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African Union confirms UN exclusive role in Sahara issue

The latest Summit of the African Union, held in Addis Ababa 18-19 Feb., has not addressed or made any reference to the Sahara issue, respecting the UN exclusive role in handling this regional dispute. The summiteers have thus honored their political commitment and respected the resolution passed unanimously during the 2018 AU summit convened in […]

Senegal’s new president appoints Ousmane Sonko prime minister

Senegalese newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed popular opposition leader Ousmane Sonko as his prime minister. Like Faye 44, Sonko 49 also went to jail and was released following a political amnesty by outgoing president Macky Sall. Sonko was announced soon after Faye was sworn in, becoming Africa’s youngest president and ending a period […]

Sudan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor Visits Darfur

Fatou Bensouda met with authorities and representatives of communities affected by the genocide. The Gambian jurist is nearing the end of her term, but she continues to call on the transitional government to hand over suspects charged by the ICC with crimes committed in Darfur. It was an unprecedented visit, but above all a symbolic […]