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Tensions arose this weekend in Côte d'Ivoire, within the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP). The ruling party elected its ward councilors, but the vote was marred by violence in several localities.…

In Sudan, the head of the military junta, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, "released from his duties" on Wednesday, July 6, the five civilian members of the Sovereign Transitional Council. This is the logical continuation of his announcement to withdraw the military…

Libya is being shaken by demonstrations by young people and civil society against the deterioration of living conditions and the political class. On Tuesday, several initiatives were launched by…

In Chad, Chargé d'affaires at the US Embassy Ellen Thorburn on Friday, July 1, called the Transitional Military Council - the military junta that has taken power since the death of President Idriss Deby Itno in April 2021 - to honor promises that its members…

The UN Security Council has voted to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Mali despite the loss of air support from France. Health workers in Zimbabwe went on strike in late June to demand a tenfold increase in their wages, threatening to strike again if their demands are not met. And the Egyptian government has ordered residents of some 30 barges along the Nile to evacuate their homes by this week.

On Thursday, June 23, the big annual meeting of the French Council of Investors in Africa was held in Paris in collaboration with the newspaper L'Opinion. Gabonese, Cameroonian and Ivorian delegations made the trip. Among the most important issues addressed is…

The mandate for Minusma, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, expires at the end of the month (June 30). The issue of its renewal will be discussed and then put to a vote in the UN Security Council on Monday 13 June 2022. Minusma has been in the country since…

UN Security Council extends mandate of UN Mission in Somalia THE UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations Security Council on Thursday adopted a decision extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) by 5 months, till October 31, 2022. Resolution 2632, which was adopted unanimously by the 15 members of the council, asks the UN Secretary-General to proceed to hold…

All ministers are in the country to take the pulse of the social and political context of the population. Focus on the scene in the forest region, in N'Zérékoré, where the transition president, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, will chair a decentralized cabinet on…

Senegal is experiencing an intense debate over the validity of certain lists ahead of the July 31 parliamentary elections. The Constitutional Council announced its decisions on Tuesday morning following appeals from the opposition.…