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Congo: Sassou Nguesso’s party wins Senators’ elections

Congolese Labor Party (PCT), the party of President Denis Sassou Nguessou, has won the majority of seats in the country’s Senate polls held on Sunday August 20. The party won 52 seats out of the 72 available in the upper house, according to the result put out by the Interior ministry Wednesday August 23. “This […]

Niger rulers suspend BBC for three months

Niger’s military authorities suspended British broadcaster the BBC for three months accusing it of spreading false news and undermining troops’ morale. The decision came after the BBC broadcasted in local Hausa language that an attack killed more than 90 Nigerien soldiers and 40 civilians in two Niger villages near the border with Burkina Faso. Niamey […]

Tunisia: Club de Madrid calls on President Saied to free former PM Hamadi Jebali; denounces a creeping dictatorship

Club de Madrid, the largest non-profit organization made of former Presidents and Heads of States, has urged Tunisia’s President Kais Saied to liberate ex-Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and respect the rule of law in the North African country. Jebali was detained last Thursday by security police –for the second time in less than two months– […]