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Prominent dissident Guillaume Soro, a former prime minister who was blocked from running in Ivory Coast’s presidential election, called Wednesday on the country’s military to disobey President Alassane Ouattara after he was allowed to win a controversial third term. Soro’s comments via his Facebook account put him on a direct crash course with his former mentor, and align him more… Read More

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have once again failed to agree on a new negotiating approach to resolve a dispute over the dam that Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile River. The talks on Wednesday were the first since US president Donald Trump’s comments in which he said Cairo could end up ‘blowing up the dam’, prompting a strong… Read More

A Queer Visual Activist South African photographer and self-identified visual activist Zanele Muholi celebrates the black queer experience in South Africa by way of portraits (and self-portraits) that capture the beauty, creativity and intimacy of a community facing tremendous persecution and abuse. Her first major exhibition in the UK — originally scheduled to open in April, then in November, is… Read More

Donald Trump accused Democrats of an attempt to commit fraud as he trailed challenger Joe Biden in early results. The US president provided no evidence to back his allégations. Speaking from the White House, Trump vowed to seek a court order to halt vote counting. “This is a major fraud on our election. We want the law to be used… Read More

Regional Tensions Mount Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on Wednesday following a deadly attack by the Tigray ruling party on a federal troop camp. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ordered a military response. The Prime Minister stated in his public address to the country, “My dear people. Today the apostate Ethiopian has stabbed Ethiopia. What makes this attack one… Read More

Rugby World Cup holders South Africa will remain part of the four-nation SANZAAR rugby alliance for the immediate future, defying speculation it would throw in its lot with the northern hemisphere. While its Super Rugby clubs will likely join Europe’s Top 14 competition, at least temporarily, South Africa’s national team is expected to rejoin Argentina, Australia and New Zealand in… Read More

On October 30, a United Nations Security Council meeting adopted a Resolution renewing the mandate of its peacekeeping mission MINURSO in Western Sahara, for one year. The resolution called for the resumption of consultations between Morocco Algeria The Polisarion front and Mauritania. The Polisario, which threatened a few days ago to take up arms again, which it had deposited under… Read More

In a move that would have been almost unthinkable under ousted Islamist president Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese designers have organised a series of mixed-gender fashion shows to present their new lines. The shows in upmarket Khartoum hotels saw female and male models parading down the catwalk together for the first time since before Bashir seized power more than three decades ago.… Read More

The International Criminal Court ( ICC) has opened an investigation into the End SARS protests in Nigeria. The protest, which began in Lagos on October 8th, was repeatedly dispersed by the police in Lagos and Abuja. Live bullets were reported to have been used in some cases. While that was happening, the Lagos and Abuja gangs targeted End SARS groups… Read More

To avoid ethnic clashes between communities sparked by the re-election of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in the first round for a third term, local authorities have been conducting community mediation to avoid the worst. One of such efforts is taking place in Daukro a town in the east central part of the country. Lamine Konaté is an HRDP party officer… Read More