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Mohamed Bazoum, the president-elect of Niger will officially be sworn-in Friday morning in Niamey. The swearing in ceremony will be held in a tense security context after a failed coup earlier this week. The swearing-in will be Niger’s first democratic transition of power since independence from France in 1960. Outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou who is stepping down after two five-year… Read More

At a certain point, you say to yourself, “But what am I doing,” Abdelwaheb despairs. For him, “the situation in Tunisia has become a source of anxiety and anguish. The political quarrels, social tensions and economic difficulties contribute to the “suffocating” climate of the country, underlines the doctor. “I don’t see any hope here anymore, I want to leave to… Read More

Dr. Philip Isdor Mpango was sworn in as Tanzania’s Vice President on Wednesday in the presence of the newly appointed President Samia Suluhu. The ceremony took place in the State House, Chamwino, Dodoma. Mpango became the Vice President after the position that was left vacant when President Suluhu took over as president following the death of the former strongman Dr.… Read More

The U.N. Security Council called on Somalia’s leaders Wednesday to meet “at the earliest opportunity” to break the impasse delaying the holding of elections that had been scheduled for Feb. 8. The council said in a press statement after a closed briefing by U.N. special envoy James Swan that inclusive elections should take place “as soon as possible” in the… Read More

Ten burly Senegalese wrestlers raise a chant, singing “Mother, pray for us,” while jogging up and down a sandy field by the Atlantic Ocean. Training has resumed after a year of coronavirus-related restrictions that had stopped them from practising their sport. Wrestling in the West African nation is a centuries-old tradition rooted in harvest festivals and draws a fanatical following.… Read More

French Defence Minister Florence Parly met on Thursday with Malian transitional President Bah N’Daw at the presidency in Bamako. Counterparts from Estonia, Kalle Laanet, and the Czech Republic, Lubomir Metnar, are part of the delegation. The move appears to be an effort in the insistence that a French airstrike in January did not kill 19 civilians in northern Mali. She… Read More

At a time when 600 containers of hazardous and toxic waste destined for Tunisia have been blocked by the Italian customs authorities, civil society activists from the port city of Sousse gathered on Thursday, to rally in front of the Italian Embassy in Tunis. The demonstration was organized to demand the repatriation to Italy of 282 containers of Italian waste… Read More

A Moroccan artist is drawing attention on the #MeToo campaign using comic art. A dozen students and professionals have joined forces with Zainab Fasiki, a pioneer in comics and illustration to depict women’s real-life ordeals. As part of the series, “Ta ana” meaning “Me Too” in Moroccan Arabic dialect, the artist illustrated the harrowing tales of a 22-year-old woman who… Read More

Recent discussions between Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina and members of Madagascar’s National Academy of Medicine have resulted in the decision to have the nation officially join the WHO-led COVAX programme in a move to procure COVID-19 vaccines for Madagascar’s population. This decision however will not affect the ongoing distribution of the local and internationally controversial anti-coronavirus remedy COVID Organics (CVO).… Read More

Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos has filed a complaint in a London court against President João Lourenço, according to reports. Once considered the richest woman on the continent, Dos Santos has accused the Angola President of ”conspiracy to seize her assets.” Through the services of a private intelligence agency known as Black Cube,… Read More