Africa

Last campaign day this Friday before the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday. The timing of the last major meetings of the 13 presidential candidates. For REN-LAC, the national anti-corruption network, this campaign was marked by divisions in alarming proportions, according to the NGO, by food, money and even fuel. REN-LAC also condemns the distribution of campaign devices when the law…

At least 39,000 Congolese pensioners are complaining about the misuse of their pensions by executives who have actually pushed for withholding tax on assets. They asked him on Thursday, November 19, 2020 to immediately find the solution to their situation with 28 months of unpaid arrears. Many of them can no longer meet the most basic needs.…

The final report of the UN Secretary-Normal on Burundi, voluntarily measured to attempt to keep dialogue with Gitega, has executed nothing, the federal government has simply rejected in a dated be aware verbal to the RFI essential proposal from Antonio Guterres on this report, which might be prolonged to the December 31, 2021, the presence of the workplace of his Particular Envoy in Burundi.…

The battle within the Tigray area signifies a critical humanitarian disaster, in keeping with the UNHCR. On the run from the preventing, hundreds of Ethiopians have been internally displaced. In simply two weeks, the UN estimates that $ 75.6 million is required to reply to the emergency in Ethiopia. The battle in Tigray has additionally led to greater than 30,000 individuals transferring to Sudan since…

Will the Central African telecommunications company resume operations soon? This is what is hoped for through a contract signed on Thursday 19 November in Bangui between the Ministry of Telecommunications and the French company Global Technologies, which offers solutions for the rehabilitation of the national network. as…

Idrissa Seck took over as Head of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) on Thursday 19 November during an official ceremony, after being appointed by President Macky Sall on 1 November. The leader of the opposition Rewmi, who came second in the 2019 presidential election, has become the state's third figure and joins the president's majority.…

The candidate for the Congress of Democracy and Progress, the party founded by former President Blaise Compaoré, met his activists for the last major meeting in the capital before the vote on Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou. Pictures of candidate Eddie Komboïgo and former President Blaise Compaoré could be seen everywhere on the posters.…

In Mali, three ministers met on Thursday, November 19, with the leaders of the country's political parties to "contact" the political parties. This is to establish a dialogue between the government and the political class, while the latter accuses the military of having monopolized the future National Transitional Council ... and has made it known.…

Denis François, French Consul General in Tangier, was found dead this Thursday, November 19, in the consulate's residence. The sad news was first announced on a Moroccan news website at the end of the morning before being confirmed by a tweet from the French embassy in Rabat. as reported from Tangier, Nina KozlowskiThe French…

After more than eight months of fragmentation within the UN Security Council, it is finally the Bulgarian Nickolay Mladenov, the current UN envoy for the Middle East, who is being called upon to become the new UN special envoy for Libya. As Ghassan Salamé resigned on March 2 for health reasons, it was difficult to find a diplomatic agreement to appoint a replacement. The discussions finally seem to be…