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Mogadishu (AX) — In a noteworthy move, the Somali Council of Ministers has appointed Dr. Abdisalam Abdirahman Mohamed as the Director General of the Somali National Bureau of Statistics. The decision was made during their regular weekly rendezvous in Mogadishu last Thursday. At this meeting, the Ministry of Planning, Investment, and Economic Development threw their weight behind Dr. Abdisalam’s nomination, aiming to supercharge the nation's prowess in number-crunching and data analysis. Minister of Planning Mahmoud…

Ghislain Kikangala, coordinator of the Office of Prevention and Fighting Corruption (APLC), was placed under a preliminary arrest warrant on Friday, December 18, after several hours of questioning by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Kinshasa Court of Appeal. Gombe.

Africa is facing the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries on the continent are registering an outbreak of new cases, according to the African Union Specialized Health Bureau (CDC-Africa). The head of the agency, John Nkangasong, completed his mission to assess the pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tensions remain between Joseph Kabila's Common Front for the Congo (FCC) and Félix Tshisekedi's Cap for Change (Cach). The former president's political family accuses members of his successor's political platform of bribing to overthrow the parliamentary majority. After many statements in the press from the FCC, the tension has increased slightly in the two days.…