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The main opposition Democrats won 28 seats while the Republican Bloc (BR) and Progressive Union for Renewal (UP-R) parties allied with President Patrice Talon together won 81 seats in Sunday’s ballot, the CENA electoral authority said. Final results are expected on Friday after a vote that went ahead peacefully and in line with the regulations, according to election observers. Four… Read More

“On the Thread”, an exhibition celebrating the diversity of embroidery and weaving, will launch on Thursday (Jan. 12) in Dakar. It is located in a space dedicated to crafts and fashion launched by Chanel in 2021. The luxury brand unveiled in Senegal that same year, a specialty craft-focused collection. “We wanted to go a little further, break out of the… Read More

The powerful government of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland announced in a statement on Monday, January 9, that it is “now acting as an independent government.  It says it is waiting for a federal constitution for Somalia to be completed. The announcement comes amid tensions between Somalia’s federal president elected last May, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, and Puntland’s president, Said Abdullahi… Read More

Three aid workers and 11 civilians were killed in early January in attacks by gunmen in South Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and local authorities said Wednesday. “In the first days of the year, three South Sudanese aid workers who were helping others paid the highest price with their lives,” said Peter Van der… Read More

Before an audience of 183 diplomats, Pope Francis presented his best wishes for the new year. During this address, he also presented his international priorities for 2023, and took stock of the current conflicts. During his address to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on Monday (Jan. 09), Francis underlined his “apprehension” about certain conflicts in the Africa. … Read More

The United States accused Russian military contractors backed by the Kremlin on Tuesday of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and “increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow” in the Sahel region which is facing increasing attacks and deteriorating security — an allegation Russia denied. U.S. deputy ambassador Richard Mills lashed out at the Wagner Group at… Read More

Gibril Massaquoi, former commander and spokesman of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) is being tried in the Turku court of appeal for rape, ritual murder and abduction of child soldiers tuesday. Former commander and spokesman of the Revolutionary United Front, Gibril Massaquoi arrested in 2020 for atrocities committed during the Liberian civil war, is being persecuted in appeal for rape, ritual… Read More

Thousands of people turned out in the Gambian capital on Tuesday for the official funeral of a pro-democracy activist who died in custody in 2016 following a protest against former dictator Yahya Jammeh. Mourners lined the streets of Banjul as police passed by carrying the flag-draped coffin of Solo Sandeng, in a ceremony that revived memories of Jammeh’s brutal rule.… Read More

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday (Jan. 10) that corruption had inflated the cost of numerous high-profile tenders and infrastructure projects in Zambia. At the request of local authorities, an IMF interdepartmental Governance Diagnostic Assessment mission conducted last year a study focused on governance weaknesses and corruption vulnerabilities. The assessment revealed serious weakness across all state functions. However, those… Read More

South Africa’s health ministry on Tuesday said there is no need to impose any new COVID-19 restrictions either at home or for arrivals over an infection surge in China and the detection of the first case of Omicron subvariant. Speaking to reporters, the country’s health minister Joe Phaahla said the new strain from China will not harm South Africans given… Read More