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Somali President Shuns Ethiopian Prime Minister at Beijing Summit Beijing (AX) — In a notable diplomatic snub, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has rebuffed an invitation to rendezvous with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit taking place in Beijing. Sources privy to the situation reveal that efforts by African leaders, including those from Djibouti and Mauritania, alongside former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the special envoy of the African Union,…

The 117th Friday demonstration ended on Might 14 with many arrests. A dozen journalists had been arrested, 4 of whom are nonetheless being held by borderless journalists, together with Khaled Drareni, who has develop into an emblem of press freedom in Algeria. The Algerian authorities crack down exhausting, lower than a month earlier than the election to the legislature.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia politics took a fresh activate Tuesday after unlikely statements from leaders allied with the current administration, one factor that will have lifelong penalties for Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's political career, greater usually known as Farmajo. In a group of press releases, HirShabelle chief Ali Guudlaawe, Galmadug president Ahmed Abdi Kariye alias Qoor-Qoor and Southwest's Lafta-Gareen, who've been staunch supporters of Farmajo, opposed a two-year extension that they'd initially supported.…

One week after his proclamation as head of the Transitional Navy Committee, "Marshal" son spoke to the Chadians in an intervention that was recorded and broadcast on nationwide radio and tv whereas violence was going down in a number of cities. With our particular correspondent in Ndjamena, François Mazet tooBoris VichithHe…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - With more than two months to go before his term expires, Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo seems relentless in his quest to continue in power despite constitutional restrictions and other obstacles to the legal framework. The Constitution strictly allows one to be president for four years, after which he or she can seek a new mandate. The Horn of Africa has no time limits, an indication that one can be president of life until such a time death knocks or he is abdicated. For the…

The discrepancy continues between General Burhan, the head of the sovereign council, and part of civil society and political parties.