Junta in Niger appoints transitional Prime Minister

The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), the new leadership in Niger, appointed Monday former Finance Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine as the country’s transitional Prime Minister. Zeine served as Finance minister under Mamadou Tandja, who led the country from 1999 to 2010 after return to civilian rule. The 58-year-old politician and […]

King Mohammed VI represented at inauguration of re-elected DRC President Félix Tshisekedi

King Mohammed VI was represented at the official inauguration of Félix Tshisekedi, who has been re-elected President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi El Alami. The official inauguration ceremony took place on Saturday in the capital Kinshasa, in the presence of several heads of state […]

Panic in Algeria over Potential Eviction of Polisario from AU, Jeune Afrique says

As soon as Morocco expressed and submitted its reintegration request to the African Union, panic spread among the kingmakers in the Algerian regime amid prospects of an upcoming eviction of the Polisario from the pan-African organisation, France-based Algerian journalist Farid Alilat wrote on Jeune Afrique magazine. The journalist, who is well versed on Algerian domestic […]