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police host Instagram live with singer Naira Marley

Following a wave of criticism on social networks, the Nigerian police have launched a communication operation targeting young people, tired of excessive by some officers. The special anti-raiding brigade is especially designated for its violent methods bordering on legality. In recent days, many celebrities have taken up this cause, including singing star Wizkid and Davido. But it was another popular singer, Naira Marley, who was able to speak to a police spokeswoman live on Tuesday, October 6th. as reported from Lagos,…

negotiations continue with other rebel movements

In Sudan, negotiations continue with the two major rebel movements that have not signed the text, following the signing of peace agreements with certain armed groups last weekend. There is still much to be done for Khartoum to understand to the two absent from Juba, the movement of Abdelaziz al-Hilu and Darfouri Abdelwahid el-Nur. Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok repeated it the following Sunday the signing of the Juba Agreements. One of his most important tasks now is to find common ground with the important uprising of…

No breakthrough in sight in relations between Rwanda and Burundi

Last August, President Evariste Ndayishimiye opposed a rejection of Paul Kagame's outstretched hand, proposing to turn the page after five years of squabbling. And despite the recent meeting between military intelligence from the two countries and the return of more than a thousand Burundian refugees, a new incident took place in the border area.…

the exorbitant costs of recent electoral processes pointed out in a report

The Electoral Commission's general report on the final cycles of the election will be examined during this parliamentary session. CENI's management of the electoral process had been widely criticized, as had the funds set aside to organize it. What does this report tell us? Between May 2018 and April 2019, following the preparation of the election dossier, Ceni received more than half a billion dollars to organize three elections, presidential election, legislative and provincial. Almost half of this amount would have…

the opposition draws horizons to postpone the election

Envoys from ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations continued their mission of "preventive diplomacy" in Abidjan on Tuesday. After the president, after the ministers and institutions responsible for the election yesterday, they met on Tuesday, October 6, with the presidential candidates on October 31, as well as with the political parties, the RHDP and the opposition. The opposition, which still rejects Ouattara's candidacy, which it considers unconstitutional, and which still demands a new CEI, a new constitutional…

these fumes that poison the people of Malagasy

For two weeks, the Tananariv capital has been surrounded by a thick mantle of fog that is visible for miles around and suffocates its inhabitants. The years go by and the situation is still the same. as reported from Antananarivo, As the hot season approaches, the Big Island gets a new face. Slash-and-burn cultivation (tavy) is in full swing among farmers, masonry runs night and day, bush fires set the plains on fire. These intense periodic fumes are added to the daily smoke from coal mining in forests, old vehicles…

Son of French hostages speaks to FRANCE 24

Sebastian Chadaud-Petronin, son of kidnapped aid worker Sophie Petronin, flew to the Malian capital Bamako on Tuesday before her possible release. He told FRANCE 24 that the family remains cautious about the news. Petronin, who is in his 70s, was released along with Malian opposition leader Cisse in exchange for the release of many suspected Islamist rebels by the Malian authorities, three sources told Reuters on Monday. Malian and French authorities have neither confirmed nor denied that Sophie Petronin and abducted…

[Série] Guinea: will biometric identification assist the nation’s economic system?

Continuation of our collection dedicated to the Guinean economic system through the October 18 presidential election. The nation has determined to accumulate biometric identification. Particularly, the previous inflexible paper identification card, which might be simply solid, can be changed by a brand new card containing the biometric info of people. An actual revolution in a rustic the place the…

AU Power Commander visits KDF, ENDF troops in Jubaland

KISMAYO, Somalia - Newly appointed Commander of the African Union Mission Forces Lieutenant Normal Diomede Ndegeya ended his tour of familiarity with the remaining AMISOM sectors in Somalia as he embarks on a protracted journey to revive order and lead the overseas troops out of the Horn of Africa. The AMISOM staff has six sectors in Somalia, primarily manned by troops from particular nations. On Wednesday, Lieutenant Ndegeya visited the Kenya Protection Forces serving in Sector II and VI earlier than finishing…

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