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The UN Security Council calls for a consensus in Somalia to end the current state of elections
NEW YORK- United Nations Security Council has asked Somalia's politicians to accept consensus and build trust in the country's institutions rather than press extreme measures against the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, which risks throwing the country into chaos.
Somalia has been…
Niger is expanding the state of emergency, society
The decree was adopted on Thursday, April 22 in the Niamey Council of Ministers. A pandemic "pretext" according to civil society that condemns the maintenance of restrictions on gatherings while the numbers are very low.
With 17 hospital stays due to coronavirus and no patients in intensive care, Niger is not in trouble on the Covid-19 front.
It is precisely to keep the pandemic under control that this state of health is prolonged, explains Dr. Illiassou Idi Mainassara, Minister of Health: “Just yesterday we conducted…
Northeastern State calls for new dialogue, reprimands Farmajo’s extension of the charge
Northeastern State calls for new dialogue, reprimands Farmajo's extension of the charge
AXADLE, Somalia - The government of the state of Northeastern State has now called for the immediate resumption of dialogue in Somalia, arguing that the lower house's decision to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's designation was "unconstitutional" in all aspects of the law.
Lower House…
Somalia: Northeastern State crushes ‘terrorist network’ behind murder
Somalia: Northeastern State crushes 'terrorist network' behind murder
GALKAYO, Northeastern State - By maintaining their effective and targeted war on terror, Northeastern State security forces inflicted a heavy blow on al-Shabaab in recent operations launched following a series of terrorist attacks.
In the last few months, Northeastern State troops have intensified the offensive…
Sudan will now not boycott the state of Israel
The Sovereign Council and the Council of Ministers jointly repealed a 1958 law banning Sudanese from diplomatic and commercial relations with the Hebrew state. Another step in the rapprochement between the two countries.
Sixty-three years later, the boycott law disappears. This text forbade diplomatic and commercial relations, even indirect ones, with individuals or entities belonging to Israelis and even residents of Israel. Even the products were boycotted. Those who tried to break this law risked ten years in prison…
General Mahamat, Deby’s son named Chad’s interim head of state
The Chadian army has confirmed that General Mahamat Kaka, the son of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, will replace him as head of a military council to replace the late president.
This follows the message from Army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, who said Idriss Deby, 68, "has just breathed his last defender of the sovereign nation on the battlefield" over the weekend.
Mahamat previously served as deputy commander of the armed forces for the Chadian intervention in northern Mali (FATIM).
Mahamat first…
Northeastern State of Somaliais voting against the president’s extended mandate
Northeastern State of Somaliavotes against the president's extended mandate
Somali state legislature Northeastern State voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to deny the outgoing president another two years in office after extending his term.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo provoked condemnation at home and abroad after signing an extension of his mandate to law this week. His…
In West Africa, the state of infrastructure
On Tuesday, April 13, a fire broke out in a Nigerian school in Niamey. About twenty children were killed. This event raises questions about the state of schools in West Africa. In Burkina Faso, Mali and Benin, teachers are concerned about student safety.
Schools in poor condition, François Yaméogo sees them every day. He…
President of Northeastern State to address Parliament on the current situation in
Somalia Northeastern State - Said Abdullahi Deni, the president of Somalia's northeastern federal state, is expected to speak to parliament after his return from Mogadishu, where he spent a month in electoral negotiations that ended without a result last week.
Speaking to Garowe Online, lawmakers have confirmed that President Deni will deliver a speech on Northeastern State's position on the current standoff in Somalia at the State Assembly on Thursday.
"MEPs have been notified of the key session via a text message…
US Ambassador to Somalia meets with Jubaland and Northeastern State leaders
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Even with the deepening political crisis in Somalia, United States envoy to Somalia Donald Yamamoto met the leaders of Jubaland and Northeastern State on Sunday as he tried to remove the current dead end that threatens both the country's security and stability.
After President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has been ousted, the country is struggling against time to get new leaders in place, but the political class has failed to agree on certain important issues, leading to the current stalemate.
Last…