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Somalia: Prisons Chief Raises Alarm Over Al-Shabaab's Mogadishu Central Prison Plot MOGADISHU, Somalia - In an urgent and sobering announcement, Somalia's senior prison official has cautioned against a looming threat. Intelligence reports point towards a calculated attack by the militant group Al-Shabaab, targeting the Central Prison in Mogadishu. This isn't just any structure; it's a fortress containing numerous Al-Shabaab detainees within the secure confines of the capital. General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, the vigilant…

A plane soars through the Nairobi skies, seemingly oblivious to the plume of smoke wafting from the grounds of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Below, airport operations continue unperturbed, the rhythm of arrivals and departures undisturbed by the fiery disruption. But how often does a fire this close to an airport not ground flights? On the evening of February 21, 2025, a fire was reported in the northern section of Kenya's busiest airport, JKIA. Kenya Airways, keen to reassure, stated that the blaze posed no…

document.getElementById('article').innerHTML = marked(` # A Refugee Camp: A Picture Worth a Thousand Words In a world filled with unsolicited adventures, the tranquil-looking refugee camps in Dadaab, Garissa County, are an ironic launching pad for a perilous journey charted by an audacious human trafficking cartel. These cartels now cast their deceptive nets wider, beckoning unsuspecting Kenyans into their tangled web, dangling dreams of a better life that seldom materialize. As it turns out, these traffickers…

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…

The presidential party was defeated in the parliamentary elections on 1 June. Democratic progress has been hailed as far as Europe. Somaliland's "international partners" have no complaints law election on June 1. In a statement released on Tuesday, European countries and the United Kingdom simply congratulated Hargeisa on the…

The new Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde will present his government's program on Monday 26 April at the People's Palace in order to get his investment. What are the main programs in this program? Building a strong, prosperous and united state between 2021 and 2023 is the title of this 64-page program presented on April 20 at the National Assembly's office. It is based on 15 pillars and 62 axles, divided into measures to be implemented. No one is quantified, but it is an ambitious program where it is often about…

Office opens at 06.00 in Chad. Seven candidates are running, including President Idriss Déby - who has been in power for more than 30 years - and who are seeking a sixth term. Part of the opposition withdrew from the race and demanded a boycott to condemn the violence against the opposition. One of the challenges today will therefore be participation.…

A nearby region of Brazzaville, the pool plunged back into violence between 2016 and 2017 due to competition for the results of the presidential election. Former rebel leader Frédéric Bintsamou, alias Pasteur Ntumi, said at the weekend that the March 21 presidential election would not be an opportunity to awaken old demons. The people of Pool as a whole have the same prayer, called Mindouli, where the young people only need work. Instead of Mindouli station with its buildings still bearing the scars of war, night is…

In Mali, UNTM, the country's leading trade union, is urging all workers to stop working until next Friday. Last month, a similar movement had already slowed down activities in the country for three days. Today, the allegations have not changed, even though discussions are ongoing with the authorities. UNTM's requirements are…

Almost 6.5 million Burkinabè voters are known as to the polls this Sunday, November 22, for the primary spherical of presidential elections, a vote mixed with legislative elections. The 21,000 polling stations open from 06:00 to 18:00 A complete of 13 candidates for the presidential election and 10,000 for the deputy. These decisions happen in a context of uncertainty.…