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another setback for US investment fund Och-Ziff
This is another setback for the US investment fund Och-Ziff. Its African subsidiary, OZ africa, was ordered by the US justice to pay $ 135 million to former shareholders. By 2016, Och-Ziff had already been ordered to pay the U.S. Treasury Department nearly half a billion dollars for corruption, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…
balaky.org launches civil society initiative for better control of elected officials
Cases of briefcases, concussion between deputies and power in place: in Madagascar in 2018, scandals are raging on the benches of the National Assembly. In 2019, as a deprivation of the population against this political elite, the absence rate breaks records in the legislative election ...
as reported from Antananarivo, Sarah…
a statue of Cheikh Anta Diop unveiled in Dakar
In Senegal, a new statue was unveiled in the heart of Dakar on Tuesday, November 3, by historian Cheikh Anta Diop, who died in 1986. The intellectual disrupted the vision of African history by emphasizing the contribution of black Africa to civilization, especially Egypt. His statue is now erected in front of the university and on the avenue bearing his name.…
AP explains: Why Ethiopia is instantly getting ready to civil battle
NAIROBI, Kenya - Immediately, Ethiopia seems getting ready to civil battle, threatening the steadiness of one of many world's most strategic areas, the Horn of Africa and the rupture of certainly one of Africa's strongest and populous nations.
However the disaster in Ethiopia, a significant allied safety pressure in the US, has been constructing for a number of months, and "it has been like watching a prepare crash in gradual movement," Dino Mahtani advised the Worldwide Disaster Group this week. Now Ethiopia's…
Why Ethiopia is immediately on brink of civil warfare
Friday November 6, 2020
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, middle, arrives for the opening session of the thirty third African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February. On Wednesday, Abiy ordered the army to confront the Tigray regional authorities after he stated it attacked a army base in a single day, citing months of "provocation and incitement" and declaring that "the final purple line has been crossed."
Instantly Ethiopia seems on the point of civil warfare, threatening the soundness of one of many world’s…
John Magufuli, the “bulldozer” president, begins his second term
Re-elected with 84% of the vote on 28 October, the outgoing President of Tanzania John Magufuli was sworn in on Thursday 5 November in the presence of national and international dignitaries and regional heads of state including Presidents Museveni of Uganda, Azali Assoumani of the Comoros and Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe. Many fear that the magnitude of this victory, combined with that of the ruling party that won 262 of the 264 seats in…
Faced with the uncertain status quo, concerns weigh traders
In Côte d'Ivoire, the standoff between the government and the opposition parties continues. Since Tuesday, former President Henri Konan Bédié and the other principals' residences have always been surrounded by police. This follows the announcement by opponents last Monday of the creation of a National Transitional Council preparing to appoint a government. This new political crisis is directly…
For Le Drian, the subsequent election in Niger can be “a benchmark for Africa”
Bilateral cooperation, safety and the forthcoming presidential elections in Niger fashioned the majority of the talks between the French Minister and the Nigerian authorities.
as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaOn the finish of his 24-hour keep in Niger, Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a full of life tribute to Mahamadou Issoufou, who…
The Chadian human rights convention condemns the hell out of secret prisons
The Chadian Convention for the Protection of Human Rights has been investigating for years the existence of "secret prisons" of the National Security Agency (ANS). The organization claims to have already discovered ten of these houses. Most recently, a most banal house located in the 2nd arrondissement on the road to Farcha, opposite a large ministry (public works and infrastructure). CTDDH condemns a…
Cardinal Tumi kidnapped in the northwest
Cardinal Christian Tumi was kidnapped this afternoon by a group of armed men on the road between Bamenda and Kumbo.
The Cardinal and Fon, the king of Kumbo, were captured in Baba by a certain general of the Ambazonians, his nom de guerre is Chaomao. I called the son of the King of Kumbo, who also confirmed to me that it is Chaomao, a former priest, because he complained that the cardinal was urging the children to go to school. Because for them, if school starts, it is a sign of normalization.…