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Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

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Eye on Africa

Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

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Somalia: Ex-president arrives in Baidoa as presidential candidate

BAIDOA, Somalia - Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed arrived in Southwest on Thursday, a state thought-about a battleground within the nation's upcoming polls, which has triggered a deterrent forward of the nation's elections, regardless of mainstream consensus. Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who served as Somalia's president from 2009 to 2012, held a gathering with southwestern head of state Abdulaziz Lafta-Garen in Baidoa, about 250 km northwest of Mogadishu. The upcoming election dominated the talks. "The…

President Kaboré victory (preliminary results)

Provisional national results: Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, MPP - The People's Movement for Progress: 57.87%, wins the election in the first round.EddieKomboïgo, CDP - Congress for Democracy and Progress: 15.48%Zéphirin Diabré, UPC - Union for Progress and Change: 12.46%Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, acting together: 3.36%Tahirou Barry - Pairs: 2.19%Ablasse Ouedraogo - Faso Other: 1.80%Gilbert Noël Ouedraogo, ADF-RDA: 1.55%Yacouba Isaac Zida, MPS: 1.52%Abdoulaye Soma, the sun of the future: 1.41%Ségui Ambroise Farama, OPF:…

Opposition candidates name for Somalia’s election fee

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The long-awaited elections in Somalia have as soon as once more been handled with a bang after the most recent communication issued by 14 opposition presidential candidates, with simply over two weeks earlier than the official elections begin within the nation. Within the final 5 days, opposition fighters have been locked up in a resort in Mogadishu, the place they mentioned a variety of points with a variety of them in reference to elections in the midst of a collection of election commissions…

Ethiopia launches last offensive towards Tigray’s capital Mekele

Ethiopia's prime minister mentioned on Thursday that the military had been ordered to maneuver on to the battered regional capital of Tigray within the north of the nation after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray's leaders to surrender and he warned his half one million residents to remain indoors and disarm. The army offensive "has reached its last stage" after three weeks of preventing, mentioned Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace, the Related Press (AP) reported. Which means that tanks and…

The Moroccan Court of Cassation confirms the verdicts of 19 Sahrawi activists

The Moroccan Court of Cassation upheld the sentences handed down in 2013 to 19 separatists from Western Sahara, ranging from twenty years to life imprisonment. Saharawi activists are accused of taking part in the violence in the Gdim Izik camp near the border in southern Morocco in 2010. This verdict comes against the background of renewed conflicts between the Saharawis and Moroccans.…

A high CIA officer killed in a latest operation in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A high CIA officer was killed in a latest operation in Somalia, experiences the New York Instances, including that the officer sustained critical wounds and later succumbed to one of many setbacks recorded by the U.S.-African command within the Horn of Africa nation. . The precise date of the loss of life and the officer's identify haven't but been decided, however round September, U.S. forces had been attacked by al-Shabaab militants on the Janay Abdalla base close to Kismayo, the place a U.S.…

Ethiopia launches last offensive in opposition to Tigray’s capital Mekele

Ethiopia's prime minister stated on Thursday that the military had been ordered to maneuver on to the battered regional capital of Tigray within the north of the nation after his 72-hour ultimatum for Tigray's leaders to surrender and he warned his half 1,000,000 residents to remain indoors and disarm. The navy offensive "has reached its last stage" after three weeks of combating, stated Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's workplace, the Related Press (AP) reported. Which means tanks and different weapons may…