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Somalia’s deadline to pick a new president is on Monday but that’s now unlikely after negotiations between the central government and federal states collapsed over the weekend. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who is seeking another term, accused two of the five semi-autonomous regions Puntland and Jubbaland, of failing to compromise as they do not want to hold an election… Read More

The Angolan cartoonist Sérgio Piçarra was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law for his commitment to the promotion of freedom of expression in Angola. It is the first time an Angolan has won the prize. “The Franco-German Prize is awarded every year to personalities who have made an exceptional contribution to the protection and… Read More

Morocco retained the 2021 African Nations Championship (CHAN) after thrashing Mali in a thrilling finale in Cameroon on Sunday night. Soffiane Bouftini header opened the score at 69th minute after a superb corner cross. Ten minutes later, Ayoub El Kaabi netted in another header to finalize the scores against the Malian team. Kenyan referee Peter Waweru who officiated the match… Read More

With just a few hours to go before Morocco and Mali face off in the CHAN final in Cameroon on Sunday, the two sides had their last training session in Yaoundé. Although Morocco are the title holders and the favourites to win, the Moroccan team says it will do all it can to beat Mali. “It’s true that it was… Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic dominated discussion at the African Union summit this weekend almost a year after the first case was reported in Egypt. Although the death toll is relatively low, about 4 percent of deaths worldwide, many countries now face a second, more serious wave. As the outgoing president of the organisation, South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa said the continent… Read More

Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat was re-elected the chairperson of the African Union Commission on Saturday during the two-day summit. With no one else in the running, it comes as no surprise. Faki got 51 votes out of 55 with three abstentions and one other member being ineligible to vote. His victory is the highest in the AU’s history. He will… Read More

Libya’s new interim Prime Minister, 61-year-old engineer Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, promised to be “ready to listen to and work with all Libyans” and called for the “reconstruction of the country” during his first televised address on Saturday. Libya welcomed a new interim government a day earlier aimed at resolving a decade of chaos between warring sides following UN-led talks. “I… Read More

The former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is now poised to become the leader of the World Trade Organization following the withdrawal of South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee. Yoo’s withdrawal came to pass after dozens of former U.S. government officials urged President Joe Biden to endorse Okonjo-Iweala after the Trump administration blocked her selection in 2020. The 164-members of… Read More

Delegates from Libya’s warring factions on Friday selected four leaders to guide the North African country through to national elections in December, seen as a major step toward unifying a nation with two rival governments in the east and west. The 74 delegates chose a list of candidates in a U.N.-hosted process aimed to give balance to regional powers and… Read More

The talks had failed and there were downcast faces in the car, which was all set to drive off. Suddenly a man rushed out and yelled: “It’s fine. Come and fetch your monkeys!” The owner of two small mandrills had just given way, letting the Save Gabon’s Primates (SGP) association take charge of the orphaned animals, born in the equatorial… Read More