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The presidential campaign on October 18 opened two weeks ago amid a climate of concern after months of tension caused by the inclusion of the established Alpha Condé for a controversial third term. In Labé then in Dalaba, the convoy of the Prime Minister, campaign director of Condé, Kassory Fofana, was thrown from stone, the government said in a statement. What the UFDG, the main opposition party for Cellou Dalein Diallo, denies. Right in his shoes, Security Minister Albert Damantang Camara says the procession of Prime…

In Chad, the debate over the next election scheduled for 2021 is beginning to emerge. On the eve of the Independent National Electoral Commission's revision of the electoral rolls, the opposition is urging Chadians to join the lists en masse, but for a variety of reasons. Revision of electoral lists for the presidential electionbegins this Thursday, October 1, and the head of Transformers, Masra Succès, invites everyone Chadians who does not yet have a voting card to acquire what he calls a "massive transformation…

In tonight's edition: Zimbabwe's main opposition party dismisses the government's allegations that they are trying to smuggle weapons into the country. Rent control means that thousands of people in Cairo only pay a few euros a year for large apartments, but with landlords paying money, the buildings are overdue. And in Cameroon, the long-promised Yaounde-Douala motorway remains in its first phase.…

Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was scolded by President Cyril Ramaphosa for carrying an ANC delegation on a military plane during a trip to Harare, Zimbabwe, this month. In an attempt to quell the controversy, the South African president has decided not to pay him his salary for three months. But the main opposition party is now asking for his resignation. For Cyril Ramaphosa, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula made "a mistake in the verdict". The South African presidency announced on Saturday evening, September 26, that it had sent it "a…

The Ivorian opposition "United Front" organized three joint meetings in Abidjan in the municipalities of Yopougon, Anono and Gonzagueville on Saturday 26 September. RFI visited the Anono field and noted that the crowd was not there this first day of mobilizing the opposition coalition. A fine fog is watering the land in Anonos' headquarters, where one of the opposition coalition meetings is being held. All opposition sensitivities, with the exception of the independent candidate Kouadio Konan Bertin, called for…

In Madagascar, about thirty opposition political parties met on Friday 25 September at the Panorama Hotel in the center of the capital Antananarivo. Among them the TIM party of former President Marc Ravalomanana and the HVM of the outgoing head of state Hery Rajaonarimampianina. The latter rejects the holding of the senatorial election on 11 December 2020. An election that they consider constitutional and hasty, especially because several municipalities do not have large voters, and because validation of the executive…