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In Algeria, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appeared on public television this Sunday for the first time in almost two months. The head of state was in hospital in Germany at the end of October to be treated for coronavirus. The Algerian authorities have announced several times that he is about to return. But his long absence has continued to drive rumors of his possible death.…

Deputies voted on Thursday, December 10, for the petition aimed at his dismissal. This new stage in the arm wrestling between Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor yesterday, still an ally in favor of the current president. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiThe supporters of Joseph Kabila played and lost, they were more…

Outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo, a former human rights lawyer who became head of state known for his diplomacy, barely won the presidential election on Monday, December 7, against his lifelong rival, John Mahama. From our Accra correspondent,The man has a gracious face and still wears small round Harry Potter glasses. He…

Nana Akufo-Addo has won her second four-year term as president of Ghana with 51.59% of the vote, the election commission announced on Wednesday. His longtime rival, former President John Mahama, 62, came in second with 47.36% of the vote, according to the Ghana Election Commission. Akufo-Addo, 76, became the 8th president of Ghana's fourth republic. This is the third time the two men collided in a presidential election in the West African country after the 2012 and 2016 elections. Akufo-Addo has been…

Greater than 17 million persons are eligible to vote in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday with the competition for the perfect job anticipated to be a detailed battle between incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo and longtime opponent John Mahama. Nestled alongside the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana - lengthy a beacon for democracy and stability in West Africa - has ensured peaceable transfers of energy on seven events since returning to democracy nearly 30 years in the past. The 2 main events have…

South Africa is more likely to finish AIDS as a risk to public well being by 2030, President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned Monday forward of World AIDS Day on December 1. "Whereas now we have diminished the variety of deaths and new infections, we're nonetheless removed from reaching the goal we set in 2016 of reaching a 75% discount in HIV infections by 2020. If we succeed, we're more likely to finish the AIDS public well being risk by 2030." ', he wrote in his weekly publication. "Tomorrow we'll be a…

South Africa is likely to end AIDS as a threat to public health by 2030, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1. "While we have reduced the number of deaths and new infections, we are still far from reaching the target we set in 2016 of achieving a 75% reduction in HIV infections by 2020. If we succeed, we are likely to end the AIDS public health threat by 2030." ', he wrote in his weekly newsletter. "Tomorrow we will join people around the world to mark World AIDS…

Re-elected with 57.87% of the vote according to preliminary results, the outgoing president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, begins his second term. The deterioration of the political and security situation on the ground risks complicating the presidential candidate's campaign promise to build "a better Burkina Faso for all populations". Portrait.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni) announced the preliminary results of the legislative elections on Saturday night, Sunday 29 November. The People's Movement for Progress, part of the re-elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, received 56 deputies. But it has no absolute majority, set at 64 seats. This means that he must rely on the other parties in the party alliance for the…

In Burkina Faso, several opponents and unsuccessful presidential candidates sent their congratulations to Elected President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on November 22. Among these candidates, Zéphirin Diabré, the opposition leader. The head of state praised this approach, which according to him testifies to the maturity of democracy in Burkina Faso.…