Africa

Prince Johnson, the previous warlord in Liberia and who turned senator in 2006, was appointed chairman of the Senate Protection Committee on Tuesday, Could 18. A gathering that prompted US diplomacy to react the following day, whereas the talk on the institution of a particular court docket to evaluate the crimes dedicated in the course of the civil struggle is frequently reactivated.…

Should the government be able to ban the dissemination of false information? What is the effect of social networks? Should the media communicate more about the authorities' shortcomings? Questions were asked, among other things, in the new study published on May 18 by the Afrobarometer network, while the Senegalese government is carefully considering the regulation of social networks. .

One month after the institution of the Transitional Army Council in Chad, the European Parliament condemns the army takeover. Throughout a parliamentary session on Thursday in Brussels, MEPs known as on the army to return to constitutional order. In a decision voted by 635 votes out of 693, members condemned it takeover of the…

In Burkina Faso, Prime Minister Christophe Dabiré appeared earlier than deputies throughout a speech on the nation's state of affairs. Safety, well being, funds, training, all these areas are actually the topic of discussions within the Nationwide Meeting. The Prime Minister acknowledged that the 12 months 2020 has been very attempting for the nation when it comes to security and well being.…

In line with the Inside Ministry, incidents and clashes broke out between communities within the afternoon on Wednesday in a number of districts of Abidjan, between Ivorians and Nigerian residents. In line with the Minister, Vagondo Diomondé, it began with "pretend information". as reported from Abidjan, François…

President Faustin Archange Touadéra made an announcement within the nationwide media to evaluate the state of affairs of the Covid-19 epidemic. As of Could 18, the nation had registered 7,015 circumstances of contamination and greater than 96 deaths for the reason that pandemic started. The state of affairs is deteriorating and the president has determined to concern a decree declaring Covid-19 an…

Whereas vaccination campaigns are accelerating in some international locations, they're stagnating in others. LeMalawi needed to destroy almost 17,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. Doses with out recipients that stopped expiring. A whole of 16,910 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have been cremated on the Central…

In southwestern Niger, the town of Tillabéri has hosted greater than 11,000 displaced folks for the reason that starting of this week. All have been pushed from their villages by armed teams. They now stay in the standard wrestling enviornment within the regional capital and have been visited by the Minister of the Inside but in addition by an opposition delegation.…

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Félix Tshisekedi has lastly come out of his silence after shouting on the phrases of his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, who denied crimes dedicated by his troops and criticized the UN survey report which lists essentially the most crimes. within the Congo, and particularly by the Rwandan military, between 1993 and 2003.…

Hundreds of individuals demonstrated on the streets of Nouakchott on Wednesday, Might 19, to sentence the Israeli military's bombing of the Gaza Strip. Whereas reaffirming their unwavering assist for the Palestinian trigger, the marches representing the complete political class and civil society criticized the passivity of the worldwide neighborhood within the face of the every day massacres of…