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Driving license inspectors are all suspended from Monday 26 April. The decision comes from the Ministry of Transport, which wants to improve the process for obtaining the permit. Meanwhile, it is the gendarmes who send the exams to the candidates. The sector is experiencing many dysfunctions linked to fraud and corruption, while the country is facing a worrying number of victims of traffic accidents.…

In Madagascar, an inter-ministerial decision dated April 22 bans public demonstrations and the broadcasting of several radio and audiovisual programs "which are likely to disrupt public order and security and harm national unity", in the light of a health crisis. This text is more specifically aimed at interactive broadcasts, with telephone interventions from listeners and those containing political debates. No less than nine programs are prohibited from being broadcast by the government as of yesterday, Friday, April…

About 100 people have been killed in an inter-communal conflict in Mouraye-au-Salamat in the southeastern part of the country. Another conflict, according to the National Human Rights Commission, which accuses the government of laxity and calls for vigorous action to address what it qualifies as a crime against humanity. as…

In the Comoros, the Interior Minister made an update on Wednesday about the death of a retired soldier during an interrogation in a barracks. The case has shaken the country for a week as the body was buried without prayer and then exhumed by the family for identification. The opposition accuses the government of covering up a major mistake between the armed forces, led by the chief of staff, in violation of Islam, the country's constitutional religion. After canceling a stay abroad to return to ask about the…

The day after the publication of the results of the presidential election that won the first round of the outgoing head of state Patrice Talon, the interior minister attributes the murderous violence to "certain political actors". He accuses them of having planned a comprehensive destabilization plan that has been thwarted. In…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the members of the new government are finally known. The first "Holy Union" government that President Tshisekedi wants consists of 56 and its Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde. That's 10 less than the previous team. But it is beyond what was hoped for. According to the head of government, there were many criteria to reconcile.…

A new government group, made up of personalities all involved in President Félix Tshisekedi, was unveiled on Monday, April 12, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the presidential decree, this new government, known as the "Holy Union of the Nation", has 57 members - including the Prime Minister - including 14 women. This appointment comes four months after the split of President Tshisekedi's coalition with his…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Government of Somalia has admitted that the death of Hodan Governor Abdihakim Dhagajuun was planned by government insiders in a report concluding the debate on the tragic death of the victim, who was loved within the Banadir region. Abdihakim Dhagajuun, whose duties were mainly about security, was shot in January this year by police officers and raised questions about security in the capital Mogadishu, which is the hub of the country’s socio-economic and political landscape. The…

An "independent and impartial" commission of inquiry will be set up following the protests that shook the country in early March. The government announced on Thursday, April 8, and presented its report on the events. In a 24-page memorandum, he reports 13 deaths during the riots. Violence that erupted in the wake of the trial of Ousmane Sonko, the opponent accused of raping an employee of a massage…

Niger has a new government after the new prime minister swore in front of deputies. This first cabinet in the Bazoum Mohamed era consisted of thirty-three ministers, including five women. A renewed and rejuvenated government in which several young technocrats have joined. as reported from Niamey, Moussa KakaThis first…