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Expectations are mixed ahead of legislative elections in Algeria. While independent candidates see an opportunity for more young people and women to take seat in parliament, members of a pro-democracy movement called for a boycott of the electoral process. 1,483 candidate lists, with 646 representing political parties and 837 independents, hope to win one of the 407 seats in the… Read More

A high-level U.N.-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions, a U.N. official said late Wednesday. The estimate was presented at a meeting on Monday of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, comprising 18 U.N. and non-U.N. organizations. An Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis… Read More

Firmin Ngrebada on Thursday resigned as prime minister of the Central African Republic along with his entire cabinet. Ngrebada was made prime minister in February 2019. He had served as President Faustine-Archange Touadera’s chief of cabinet before the appointment. He had been one of the main architects of the Khartoum peace agreement in February 2019 between the authorities and armed… Read More

Thousands of Congolese locals — internally displaced after being forced to flee the city of Goma and its surrounding regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This came after Mount Nyiragongo erupted on May 22 — its lava destroying homes and even taking at least 30 lives and resulting in a humanitarian crisis. The residents of the city were forced… Read More

Lesotho said Thursday that several of its diplomats had been expelled from South Africa over the illicit peddling of duty-free alcohol. The foreign affairs ministry in Maseru said South Africa had given the diplomats and their families 72 hours to leave the country. South Africa had taken the decision because the diplomats violated laws “specifically, the illicit trade in duty-free… Read More

A “profound transformation” of the presence in the Sahel of the French military Barkhane forces. This will include the closure of French army bases and the establishing of the international anti-jihadist alliance, as announced on Thursday by the president of France Emmanuel Macron. “We will initiate a profound transformation of our military presence in the Sahel, the modalities and timetable… Read More

Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Defence Minister Téné Birahima Ouattara — alongside French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. came together on Thursday. The momentous occasion in Jacqueville, near Abidjan, was to inaugurate the International Academy for Combating Terrorism (FR: Académie internationale de lutte contre le terrorisme, AILCT). The aim of this establishment is to train cadres and special forces… Read More

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday the country will not give up on the fight against terrorism. Le Drian is on a visit to Abidjan, the Ivorian capital for the inauguration of the International Academy for the Fight against Terrorism. He intimated that while continuing to battle against terrorists, there’s the likelihood for the Barkhane system to be… Read More

The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday presided over the burning of 5,144 illegal firearms and obsolete state-owned small arms and light weapons at the Regional Traffic Police Training Centre in Ngong, Kajiado County. He further called on those making homemade guns to join the newly built government facility that produces guns. “This is to those making illegal guns, come… Read More

One of the world’s largest foundations will spend $1.3 billion over the next three years to acquire and deliver COVID-19 vaccines for more than 50 million people in Africa. It’s a first-of-its-kind effort for a Western nonprofit to bolster Africa’s lagging vaccination campaign amid widespread fears of a third wave of infections on the continent. The Tuesday announcement from the… Read More