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Former Comoro Islands President faces life imprisonment for high treason

Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, former President of Comoro Islands, could receive life in prison sentence after Comorian Government Commissioner to the State Security Court requested Thursday the condemnation against him during his trial for high treason. Sambi who ruled the African country between 2006 and 2011 has been since Monday in the box on charges of […]

Mozambique: Constitutional Council excludes CAD coalition from general elections

Mozambique’s Constitutional Council has definitively excluded the Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD), which supports Venâncio Mondlane’s presidential candidacy, from the October 9 general elections. In the ruling released on Thursday, in response to the appeal filed by the CAD over the exclusion of the candidacy previously decided by the National Electoral Commission, the Constitutional Council (CC) […]

Algeria: Defense Ministry denies Army Chief of Staff sacked amid feud with Bouteflika’s entourage

The Algerian defense ministry Monday brushed aside a statement from President Abdeelaziz Bouteflika’s office that Deputy Defense Minister, General Ahmed Gaïd Salah has been sacked. The office of the 82-year old President who is also Defense Minister reportedly circulated a statement announcing the dismissal of Salah. The statement said Bouteflika appointed General Said Bey to […]