One year after taking oath as Ethiopia’s prime minister on April 2, Abiy Ahmed is working towards delivering a free, fair and credible election in 2020, which he hopes will be the climax of the democratic reforms he has championed. Abiy, who took office as the government struggled to contain protests that had had lasted over two years, has steadily… Read More

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to six weeks of largely peaceful mass protests driven by youth and pressure from the powerful army against his 20-year rule. 82-year-old Bouteflika had withered several storms including a civil war, the 2011 Arab Spring and a nearly fatal stroke in 2013. This article looks at highlights of his time at the… Read More

Algeria’s state news agency APS said late on Tuesday that the embattled president Abdelaziz Bouteflika sent his resignation to the Constitutional Council. The ailing, 82-year-old leader stood down shortly after the army chief of staff demanded immediate action to remove him from office, following weeks of mass protests against his rule. “There is no more room to waste time,” state… Read More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi at the presidential palace in Tunis, following the Arab League summit. During the meeting, the leaders discussed cooperation between Tunisia and UN organizations and the latest developments of political solution in Libya. “I believe that the Tunisian generosity and solidarity also deserves the same solidarity from the international community… Read More

Sierra Leone’s Finance Minister says over a billion dollars of state funds cannot be accounted for following a technical audit into government transactions over a three-year period. Local media reports that minister Jacob Jusu Saffa used the term “stolen” for the unaccounted for funds siphoned between 2015 and 2018. The audit looked into the affairs of eleven state run entities… Read More