Indian Ocean Island Nation Heads to Polls Amid Digital Rights Concerns

Mauritius, one of Africa’s most stable democracies, conducted parliamentary elections Sunday as Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s ruling party sought to secure a second five-year term. The election follows recent controversy over the government’s temporary social media restrictions during a wiretapping scandal involving leaked conversations of prominent figures. Approximately one million registered voters participated in the […]

Libyan Political Parties Renew Call for Unified Institutions, National Elections

Libyan political parties have called for the unification of state institutions and the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections under a consensual constitutional framework to restore stability in the country. The appeal was made in a statement issued this Wednesday, July 22, during the first Conference of Libyan political parties in the central city of […]

Burkina Faso: Slight cabinet reshuffle after 2 ministers’ resignation under public pressure

Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso replaced Thursday Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium Enterprises, Donatien Nagalo and Minister of Urban Planning, Land Affairs and Housing, Yacouba Dié, both wanted out of his cabinet. In a decree announcing the reshuffle, the Premier replaced Nagalo with Serge Gnaniodem […]