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Sié Coulibaly, lawmaker and former leader of Pro-Soro initiative “Initiative Libérale de Côte d’Ivoire (ILCI)”, has called on Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara to allow the former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro to return to his home country like former President Laurent Gbagbo and former minister Ble Goude, to seal national reconciliation. “The centerpiece for national reconciliation […]
Three Nigerien police officers lost their lives in an attack last Sunday by unidentified men, in Maradi region, South-West of the West African country, amid rising insecurity. “During the night of October 30 to 31, the border post of Dabira, in the commune of Madarounfa was attacked by armed bandits”, the country’s state-run news agency […]
There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Saturday (29 October), blamed on the Al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab terrorist organization, which has seen at least 100 killed and close to 300 others injured. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement after visiting the site of the […]
The African Union (AU) has said it was worried about the deteriorating security situation in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where rebels have made fresh gains and the country’s authorities responded by expelling the Rwandan Ambassador in Kinshasa, accusing Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels. In a joint statement, AU Chairman Macky […]
Chad Sunday announced the release of Jérôme Hugonnot, a French-Australian citizen, kidnapped Friday by unidentified men in Wadi Fira province, north-east of the central African country. “I have just learned that the French-Australian hostage kidnapped 24 hours ago has just been found and taken to safety, in good health,” Prime Minister of Chad, Saleh Kebzabo, […]
King Mohammed VI has sent a message to President of Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, on the strengthening of relations between the two countries. The royal message was handed over to President Embaló by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita at an audience Friday at the Presidential Palace in Bissau. The message dealt with the strengthening of […]
Ahead of the COP27 in Egypt, Namibian and European Union officials say they have reached an agreement for Namibia to export rare earth materials to the EU, as Namibia’s total exports to the EU market have soared by 50%. The EU is interested in developing the mining of minerals like lithium, cobalt and graphite, which […]
Namibia has called on Germany to go back to the negotiating table to discuss again and review the genocide agreement reached in May 2021 between the two governments. “Technical committees of Namibia and Germany discussed the issue and proposed that amendments be made to the joint declaration in the form of an addendum which was […]
Congolese army clashed with M23 rebels around a strategic highway in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday (27 October), following a recent flare-up between the two sides. The M23, a mostly Congolese Tutsi group, resumed fighting in late 2021 after lying dormant for years. It has since captured swathes of territory in North Kivu […]
The Ugandan government is under pressure to bring an escalating Ebola outbreak under control, with health experts saying its response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread. Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng announced last Wednesday that six schoolchildren in Kampala have tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of […]