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Somalia's political crisis deepens when the opposition rejects the election plan MOGADISHU, Somalia - Opposition candidates in Somalia are urging the international community to recognize the president as a spoiler, a day after the disputed election commission announced voting dates. In a statement, 14 presidential aspirants accused Farmajo of posing a threat to the country's stability after failing to…

To dive into the recent history of the Central African Republic means to immerse yourself in a maquis where several predators rule and where many international actors operate. A look back at decades of crisis. Since the fall of Bokasa in 1979, Central Africa has experienced more than four decades of security peace. After several attempts, General Bozizé seized…

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of peacekeeping operations, ended the mission that began last Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday 18 December. He discussed the current political crisis with Congolese political actors and visited the eastern part of the country to assess security and humanitarian situations.…

At a time when Tunisia is experiencing a severe economic and social crisis, the trade union center and civil society wanted to mobilize to get the country out of paralysis. A demonstration was held in front of the parliament in Tunis on Friday 18 December. Divided, the Assembly fights to promote the legislative process necessary for reforms.…

In the context of an upturn in the Covid-19 cases, the authorities have once again closed performance halls and banned all concerts, dances and songs in bars and restaurants. Negotiations with the authorities in recent days have not been successful. A sit-in scheduled for Thursday, December 17 in Dakar has been canceled. The artists say they are "suffocated".…

The Egyptian tourism sector is struggling because of the well being disaster in Covid-19. Within the Royal Valley, 650 km south of Cairo, a whole financial system is collapsing in a rustic the place tourism, the first supply of earnings, accounts for 13% of GDP. From his sizzling air balloon, Captain Kareem has flown proudly…

While the conflict in Tigray has begun its third week, the province is still cut off from the world and the scarce information comes mainly from press releases from the warriors. But for the first time, independent information was released on Tuesday, November 17, when the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was able to visit hospitals in Gondar and Mekelle, in need of everything. NGO…

In Mali, the social and political reality is regaining its rights after three days of national mourning, but also of national community around the figure of the late President Amadou Toumani Touré. UNTM, the first union group in the country, began a three-day strike on Wednesday 18 November. A call to stop work affecting all sectors.…

Following the autumn of President Laurent Gbagbo, 11,000 Ivorians fled the post-election disaster to hunt refuge in Ghana. For these early refugees, the political disaster that the Ivory Coast is experiencing at present is painfully paying homage to that of 2011. From our Accra correspondent,Justin Koné Katinan was the funds…

Closed in mid-March as a result of pandemic, the border publish between Tunisia and Libya as soon as once more allowed autos and pedestrians to go on Saturday. Flights between the 2 international locations will resume this Sunday. This opening is a breath of contemporary air for Tunisia, which has been hit arduous by a severe financial disaster.…