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Liberians head to polls in tightly contested presidential run-off between football legend and ex-VP

Liberians headed to the polls this Tuesday (14 November) to cast their vote in a presidential run-off after the two leading candidates — George Weah, a former footballer and incumbent president and political veteran Joseph Boakai — came neck to neck, separated by just over 7,000 votes in the first round a month ago. Liberian […]

Polisario Fires at Peaceful Protesters in Tindouf Camps

Polisario militiamen fired live ammunition to abort a protest movement by disenchanted Sahrawis, decrying inhumane treatment and violations in the Tindouf camps in Algeria’s southwest. The protesters were planning a protest in front of the headquarters of the separatist group to express their anger at the death of Salek Brika, a Sahrawi political activists, who […]

Somalia to Open Embassy in Rabat, Consulate in Dakhla

Somalia announced Friday in New York its decision to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Dakhla. “Somalia decides to open an embassy in Rabat and a consulate general in Dakhla,” said the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abshir Omar Jama, after a meeting with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, on the […]