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Sierra Leone: Main opposition presidential candidate claims assassination bid as vote tally underway

Senior officials from Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Sunday (25 June) accused the country’s military of an assassination attempt on opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara, which came a day after presidential, parliamentary and local elections took place following a tense campaign marred by violence. It is a vote, in which President Julius Maada Bio […]

Sudan orders urgent trade reforms as war-ravaged economy struggles to recover

Sudan has announced emergency measures to address major disruptions in exports and imports, as Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim moves to stabilize an economy severely weakened by conflict since April 2023. In a statement issued on Wednesday, April 22, the Ministry of Finance said a Government task force had been directed to implement immediate solutions to […]

Sahara: Polisario Tries to Woo Germany to Exert Pressure on Horst Köhler

Sensing the heat after Morocco scored successive diplomatic victories at the UN, Latin America, Europe and Africa, the Polisario separatist group, supported by Algeria, sent lately a delegation to Berlin in a bid to coax Germany as this country is seeking to obtain the veto rights at the UN Security Council and expand its international […]