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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's Intelligence and Safety Agent has arrested a neighborhood journalist, Abdullahi Kulmiye Adow, for interviewing a number one pro-Al-Shabab businessman in Mogadishu on Saturday evening, authorities stated. The dealer, Abukar Omar Adan, was detained by NISA the day earlier than, in one other step that might assist appropriate loopholes utilized by the militants to achieve monetary assist from numerous sympathizers within the nation who've struggled with instability. In a few years. Adan was…

The presidential election comes after greater than 90 individuals have been killed in protests in opposition to the 82-year-old ruler Alpha Condes' bid for a 3rd time period Guineans started voting in a high-stakes presidential election wherein 82-year-old Alpha Conde faces a controversial third time period.The vote, the primary in a sequence throughout West Africa, follows months of political…

Woungly Massaga, revolutionary pan-Africanist, figure in the armed struggle for Cameroon's independence, died on Saturday 17 October in Yaoundé at the age of 84. Nicknamed "Commander Kissamba", Woungly Massagafut in the late 1960s, one of the leaders of this independence movement that was in conflict with the Cameroonian power Ahamadou Ahidjo and France. He died in Yaoundé on Saturday, October 17, at the age of 84. In the early 1970s, he revived the UPC, a party founded to gain Carmoun's independence after the…

Nearly 70 villages and at least 46,000 people have been affected by flooding in northern Congo-Brazzaville in the province of Likouala after heavy rains continued to fall this week in the area. An assessment mission went to the area to estimate the humanitarian consequences, while many victims were already trying to recover from the floods last year.…

This is a first in Tunisia: a court in Medenine (south) accepted the request of an 81-year-old black man to remove the mention "Atig" from his surname, which refers to descendants of slaves. An important step for Tunisia; which passed a law against racism and discrimination in 2018. as reported from Tunis Lilia blaise174 years…

The Nationwide Fee on Human Rights in Libya (NHCR) in a press release condemned the arbitrary detention of considered one of its administrators since 1 October. Walid Elhouderi is accountable for liaison and worldwide coordination within the Fee. He was taken by forces underneath the command of the Nationwide Unity Authorities led by Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli. His arbitrary detention highlights a…

To negotiate, the Ivorian opposition trusts the international community. The government had invited the parties and political groups to a "working session" on "the framework for organizing the vote", while the country is experiencing a political crisis as the presidential election approaches. First scheduled for October 14, then on the 15th, the resumption of dialogue between the government and the…

That's $ 6.8 billion. We are far from the 11 billion that was planned for the year 2020. This budget is now being sent to the National Assembly for examination and adoption. We are back in numbers close to previous years. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiGovernment sources explain this reduction with the slowdown in…

Twelve candidates are in attendance, including outgoing President Alpha Condé seeking a contested third term and his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. The most important elements of this choice. as reported from Conakry,Moctar BahThe polls opened Sunday morning in Conakry, where our correspondent Carol Valade follows the progress of the vote, as in Kankan, the…

The year 2020 has been strange for Murielle Ahouré. Almost no race for the 60-meter indoor world champion. And especially not the Tokyo Games, where the 33-year-old Ivorian scored the most important goal of his season, the dream of an Olympic medal. But Murielle Ahouré did not waste her time. She has just been appointed this week as the Unicef ​​Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire in the continuity of the work for children that she had already…