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Ivory Coast’s constitutional council on Monday formally validated President Alassane Ouattara’s reelection to a third term after an October 31 ballot that was marred by clashes and an opposition boycott. Council president Mamadou Kone said in a national broadcast that the body had ratified Ouattara’s victory by more than 94 percent of the vote. “Considering that Mr. Alassane Ouattara received… Read More

Last updated: 53 minutes ago Somalia is facing a fresh desert locust invasion, the latest in a string of invasions in the last year. This comes as United Nations agencies warn that the east African nation is one of 16 states that are “at high risk of rising levels of acute hunger”. East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak… Read More

Douala, Cameroon’s economic capital city of some 3.7 million people is known for its hustling and bustling. But also now for something that puts fear in the minds of many- Gang violence. A group of young men in addressing the threat now go out with light arms to protect their neighborhood. “It was just a surprise, a shock. They came… Read More

A Desert Locust Storm Somalia is seeing a desert locust invasion, the latest in the series of these pest storms that have been overwhelming several other East African countries this year. Exacerbating food shortages amid the unprecedented and already challenging covid-19 pandemic. Abdullahi Ahmed, a Somali camel herder, shares his disconcerting experience with the locust infestation, “Here we are in… Read More

Last updated: 05/11 – 14:51 The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday became the first Arab country to open a diplomatic mission in the Moroccan-controlled area of the disputed Western Sahara. The inauguration of the consulate general in the northern coastal city of Laayoune brings to 16 the number of missions opened in the region since late last year. The UAE… Read More

Residents of the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia bordering Tigray say they are “ready” to support Ethiopian forces in their conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). One of them explains that the ethnic groups that make up the north of the country “cannot be separated, neither by religion nor by language”. “Our societies are integrated. We have been… Read More

Algeria Mourns a Freedom-Fighting Hero Lakhdar Bouregaa, at 87 years old, this Algerian heroic figure has passed away from complications of covid-19. A veteran of Algeria’s independence, in 1963 he participated in the founding of the National Liberation Front, an opposition party that has never ceased to defend democracy and freedoms in the country. His bold outspokenness and firmness in… Read More

African leaders have congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory, expressing hope that ties will be restored between the continent and the US, following the rule of President Donald Trump. “We congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and the American people on your election. We look forward to working with you and deepening our bonds of… Read More

Thousands of protesters in Senegal burned French flags and pictures of President Emmanuel Macron over his defence of the right to satirise religion and depict the prophet Mohammed in cartoons. Demonstrators in the capital Dakar on Saturday also called for a boycott of French goods, as anger mounts despite the French leader’s attempts to calm the situation. Senegal, with a… Read More

A day after being declared Guinea’s president for a controversial third term by the constitutional court, incumbent Alpha Conde staged an hour-long walkabout in Conakry on Sunday But the 82-year-old did so with bodyguards surrounding him after his main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo called for resistance “by all legal means”. The scenes of jubilation during his hour walk in the… Read More