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Somalia: Opposition candidates to take a united stance

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The convention convened by Somalia's opposition leaders enters its second day in Mogadishu on Sunday with the present settlement earlier than the election to be mentioned once more, even because the federal authorities of Somalia insists that the election proceed as deliberate. For months, opposition teams have been at odds with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whom they accuse of predetermining the result of putting in the Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company dismissals within the…

an arrest in the case of the Central Bank of Congo

The head of the crushing room at the Central Bank of Congo in Lubumbashia was arrested on Friday, November 20, for embezzling public funds. But according to NGO Justicia Asbl, a dozen other agents should be investigated for theft in 2019 of bags of used Congolese banknotes that are normally intended to be perforated and then crushed.…

after an incident, François Bozizé speaks

Former Central African President François Bozizéa called a press conference on Saturday after a quarrel broke out between parts of his close guard and presidential guards during the funeral of the wife of Jean-Serge Bokassa, who died on November 10, 2020. as reported from Bangui,It is in a definite tone that François Bozizés is…

Mathias Dzon ready to take on the challenge of the 2021 presidential election

After boycotting the controversial 2016 presidential election, won by his former mentor Denis Sassou Nguesso, Mathias Dzon (73), finance minister between 1997 and 2002, will be a candidate in the March 2021 election, "for the good of the nation He therefore responded positively, on Saturday 21 November, to a request from the Alliance for the Republic and Democracy (ARD), an opposition platform, this time…

“The history of decolonization must be rediscovered”

Does the history of decolonization tell from a colonization perspective? A dude to the classic historical story that reflects the gaze of colonizing Europe. This was the position taken by three documentaries entitled "Decolonizations" and directed by Karim Miské, Pierre Singaravélou and Marc ball, which was broadcast last year on the French-German TV channel Arte. These documentaries are today the subject of an eponymous book published in a joint edition by Seuil and Arte éditions. Marc Ball is a guest of Julie Vandal.…

opening of polling stations for double voting

Nearly 6.5 million people in Burkina Faso are expected to vote on Sunday to elect both their new president and the entire National Assembly. They are thirteen candidates to run for the highest office, including the outgoing head of state Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Regularly updated article,In a few hours, Ouagadougou has…

Fahad Yasin withdrew from the disaster earlier than the Somali elections

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Director of Somalia's Nationwide Intelligence Safety Company Fahad Yasin stays a thorn within the flesh with just some days till the beginning of the nation's extremely anticipated election, with the opposition workforce nonetheless accusing him of planning "voter manipulation". All prime presidential candidates led by former presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud together with instant former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire gathered in Mogadishu on Saturday for a seminar…

the dialog remains off when the opponents are released

Since the meeting between Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and the leader of the united opposition, Henri Konan Bédié, on November 11, the two camps have been relatively quiet. Although tensions have fallen one step in the country, the election crisis, which has caused the deaths of at least 85 people, is far from resolved. On Friday, November 20, Henri Konan Bédié, chairman of the PDCI, officially announced that he would "suspend" this dialogue as long as the opposition cadres, still in prison, were not released. "I…