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Somalia: Farmajo withdraws troops from areas for concern of imminent battle MOGADISHU, Somalia - Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has reportedly withdrawn troops from a number of elements of Somalia who're stated to be fully behind the opposition, at the same time as the nation struggles to revive order after Sunday's conflict in Mogadishu. A bunch of troopers…

NAIROBI, Kenya | In yet another unprecedented move, Kenya has withdrawn from the International Court of Justice case ahead of a hearing scheduled to begin on Monday after months of postponement as requested by the Nairobi authorities. In 2019, the case was adjourned twice and Nairobi managed to get the third adjournment in March 2020, but the court refused to issue a fourth adjournment this year, arguing that the issues raised by Kenya were not "substantive". And reports now show that Nairobi will not participate in…

The institutional crisis has run a little deeper in Côte d'Ivoire with the decision of the second deputy chair of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Alain Dogou, of the FPI, to suspend its activities within the central body of the institution. It is the same for Yapi Yapo Daudet (LMP, League for the Movement for Progress), representative of the opposition within the CEI Central Commission. It's a new battle for CEI who sees its legitimacy crumble even more and its function seizes upon. Of the four seats allocated…