First Independent Mena Newspaper
As Chadians head to the polls on Monday (6 May) to conclude a three-year political transition, the country’s transitional leader, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, is widely expected to win the presidential race easily, especially after the junta had violently repressed much of the opposition. Idriss Deby seized power three years ago succeeding his father, Idriss […]
Talks between the US military and Chad’s government aiming to revise the security partnership agreement between both countries are set to begin within a month, just as US officials are negotiating the withdrawal of American troops from neighboring Niger after the country’s military junta ended a longstanding pact. The US military has withdrawn its about […]
British authorities have detained an unspecified number of migrants in preparation to send them to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy, government officials said earlier this week. Days after British Parliament adopted the controversial law providing for deporting asylum seekers to the African country, Sunak’s […]
After some four decades, the idea of a rail link between Morocco and Spain floats again as the two countries, together with Portugal, prepare to host the 2030 World Cup. International media is speaking of underway surveys on the project that would boost connectivity between Europe and Africa. During his most recent visit to Morocco, […]
The death of professional football player Luke Fleurs in a car theft in Johannesburg highlights the surge of criminality in South Africa beyond control, casting a shadow on the failure of ruling ANC elites bracing for tough presidential elections. South Africa is about to lose the war on criminality as its official statistics reported the […]
Nigeria’s underperforming refineries are not able to meet the rising demand on gasoline in the most populous African countries where queues are becoming longer in gas stations. The shortage sent prices skyrocketing which further erodes the purchasing power of most of the population as the prices of transport surge. The long waiting hours are causing […]
A United Nations-backed Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s exiled former president François Bozizé over alleged crimes against humanity committed by CAR’s military between 2009 and 2013. According to the CPS, a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African […]
The Clubs Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), meeting on Wednesday to discuss the match between Renaissance Sportive of Berkane and USM Alger in the semi-final second leg of the CAF Cup, confirmed RS Berkane’s qualification for the final of this continental competition, following the withdrawal of the Algerian club. In a press […]
A senior US official has warned of an impending “large-scale massacre” in Sudan’s North Darfur region, echoing an earlier “deep concern” expressed by the UN Security Council over an imminent attack on the city of al-Fashir by a paramilitary group. The more than 2 million people in al-Fashir are “on the precipice of a large-scale […]
Gabon’s opposition is divided over a proposed suspension of close to 200 political parties until further notice in preparation for a return to civilian rule, which was floated by the country’s consultation team taking part in a national dialogue. This was one of about thousand propositions received by the head of Gabon’s transitional government General […]