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UNITED NATIONS, NYC (AX) — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre engaged in pivotal dialogues with global dignitaries at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City. On Wednesday, Barre conversed with Molly Phee, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Their discussions gravitated around bolstering Somalia's counterterrorism initiatives and navigating the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) wind-down. Commitment to regional stability was reaffirmed, and avenues for…

This controversial system requires candidates to collect at least 34,580 signatures for this poll (ie 0.5% of voters), and a maximum of 55,327 sponsorships, ie. 0.8% of registered voters. A demand categorically rejected by the opposition coalition "Yewwi Askan…

In Senegal, a series broadcast on social networks is still controversial. This time it is Cirque Noir, whose trailer was released last week, and which was the subject of a complaint from the Islamic NGO Jamra. as reported from Dakar,Thea OllivierIt's a first. The producers, screenwriters and actors of the series "Black Circus"…

The chairman of the main opposition party, Chadema, was arrested on the night of Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Freeman Mbowe was picked up by ten of his comrades in a police attack on his hotel in Mwanza, where they planned to organize a demonstration demanding constitutional reform. An interpellation that revives the memory of the authoritarian abuses of the late President Magufuli. For the Tanzanian opposition, repression continues. The Chadema party accuses the new president Samia Suluhu Hassan of reproducing the same…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the reform of public administration is one of the major issues facing the new government of the Holy Union. President Félix Tshisekedi has decided to dedicate a Deputy Prime Minister to this thorny subject. For more than thirty years, reforms have been initiated, controls carried out in an attempt to rationalize resources. In the last two days, at the Catholic University of the Congo, former officials and researchers have been discussing this issue. The observation is the same…

The text, which was adopted last week by the National Assembly, provoked strong reactions from the opposition and civil society. The latter had condemned "a budget voted in a hurry and contrary to the needs and challenges of the people". Yesterday afternoon, the Rohy movement, which brings together associations across the country, organized a citizens' debate in the capital Antananarivo to better…

In Madagascar, it causes fear and mistrust among citizens but is still an important tool for the country's functioning. She is the Malagasy administration. Yesterday, the association for former students at the National School of Administration at the French Institute in Madagascar organized a debate on the theme "serving the Malagasy state in the 21st century". How do I think about the administration,…

Four years ago, free high schools were one of President Nana Akufo-Addo's campaign promises. In Ghana, it has made it possible for more than 430,000 young people to go to college and high school. they were just under 300,000 in 2016. This massive enrollment has caused congestion in schools, forcing students to switch to play. And critics are fired against this system by rotation. Back to a popular…

In Senegal, 75% of respondents in a latest survey say they're for secure abortion in case of hazard to maternal well being. And 42% in case of rape or incest. A research that revives the talk on girls's proper to abortion in Senegal, whereas abortion may be punished with 3 years in jail. Solely the moral guidelines permit it…

While the country has observed a moratorium since 1991, Kaïs Saïed voted for the death penalty after the murder of a young woman last week near Tunis. "Anyone who kills a person for no reason deserves the death penalty," the head of state said Monday night. Several NGOs point out that the death penalty has no preventive effect.…