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A number of demonstrations befell on Sunday, October 25, in western Libya to protest in opposition to Emmanuel Macron's phrases defending the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The chance for the authorities in Tripoli, near Turkey, to resume their mistrust of France, accused of supporting the rival authority within the east and extra particularly Marshal Khalifa Haftar.…

It is an uncertain calm that prevails in Guinea the day after Cenis' proclamation of the preliminary results of the presidential election. The outgoing president, Alpha Condé, was re-elected with more than 59% of the vote. Cellou Dalein Diallo, leader and candidate of the UFDG, credited by Ceni with 33.5% of the vote, condemned "a freedom of choice". He intends to challenge them by seeing the courts,…

The situation is still explosive in several other regions of Nigeria, where local governors are taking steps in scattered order to try to stifle the popular rebel movement triggered by army intervention on Tuesday evening, October 20, against a peaceful gathering of young people in Lagos. The police inspector issued a statement from his spokesman on Saturday, October 24, in which he seriously raised his…

The Election Commission on Sunday, October 25, confirmed the election of Wavel Ramkalawan as President of the Seychelles. With 54.9% of the vote, the Anglican pastor of the Linyion Democratik Seselwa party defeated outgoing President Danny Faure in the first round. For the first time in more than 40 years, the Seychelles has a non-issuing head of state from the former single party.…

In Tanzania, the opposition will step down three days before the October 28 parliamentary elections, including the presidential election. While the Electoral Commission is often accused of submitting to power, the opposition accuses it of having prepared real frauds prior to these elections through manipulation of the biometric file of voters.…

The presidential election within the Seychelles has been disrupted when the election fee on Sunday declared longtime opposition rival Wavel Ramkalawan the winner of the present Danny Faure. The ruling celebration has been ousted for the primary time since 1977. Opposition chief Ramkalawan, a 59-year-old priest who has largely…

Attackers armed with weapons and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in an attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the UN said.

Following a resurgence of coronavirus instances in vacationer areas, Madagascar is closing its borders to passengers from 16 nations, together with 9 Europeans. Whereas the reopening of the borders of the authorities in Nosy Be by the authorities since October 1 had given hope to this island, which primarily lives off tourism, this resolution seems like a cease for operators within the archipelago…

Today is the end of the campaign to withdraw ballot papers, while the first round of the presidential election is scheduled for less than a week. Nearly 7.5 million citizens are registered on the electoral rolls. A record number. But since the call for civil disobedience and an active boycott launched by the opposition and the violence that killed 16 people in Dabou in particular, the withdrawal of…

In Guinea, while Céni has just declared Alpha Condé the winner of the first round of presidential election with 59.51% of the vote, at least three new people lost their lives in clashes on Saturday, leading to ten to eight dead tolls for post-election violence since the vote last Sunday. It could be much heavier, the opposition counts, that, about thirty victims. Faced with the situation, a "preventive diplomatic mission" is expected in Conakry to try to calm tensions. According to our information, the mission is…