Senegal: National Assembly validates new electoral Code

The Senegalese Parliament validated on Monday by a majority vote the bill establishing a new electoral Code. Meeting in extraordinary session, the deputies voted after stormy debates on the new electoral Code which was however intended to be consensual. A political dialogue had been launched in January 2020 to produce a document approved by the […]

Several Congolese military top commanders in administrative detention in wake of Brazzaville November stampede

Three top commanders of the Congo’s army have been detained in connection with the late November stampede in capital Brazzaville that killed dozens of youth during a recruitment of the Army. As many as 37 died on November 21 at Michel-Ornano Stadium in Brazzaville on the eve of a recruitment process by the Army. The […]

Morocco seized COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to accelerate reforms – World Bank says

Morocco managed to use the Covid-19 context as an opportunity to accelerate reforms by launching policies to address inequities and resolve some of the obstacles to economic growth, the World Bank said. In a recent report, the World Bank cited measures taken by Morocco in the wake of the pandemic, notably the creation of a […]