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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Residents of Somalia’s capital voted Thursday in municipal elections billed as a key step toward restoring direct democracy nationwide for the first time in more than half a century. The Mogadishu vote, held in a city of roughly 3 million where security has improved despite persistent attacks by al-Qaida-aligned al-Shabab, is widely seen as a test run for national-level direct elections. Somalia last held direct polls in 1969, months before military ruler Mohamed Siad Barre seized power in a coup. With…

The French Development Agency (AFD) will provide 35 million euros, or almost 23 billion CFA francs, for the rehabilitation of the famous royal palaces in Abomey and for the construction of a new museum according to international standards planned to accommodate the 26 works that France is preparing to return to Benin by the end of 2021.…

Somalia is restoring diplomatic relations with Kenya following Qatar mediation MOGADISHU, Somalia |In some of the dramatic occasions, the Federal Republic of Somalia has restored diplomatic relations with Kenya, proper in the midst of an ongoing political disaster in Mogadishu, which has seen Nairobi preserve a low profile, regardless of the assembly of the UN Safety Council .…