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Fahad’s Final Reverence: How NISA Changes Signal a Crisis in Preparation for Next Govt.
MOGADISHU, Somalia | April's military battle involving loyal troops and supporters of the opposition to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's term extension may have fundamentally affected the bargaining power of spy chief Fahad Yasin after years of firm grip on the National Intelligence and Security Agency. .
Before the unfortunate events sparked by Farmajo's plot to cling to power, Yasin, a former Al-Jazeera reporter, controlled the security agencies, even using them to attack political challengers, including carrying…
head of WFP in the south due to
While southern Madagascar is experiencing a terrible food crisis, on Friday 18 June, Prime Minister Christian Ntsay received the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director, David Beasley, on a courtesy visit to the country, as well as the organization's Country Director, Moumini Ouedraogo. The President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina, who is traveling to France for private reasons (confirmation of his…
UNHCR warns of the situation in CAR, Sahel or
This Sunday is World Refugee Day. A day set up by the UN and honoring the millions of people forced to flee their country of origin to escape conflict or persecution. According to the UNHCR's annual report, released by the UN refugee agency on Friday, the number of internally displaced persons increased by 4% last year to 82.4 million, a figure twice as high as ten years ago.…
ECOWAS notes a “positive development” but
End on Saturday in Accra at the summit of heads of state and government in ECOWAS member countries. The situation in Mali occupied some of the debates. The meeting noted the progress made by the transitional authorities, but there is no doubt at the moment to repeal the repeal measure that has plagued Mali since the recent coup.…
DRC takes new restrictive measures
Hospitals crowded with patients and successive peaks of new cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, "the third wave of Covid-19" worries the political and health authorities. At the end of the Council of Ministers' meeting on Friday 18 June around the President and the Prime Minister, a video conference adopted new restrictions. No containment, but the measures are strong and affect all social…
legislative elections are still far from over
We will vote on Monday 21 June in Ethiopia, but not the whole country will go to the polls. Many constituencies will not participate in the election, especially those in the Tigray region, which has been at war since November.
With our special return agent from Mekele, Sebastien nemethBetween blackouts, the Internet declining…
Prime Minister Abiy new party state
The by-elections on Monday, June 21, will be a first election for the Welfare Party, Abiy Ahmed's party, founded in December 2019. As Ethiopia becomes embroiled in a war and a humanitarian crisis in Tigray, the prime minister is trying to consolidate his grip on power.
The bulbs are visible everywhere in the roundabouts and…
Somalia: Farmajo “critic” expelled from electoral commission team
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The dispute over the management of the Somali elections seems far from over, following the latest alleged impeachment of Hawa Adan, who is said to be a critic of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, outgoing president of the country.
Somalia has less than two months to hold elections under the May deal, which was signed by key stakeholders following talks called by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble.
But opposition leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, leader of the Wadajir party, claimed that a…
Sexual violence used as a weapon of war in Tigray, Ethiopia, according to the United States
WASHINGTON, United States - US Believes Sexual Violence Against Women And Girls Is Used As New Tool Of War In Tigray Region, With Ethiopian National Defense Forces , with Eritrean troops and Amhara regional forces cited as usual suspects.
Several reports by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other global rights groups indicate that thousands of women have been raped, others killed since November 2020, when Ethiopia launched operations in Tigray in the continuation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of…
Exposed: Abiy Ahmed’s plot to “eliminate” the Tigrayans
NAIROBI, Kenya - The conflict in the Tigray region may have been planned by the Addis Ababa authorities, a senior Finnish official said, long before the Ethiopian National Defense Forces even. were deployed to the area after the attack on the Northern Command.
For nearly eight months, the ENDF reinforced by Eritrean troops have descended on the Tigray region, triggering a humanitarian crisis that has drawn international attention. Thousands of Tigrayans are believed to have been killed in what some call genocide.
But…