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MPs Urge Immediate Halt to Military Operations in Beled-Hawo Amid Rising Tensions In a compelling statement that underscores the intricate and often tense political landscape of Somalia, members of Parliament have issued a clarion call to the Somali Ministry of Defense and the leadership of the Somali National Army. They have urged an immediate cessation of military operations in Beled-Hawo, warning against the potential repercussions of such actions. At the heart of this plea is a belief that high-ranking officials,…

The leaders of political parties in Greenland have united to publicly reject US President Donald Trump's remarks regarding the potential annexation of their autonomous island. In a joint statement released following an emergency meeting, the leaders of the territory's five parliamentary parties asserted, We—all party leaders—cannot accept the repeated statements about annexation and control of Greenland. Their statement, shared on social media platform Facebook, emphasized their collective stance on the issue. They went on…

Amid the escalating tension in the Middle East, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and the militant group Hamas have drawn a proverbial line in the sand, resolutely rejecting suggestions to forcibly relocate Palestinians from the beleaguered Gaza Strip. This response comes on the heels of remarks by former US President Donald Trump, who recently floated a controversial idea to "clean out that whole thing," a phrase that’s as contentious as it is simplistic. In the backdrop of this heated rhetoric, whispers among Palestinian…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Former President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, ex-PM Hassan Ali Khaire, and member of parliament Abdirahman Abdishakur fiercely criticized President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, stating he’s pulling strings to illegitimately extend his tenure. These verbal jabs follow failed high-stakes discussions meant to soothe federal-state relations and reveal an ominous narrative in Somalia, a nation already battling the menace of Al-Shabaab. In a fiery declaration released on Monday, the opposition titans pledged a court…

In recent weeks, a troubling wave of violence has swept through Cameroonian journalism, as reporters find themselves under siege. Armed assailants wielding rifles and machetes have launched "brutal attacks" against them, an alarming development coming just ahead of the impending presidential election scheduled for next year. President Paul Biya, who has held sway over the nation for more than 40 years, has yet to declare his intentions regarding another term, but pressure from his supporters to continue his reign is…

RFI's FM waves have been cut across Mali since mid-Thursday. Consequence of the decision of the Malian Transitional Authorities to suspend RFI and France 24, following the sending of testimonies reporting abuses by the Malian army in the center of the country.…

Joël Aïvo talks about a cell of thirty square meters where he quickly found himself with almost 40 other prisoners, stacked on top of each other. Where it gets particularly cruel is that the prison authorities decided quite quickly to make cohabitants, under these dirty sanitary conditions, prisoners who are sick with Covid-19 and healthy prisoners, who exposed them in an almost safe way. According to the law, it is an obvious and very serious violation of human rights. His situation today has…

Several NGOs condemn the "illegal" granting of large primary forest concessions to a single company. Contracts signed in September last year by Claude Nyamugabo, former Minister of the Environment, but not published on the ministry's website until March. By studying these contracts, forest rangers in the Democratic Republic of Congo observed several irregularities. And they ask for cancellation, It is an area as large as half of Burundi: 1,370,000 hectares of primary forest located in the north-north of the Democratic…

In Chad, unemployed academics demonstrated on Monday, May 24, before spreading rapidly. But the riot police fired tear gas into the courtyards of some high schools that are overwhelmed by the whirlwind. The teachers' union condemns another systematic use of tear gas by the police in high school. In the morning, unemployed…

A brand new trial towards Guillaume Soro opens at this time in Côte d'Ivoire. This time, the previous president of the Nationwide Meeting, who final yr was sentenced to twenty years in jail for cash laundering and concealment of embezzlement of public funds, is charged in his absence and with 19 of his kinfolk, for conspiracy towards state safety, participation in an armed gang and unlawful possession of…