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Somalia writes to the UNSC after the standoff talks before the election flopped MOGADISHU, Somalia - In the midst of the ongoing stalemate before the Somali elections, the federal government has written to the United Nations Security Council , in response to a recent meeting of the Council on the security and stability of the country. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States…

Chad will vote tomorrow, Sunday, April 11, in the presidential election. 7 candidates are running, including President Idriss Déby, who has been in power for 30 years and is seeking a sixth term. The election campaign ended on Friday night at midnight. A campaign dominated by a single candidate. With our special correspondent…

It's time for the bill in Djibouti, which organized its presidential election on Friday, April 9. The offices closed at 19 and we are now waiting for the results, which may fall overnight. The result of the vote is not in doubt with President Ismaël Omar Guelleh, a candidate for a fifth term against Zakaria Ismail Farah, an independent candidate. "The effort is, above all, participatory," acknowledged Djibouti's prime minister. Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed blew up the opposition, which boycotted the vote and called on…

EDITORIAL | But this should never have surprised anyone. From the start, it always looked like a dance of grasshoppers being forced by an attentive crow. Now the biggest question must be whether outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whose term expired in February, has a bit of legitimacy and confidence left to save the boat. When these meetings began, this platform was categorical, that all solutions found in this dialogue should be the result of free exchange of views. We warned that any presumed misleading…

Presidential elections in Djibouti on Friday 9 April. The head of state, Ismaël Omar Guelleh, is running for a fifth term. The opposition that challenges the electoral process boycotted. Before the president, in power since 1999, there is therefore only one candidate: Zakaria Ismail Farah, an almost unknown entrepreneur who runs as an independent. Djiboutier is called to the election in a tense context. The presidential election is being held in a security context that has deteriorated in recent months. Conflicts…

Opponents of President Patrice Talon proceed to protest a number of days earlier than the presidential election on Sunday, April 11. Scattered mobilizations started in a single day Monday by Tuesday. The protesters verify that the pinnacle of state's time period has expired since April 5 at midnight, the date that marked his 5 years in energy. On account of a change within the calendar triggered by the…

In Chad as candidates are combating for the presidential election on Sunday, April 11. The coronavirus epidemic has invited itself to the marketing campaign. One in every of the candidates fell in poor health a number of days earlier than the election and needed to promote in quarantine. That is the opposition chief, Félix Nialbe Romadoumngar from the URD, the Union for Renewal and Democracy. The…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Regardless of questions on his legitimacy, outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the leaders of the federal states resumed their assembly in Afisiyooni Heart, Mogadishu, because the nation struggles to resolve the election loss of life toll. The nation is in a state of limbo, forcing members of the worldwide neighborhood to chip in and push for an amicable deal earlier than the election. The composition of the Nomination Committee has been one in every of the largest issues for a number of…

Somalia, Northeastern State - The present administration in Somalia should be certain that elections are held in time to keep away from inconvenience, two senators have warned in the midst of ongoing negotiations earlier than the election in Mogadishu, the nation's capital. Senator Abdirahman Farole, former president of Northeastern State, informed reporters in Garowe on Monday that the continued talks needs to be inclusive, including that each one stakeholders needs to be a part of the discussions. Farole stated even…

The campaign for the presidential election ends on Friday with a final meeting between the head of state in the capital. Several opposition candidates have left the campaign outside Ndjamena, especially in the south of the country. In central Ndjamena, there are posters of the head of state everywhere, states our special…