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Algeria: Parliament elects Abdelkader Bensalah as interim President, Algerians reject move

The Algerian Parliament Tuesday elected leader of the upper chamber of the Parliament as the country’s interim President for 90 days in replacement of Abdelaziz Bouteflika who stepped down one week ago. Both chambers of the Algerian Parliament met Tuesday to elect an interim President to fill in the vacuum left by ailing Bouteflika who […]

Namibia’s First Lady to bequeath all her $3 mln wealth to charity

The Namibian first lady has promised to donate all her wealth to charity when she dies. “I strongly believe that inheritance is one of the biggest drivers of inequality,” First Lady Monica Geingos told Reuters. Monica Geingos plans to leave her wealth, estimated at $3 million, to her One Economy Foundation. The foundation currently lends […]

Ethiopia accepts African Union’s invitation for peace talks with Tigray forces

Ethiopia’s federal government has accepted the African Union’s invitation to hold peace talks with Tigray forces in South Africa this weekend, which are aimed at ending the ongoing civil war and halting hostilities against the country’s Tigray region leadership. African Union (AU) chief Moussa Faki Mahamat extended the invitation to the peace talks in a […]