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Malian women have been waiting for a law for more than three years
Socio-cultural barriers weigh on victims of assaults in Mali, causing self-censorship that limits the number of dismissals and prevents criminal prosecution of the perpetrators of these crimes. A law is being prepared but it has stagnated for several years in the draft.
Rape, physical or psychological abuse, domestic or street…
Cyclone Gati weakens after inflicting devastation in Somalia
MOGADISHU - Tropical Cyclone Gati, which landed in Somalia on Sunday night time, killing eight folks and inflicting destruction, has weakened and is shifting in the direction of the Gulf of Aden, the UN humanitarian company stated on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated heavy rains had triggered floods within the Puntlands Bari area, significantly in coastal and inland areas.
The UN company, citing the administration in Bari, stated an…
Ethiopian Prime Minister calls for non-intervention in the Tigray conflict
Ethiopia's prime minister rejects growing international consensus on dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "interference", saying his country will handle the conflict on its own.
"We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and illegal interference," said the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on Wednesday, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), as government forces surrounded the capital, Tigray, Mekele. "The international…
at the Ethiopian border, the refugee’s exile intensifies
As the conflict escalates in Tigray, more than 40,000 refugees have crossed the border into Sudan, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). They keep coming in the thousands and come a little further away every day.
From our special envoy to the Ethiopian border, Eliott BrachetThe ultimatum was…
Former president elected president of presidential candidates
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has been elected chairman of the Opposition Candidate Affiliation when their assembly in Mogadishu takes place for the fifth day in a row.
That is the newest increase for upcoming elections in Mogadishu, the place 14 opposition candidates had gathered to barter the controversial electoral commissions tasked with overseeing parliamentary and presidential elections, that are as a consequence of begin subsequent month.
The presidential candidates have…
AU requires political settlement in Somalia and guarantees to help
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The African Union Mission in Somalia has hailed the political consensus within the nation following a pre-election settlement signed in September, arguing that it supplied a platform for additional pre-election engagement in Somalia, which has struggled with instability.
In his handle to the United Nations Safety Council, AU consultant for Somalia Francisco Madeira stated the political class' choice to interact was "vital", including that consensus and reconciliation would allow the nation to…
the parties are working together for the 2021 presidential election
Following an eventful referendum in 2015 and a presidential election marked by protest and violence in 2016, Congolese political actors decided to suspend their violins before the 202 presidential election. Consultations are therefore being held until Friday 27 November in Madingou, in the south of the country.
as reported from…
after a year interrupted by Covid-19, the student fair attracts many academics
In Madagascar, the student and employment fair attracts hundreds of high school students. Since Monday, November 24, in the garden by Lake Anosy, in the center of the capital Antananarivo, the bays are always full. Ten days ago, more than 77,000 young Malagasy people received their baccalaureate. After a school year that was greatly disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, many high school students are…
The Mayi-Kadra massacre is said to have left about 600 dead
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has estimated that 600 people have been massacred in the city of Mai-Kadra, in the western part of the region. These crimes are alleged to have been committed by a Tigrayan militia.
as reported from Addis Ababa, Noé Rochet-BodinAmnesty Internationalhad already taken up this city is located…
the government defends its employment and youth policy
In Senegal, the issue of irregular emigration was widely discussed during the government's press conference on Tuesday, November 24 in Dakar. While the NGO Alarm Phone spoke of 480 migrants dying at sea in a week at the end of October, Interior Minister Antoine Félix Diome has still not provided details on the number of victims. On the other hand, various ministers defended the government's policy of…