Three well-known public figures including a former top army commander have called Algerians to unite and withstand President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s intention to run for 2019 elections despite “his inability to run the country’s affairs”. For Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, a former foreign minister and presidential candidate in 1999, Ali Yahia Abdenour, a lawyer and former minister […]
On Thursday, December 26, the African Federation of Descendants of Senegalese Riflemen filed a formal complaint against Cheikh Oumar Diagne, Minister and Advisor to the Presidency of Senegal. The complaint comes after Diagne controversially described the Senegalese riflemen of Thiaroye as “traitors” during an interview on the local television channel ‘Fafa TV’ on December 21. […]
Ethiopia will inject huge investments in renewable energy transmission, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. According to the Premier, China had agreed to invest $1.8 billion to improve electricity on the Ethiopia-Djibouti line, thereby increasing electricity supplies to Ethiopian cities and 16 industrial parks. Beijing made the pledge on the sidelines of the Belt and Road […]
