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During its annual conference, Britain's ruling Labour party aimed to project optimism regarding the nation's economic outlook, even as it faced significant pushback over proposed welfare cuts and ongoing controversies surrounding high-profile gifts received by top ministers. In her pivotal address at the party's gathering in Liverpool, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, occasionally interrupted by hecklers, emphasized the importance of "iron discipline" in managing the economy as state debt reaches alarming levels. As the first…

How Ethiopian-Egypt Tensions Impact ONLF’s Political Legitimacy

PM Hamza's Visit to Baidoa Amid Ethiopian Troop Controversy BAIDOA, Somalia - On Wednesday, amidst growing discord over the Ethiopian military presence, Somalia's Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, embarked on a significant trip to Baidoa. The trip comes in the wake of worsening ties between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu. Somalia's government remains firm that Ethiopian forces will not participate in the new endeavor named the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). However, this decision faces…

The WHO is trying to ease the controversy over Covid-19 vaccines being exported from South Africa to Europe, a case revealed by the "New York Times". As the continent lags behind in vaccination and deliveries planned under the Covax initiative are slow, the New York Times revealed this week that millions of doses of the Johnson…

While an opposition platform announced a street raid to protest the law on opposition status, the latter was approved by the Supreme Constitutional Court earlier this month. as reported from Antananarivo, Laure VerneauThe opposition will be parliamentary or not. This means that the opposition leader must be a member of…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has inaugurated five hospitals in the capital Nairobi. Facilities that will be open 24 hours a day, but the ceremonies were held overnight while the country applies curfews to limit the spread of Covid-19. When Kenyans saw the pictures, they reacted strongly, especially on social networks. The KOTs have struck again. Kenyans on Twitter could not help but comment unpleasantly on pictures of Uhuru Kenyatta who cut ties and visited new hospitals at night, as residents are expected to stay home from…

Conflicting decisions between, on the one hand, the National Assembly authorizing national deputies to be heard by the courts and, on the other hand, the Senate rejecting the waiver of the immunity of certain members of this House. Voices have been raised to mourn the scandal over senators' attitudes that, according to some structures, have hampered justice.…

On Friday, Addis Ababa accused the EU's special envoy of making false statements with colonialist overtones. as reported from Nairobi, Sebastien nemethEthiopians refer to a meeting on Tuesday between Finnish Pekka Haavisto and a committee of the European Parliament during which the special envoy accused the Ethiopian authorities…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the question of nationality to be president arose again two and a half years from the end of Felix Tshisekedi's term. Noël Tshiani made a bill according to which "can only be a candidate for the President of the Republic who is born of a Congolese father and mother". A topic of particular concern for Moïse Katumbi's camp, whose nationality has already been the…

In Chad, a week after the appointment of senior officers, the controversy continues. The decree, dated May 21 by the Transitional Military Council, which appointed leading military officers within the DGSSIE, the presidential guard, sparked disputes. as reported from Ndjamena, Aurélie Bazzara-KibangulaAccording to the…