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Registration for the upcoming December elections in Libya was closed, the country's election commission said on Tuesday when doubts grew as to whether Libya would be able to move towards normalization despite a month-long pause in the fighting. Commission chief Imad al-Sayeh told reporters in Tripoli that some 2.83 million people in the North African country had registered to vote and urged citizens abroad to register as of Wednesday. Libya, home to some 7 million people, has taken preliminary steps…

In Chad, the organizing committee for the "inclusive national dialogue" - which should lead to the elections and end the transitional period - was set up on Saturday 14 August. It consists of about 70 members and is therefore responsible for organizing the national dialogue at the end of the year. For the critics heard, Saleh Kebzabo answers step by step.…

Washington (Axadle) – Taliban ayaa u sheegtay maamulka Mareykanka inay “marin ammaan ah” u ogolaan doonaan garoonka diyaaradaha Kabul oo weli ay maamulaan ciidamada Mareykanka, sida uu sheegay la-taliyaha amniga qaranka Mareykanka Jake Sullivan. Sullivan ayaa xaqiijiyey in garoonka diyaaradaha caalamiga ah ee Hamid Karzai uu hadda shaqeynayo, islamarkaana duulimaadyada daad-gureynata muwaadiniinta Mareykanka iyo Afgaaniyiinta la shaqeeya ay…

In Burkina Faso, Pascal Zaida was released by the prosecutor on Tuesday, August 17, after three days in police custody. The prosecutor also decided not to follow up on the allegations against civil society figures. Pascal Zaida had been was arrested on Friday, August 13, the day after a press conference during which he…

Jakarta (Axadle) – Hay’adda la socodka kalluumeysiga Indonesia ee loo soo gaabiyo DFW ayaa sheegtay inay heshay ashtako ku saabsan 13 kalluumeysato oo dalkaas u dhashay oo muddo sideed bilood ah lagu haysto Soomaaliya. Isku xiraha qaranka ee hay’adda DFW, Abdi Suhufan ayaa sheegay inay dowladda ku wargeliyeen dhacdadan 29-kii June. “Waxaa jiray dadaallo ay sameysay dowladda Indonesia, hase yeeshee illaa iyo hadda kuma guuleysan inay soo qaado…

Muqdisho (Axadle) – Guddoomiyaha guddiga doorashooyinka heer Federaal, Maxamed Xasan Cirro ayaa baaq u direy madaxda dowlad goboleedyada aan weli soo dhameystirin doorashada xubnaha Aqalka Sare, sida lagu sheegay war-saxaafadeed kasoo baxay Guddiga. Cirro ayaa madaxda ku booriyey in xil weyn iska saaran kasoo dhalaalidda ballamihii iyo heshiisyadii ay saxiixeen si shacabka Soomaaliyeed u helaan dowlad sharci ku dhisan, oo matasha doonitaanka…

The United Nations health agency said on Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection with the deadly Ebola virus had been detected in Côte d'Ivoire. World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman Tarik Jasarevic…

Liverpool secured their Premier League title on a trouble-free start with a 3-0 win at newly promoted Norwich City. Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 26th minute, having been selected to start alongside Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane up front. Roberto Firmino, recently back in training after Brazil's run to the Copa America final, replaced Jota with an hour played at Carrow Road and quickly got on the scoresheet. Salah claimed the two assists - the second apparently much more intentional than the first - and duly stepped…

The second round of presidential elections is postponed again in São Tome and Principe. On Tuesday, Parliament voted in the small archipelago in the Gulf of Guinea on an "emergency law" for the vote to take place on 5 September. The Electoral Commission had already postponed the second round of presidential elections to August 29, while it was originally scheduled to take place on August 8, following…

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has revealed the difficult mental hurdle he had to overcome on his return from injury and warned it would take time to reach his peak form as he is "not a robot". The Netherlands international traveled the 90 minutes of Saturday's 3-0 victory at Norwich City in Liverpool's opener of the 2021-22 Premier League campaign - his first competitive outing since October 2020. Van Dijk had started every league game for the Reds in the previous two campaigns but suffered anterior cruciate…