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With six months to go before the elections, the campaign is shaping up to be very tense in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the opposition raging against a regime determined to stay in power, against a backdrop of conflict in the east and social crisis. A single-round presidential election is scheduled for 20 December in this vast country of… Read More

Nigeria qualified for the next AFCON by beating Sierra Leone 3-2 on Sunday thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho’s 95th minute goal, while Tanzania held on for a crucial home win over Niger despite a bizarre late incident when the referee sent off the Tanzanian ball boys for interfering with the ongoing game. In Tanzania, the ball boys threw numerous balls onto… Read More

Tunisia said Monday it would tighten its borders against intrusion by migrants. While meeting the interior ministers of France and Germany, president Kais Saied said Tunisia would strengthen border security to stop migrants from finding passage or refugee in the country. Saied also said a new approach to curbing irregular migration was necessary. “Tunisia could not guard borders other than… Read More

The last time Sabah Abd Rabu Hussein heard from her son, Yahia Saleh, he was planning to board a migrant vessel from conflict-ridden Libya to Europe. That was two weeks ago. The Egyptian housewife said on Sunday that she had begged him not to go but that he had become fed up with living conditions in the village. The 18-year-old… Read More

Tunis, the Tunisian capital, welcomed France and Germany’s Interior ministers on Sunday, who are on a diplomatic visit to strengthen security cooperation and tackle illegal immigration. Ministers Gérald Darmanin and Nancy Faeser, who were received by their Tunisian counterpart Kamel Feki, want to deepen security cooperation with Tunisia, in areas that include information sharing and cooperation between services.  This… Read More

A security guard was fatally stabbed outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunisia on Monday, according to the Tunisian Interior Ministry. The suspected attacker was shot in the leg by the police and arrested. According to a statement from the ministry, the guard was stabbed in the heart after asking the suspect why he was outside the embassy.  The area, in… Read More

Ahead of Sierra Leone’s presidential elections on 24 June, supporters of the main opposition party, the All People’s Congress (APC) gathered in the capital Freetown to protest the country’s dire economic situation. The West African country is preparing for its fifth presidential elections since the end of a brutal civil war there two decades ago. Thirteen people are vying for… Read More

The truce is being held for the second day in Khartoum on Monday, as Geneva hosts an international conference on humanitarian aid to Sudan, which has been ravaged for more than two months by fighting between rival generals. Since Sunday morning, air raids and artillery bombardments have ceased on the capital, whose inhabitants are surviving in sweltering heat, without electricity… Read More

Darfur, where the population is living through a “nightmare” after weeks of war in Sudan, is heading towards a new “humanitarian disaster” that the world must prevent, the UN’s head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, pleaded on Thursday. “Darfur is rapidly heading towards a humanitarian disaster. The world cannot allow this to happen. Not again,” he said in a statement,… Read More

Polling stations closed in Bamako, Mali, at 6PM UTC on Sunday (June 18) to begin vote tally. During the day, citizens had voted on a new constitution. Main changes in new draft constitution include strengthening the president’s powers, reforming institutions or recognising traditional authorities. Constitutional court supervisor Hamadoun Sissoko was content with the voting process. “We didn’t have any problems… Read More