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Legal Block Lifted: Somali MPs to Join East African Legislature DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The regional appellate court for the East African Community has overturned earlier decisions that barred nine Somali parliamentarians from taking their seats in the East African Legislative Assembly, clearing the way for Somalia’s first full participation in the EAC’s lawmaking body. Somalia’s Ambassador to Tanzania and the EAC, Ilyaas Cali Xasan, confirmed the development after weeks of legal deliberations. “This ruling strengthens…

In Congo-Brazzaville, the March 21 presidential election campaign has been in full swing since March 5. The meeting places arranged by the various candidates are crowded. Their activists almost no longer respect the barrier measures against coronavirus. Civil society is amazed and simply asks the authorities to refine all sectors that are still experiencing constraints.…