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Northeastern State's president suspends Bososa's mayor days after al-Shabaab's prison raid BOSSASO, Northeastern State - Northeastern State President Said Abdullahi Deni has sent Bosaso Mayor Abdisalan Bashir home over what the State House describes as "economically inappropriate" in the latest measure seen as a strategy to improve revenue collection in the coastal city of the state.…

The United States on Thursday announced the opening of a "virtual" diplomatic mission in Western Sahara. In early December, Donald Trump announced that the United States recognized Moroccan sovereignty over this disputed territory. In return for the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel, Donald Trump on December…

After almost ten years of exclusion, the Democratic Republic of the Congo will once again be able to take advantage of the trade preferences offered by AGOA. This decision was taken by the outgoing US President Donald Trump, as the US appears to be one of President Tshisekedi's privileged allies. On 19 May 2020, Constance…

This measure was taken in 1993 to punish Sudan for having Osama bin Laden and a number of other al-Qaeda militants. Khartoum was accused of involvement in sure terrorist operations. With this choice, it's the finish of an extended look forward to the Sudanese. With our regional correspondent in Nairobi,Sebastien NemethSudan…

In an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday, October 11, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok struck his fist on the table. The head of government accuses the Americans of "paralyzing" the country's economy and keeping it on the blacklist of countries that support terrorism and even hamper its democratization. For the Sudanese Prime Minister, to keep his country on US blacklist is unfair. Not only because it is more than 20 years since Osama bin Laden was expelled from the country - it was the fact…

Nothing is right between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President, William Ruto. In the background already: the next presidential election in 2022. If the campaign has not yet started, the supporters of the two camps have already been involved in a relentless struggle for several months. Violence is already breaking out between the opposing clans. The stability of the country may be compromised. as reported from Nairobi, Sunday is Mass Day. Who says mass says political gatherings. On Sunday, Raila Odinga, former…

Normalization with Israel, desired by the United States before next November, the date of the presidential election, is not realized in Sudan. Neither US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Khartoum last August nor Abu Dhabi's talks with US officials last week proved fruitful. The Sudanese authorities say they are under…

Mark Esper was in Carthage on Wednesday, September 29 as part of a trip to the Maghreb. Tunis welcomes the strengthening of already close ties with Washington, while its US ally since 2015 has considered it a major non-member of NATO. This visit was the occasion for new commitments. as reported from Tunis Michel PicardAt the…

The US Treasury Department last week announced new measures against Evgueni Prigozhin and his network in the Central African Republic. The Russian businessman, close to Vladimir Putin, is accused of interfering in the 2016 US election. He has since been on the US sanctions list. He is also accused of being the Kremlin's supervisor in Africa through his connections to the Wagner group of mercenaries. This time, the sanctions are aimed at three Russians and two companies involved in Prigozhin's operations in CAR. In a press…

The United States Special Envoy for the Sahel on Thursday, September 24, announced an extension of humanitarian aid. At the military level, the U.S. Chief of Staff of the U.S. African Command (Africom) announced a few months ago a reduction in staff on the ground. But the US commitment remains intact, the State Department assures. Washington will pay $ 150 million to Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso. Objective: to help some 2.5 million people displaced by insecurity in these areas plagued by terrorist groups.…