffering from a “mysterious disease” of the skin
In Thiaroye, in a suburb of Dakar, fishermen returned from their voyage this week with pustules and pimples on their skin. The causes are not yet known, but the pollution trail is mainly advanced.
The African Union is trying a new mediation
It is a new attempt at mediation in Ethiopia to end the conflict between the government and the dissident Tigray region. The latest attempt comes from Cyril Ramaphosa and the African Union.
It has now been eighteen days since the clashes took place and caused the flight of more than 30,000 refugees in neighboring Sudan. The UN said on Friday, November 20, that it expects 200,000 in total. To end the fighting, many countries and international organizations have called for a ceasefire for two weeks. Calls are systematically…
Former Prime Minister apologizes for NISA assault by opposition chief
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Reconciliation amongst Somalia's main opposition leaders continues to construct after the newest apology from former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire to Wadajir chief Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame forward of a gathering scheduled for Saturday in Mogadishu.
Since resigning in July, Khaire has confronted his former enemies with allies in what may very well be a method to construct a stable opposition alliance that can problem President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo within the upcoming polls, which, in…
concerns for young students ahead of the presidential election
On Sunday, almost 6.5 million voters are called to the polls for a double legislative and presidential election in Burkina Faso. In a country where more than 40% of the population is between 18 and 30 years old, youth voting can be important in the election of the next president. Meeting with their student voters on one of the capital's largest campuses, Ouaga 1.…
great meditation at the funeral of André Kouassi Johnson
In a large meditation, yesterday, Friday, November 20, several Togolese personalities including parliamentarians but also personalities from ECOWAS and parents met to pay their last respects to André Kouassi Johnson. Committed activist, the third Vice-President of the National Assembly, founding member of the Union of the Forces of Change died suddenly after a short illness on 14 November 2020.
A giant portrait of André Kouassi Johnson has been placed on the catafalque erected on the National Assembly's main courtyard.…
The Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to a DGM website is controversial
A visit by the Deputy Prime Minister for Home Affairs and Security to a site of the Directorate-General for Migration (DGM) on Wednesday caused controversy.
members of armed groups dissatisfied that they can not be paid
In Bangui, this Friday, November 20, members of armed groups, members of the Advisory and Monitoring Committee (CCS) for Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration, Home Transport (DDRR), expressed their dissatisfaction with the DDRR Ministry. The blocked authorities spent a few hours in their offices demanding their unpaid compensation.
Palms are hung at the entrance to the ministry, the offices are closed. Jean-Rock Soubi, FDPC and member of the DDRR's Advisory and Monitoring Committee: “If you see us in this ministry,…
On the front page of the press in Kinshasa
Consultations for a Holy Nation of the Union ... Several newspapers in Kinshasa are commenting this week on possible conclusions or speculating on their results.
Under the headline "Assume divorce or temperament", the daily newspaper Le Potentiel writes that Félix Antoine Tshisekedi will have to make a choice at the end of the Palais de la Nation's consultation, which, according to the newspaper, is facing strong tensions with its allies in the FCC. For this daily, the fifth president of the DRC is investing in a high…
Burkina Faso presidential election: elections which might be significant, regardless of uncertainty
Burkina Faso is eagerly awaiting the presidential election regardless of the difficult safety scenario.
As with all West African presidential elections, we took this chance in Wathi to current a listing of the nation, making residents out there the biographies and applications proposed by the candidates. We had been pleasantly…
Somalia’s opposition candidates meet over elections
MOGADISHU, Somalia - High opposition candidates within the upcoming Somalia election will from Saturday lead conversations about disagreements which have arisen in the way in which that elections are to be held within the nation with simply over a number of weeks till the beginning of the train.
The crew has already rejected an inventory of members of the nomination committee accepted by Villa Somalia, claiming that almost all members had hyperlinks to the Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company , a requirement that…