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Madagascar: 28 candidates including incumbent Rajoelina submit bids for November elections

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina submitted Wednesday September 6 his candidacy for November 09 presidential elections and will face 27 other candidates, including two former Presidents. The country’s top court, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle (HCC), as of Wednesday September 6, the deadline for submitting bids, received 28 candidacies. The court will vet the bids and release candidates […]

CPJ Calls on Algerian Govt to Free Journalist Said Chitour

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Algerian government to drop the charges against and to immediately release freelance journalist Said Chitour, currently held in Prison pending trial on allegations of espionage. Police arrested Chitour at Algiers International Airport on June 5 as he returned from Spain, according to media reports and […]

Benin debunks construction of military base to host French forces leaving Niger

Benin denied Wednesday September 27 a report by a Nigerien media that a military base in the north of the West African country is under construction to house French troops leaving Niger. In a statement, Wilfried Léandre Houngbédji, the spokesperson for the President Patrice Talon’s administration rubbished the information that a military base is being […]