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Senior officials from Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Sunday (25 June) accused the country’s military of an assassination attempt on opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara, which came a day after presidential, parliamentary and local elections took place following a tense campaign marred by violence. It is a vote, in which President Julius Maada Bio […]
Jean Ping, leader of the opposition in Gabon and former presidential candidate, has arrived in Paris – France – his first foreign trip since 2018 after authorities banned him from travelling and seized his passport. “I’m planning to spend a few days here,” he wrote on his Facebook page as he arrived Monday in the […]
The administration of the Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara denied Wednesday any wrongdoing and connection with the decision by the Electoral commission to revoke former President Laurent Gbagbo from the September local elections vote register. The West African country is again gripped in political tension after the Commission decided to remove 500 people including Gbagbo from […]
Brahim Bouderbala, the new Speaker of Tunisia’s brand new legislature, pledged Monday to re-affirm press freedom and good ties with journalists, even though state banned private and international media outlets to cover the first plenary of lawmakers elected during December 17 unpopular legislatives. Tunisians authorities barred private and international media to the first plenary of […]
The head of the Tunisian National Salvation Front (NSFT) has vowed weekly protests in Tunis capital until detained opposition figures are released, in an utter defiance of authorities who banned the Sunday demonstration. Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, the current leader of the opposition made the announcement during the large-scale protest by the NSFT on Sunday. Chebbi […]
Kenya’s parliament has approved the deployment of nearly 1,000 troops to fight an insurgency in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid questions about the $37 million cost for the first six months of the mission. A parliament committee report says the funds will be spent on equipment, allowances, and operations for […]
Guy Nzouba Ndama, an opposition figure and former Speaker of Gabon’s parliament, has been arrested in capital Libreville with around $2 million (1.19 billion FR CFA) found in his suitcases after he landed at the airport following a short stay in Congo. Ndama, who leads “Les Democrates”, was chosen by his party in July to […]
Senegalese President Macky Sall named Amadou Ba as the country’s new Prime Minister, a position abolished in 2019. A statement on state-run national television RTS said Sall has dissolved the government and appointed Ba as the new Prime Minister. Ba, is a close aide of the President. He has served in multiple positions under Sall […]
The leader of the main opposition coalition has rejected the results of last week’s election in Angola in which the governing party claimed victory after the electoral commission put its vote at 51%. Joao Lourenco was returned for a second term as Angola’s president in elections that saw the Popular Movement for the Liberation of […]
More than 40 rebel and opposition factions signed a deal with Chad’s transitional authorities in Doha on Monday, August 8, agreeing to join broader national peace talks after years of turmoil — though the most powerful insurgent group refused to take part. Under the agreement, Mahamat Idriss Deby’s Transitional Military Council and hundreds of opposition […]