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The former First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Simone Gbagbo, asked “forgiveness” from the victims of several violent political crises, during a meeting in Bouaké (center) on Sunday, a few months before regional and local elections and two years from the presidential election. “I once again want to ask for forgiveness from the whole nation and from all those who suffered… Read More

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has maintained calls for Tuesday national protests over the high cost of living citing government unwillingness and lack of good faith in holding the talks to address its main issues. Odinga together with member top leadership in the Azimio coalition have pledged to resume weekly protests despite the recent move by the government to hold… Read More

Japan’s Prime minister is on an African tour. He arrived Monday (May. 1st) in Ghana, the day before he was in Egypt. He is set to visit Kenya and Mozambique. The Prime Minister of Japan arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana and is expected to hold a bilateral discussion with President Nana Akufo-Addo. Egypt’s president Abdel Fatthah al-Sissi… Read More

Fighting in Sudan has entered its third week, with over 500 people killed since clashes erupted on April 15. The UN on Monday (May 1st) warned that more than 800,000 people could flee fighting in Sudan, where gun battles and explosions again shook the capital in violation of the latest truce agreed between warring generals. “We hope it doesn’t come… Read More

Tunisia’s largest union on Monday attacked the government’s handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt. Tunisia is seeking a bailout package worth nearly $2 billion from the International Monetary Fund, which conditions any aid on a series of reforms. As Noureddine Taboubi of the Tunisian… Read More

Workers in Nigeria rallied Monday (May. 1st) like fellow counterparts across the world to mark International Workers’ Day. In Lagos, large crowds gathered at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena. This year’s celebration takes place against the backdrop of cost of living crisis. As Nigeria’s leader Muhammadu Buhari prepares to handover the baton of government to president elect Bola Tinubu, a unionist… Read More

As the conflict in Sudan enters its third week the World Health Organisation‘s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean alerted for the consequences of the conflict in the healthcare facilities in the country.  “In numbers, approximately 61 percent of the medical institutes in Khartoum stopped working because to the direct military attacks, military occupation for those institutes and firing their… Read More

Convening in Cairo, Egypt, Arab League permanent members held Monday (May 1st) an emergency meeting on the fighting in Sudan. Egypt’s deputy permanent representative outlined a draft resolution to halt fighting in the neighbouring country. “Egypt calls (within the draft resolution) for an immediate and comprehensive cessation of conflict, and for all (conflicting) parties to initiate their efforts to give… Read More

The German parliament has given the green light to the deployment of troops to Niger. Sixty German soldiers will join a small EU mission set up last December with the aim of helping the country improve its logistics and infrastructure. The decision by parliament in Berlin reinforces the continued commitment to a German presence in the Sahel region despite the… Read More

Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has issued red flag over the ongoing violence in his country warning the clashes could deteriorate into one of the worst civil wars than those experience in Syria and Libya if the fighting is not stopped. The former premier is now calling for a truce between the warring generals from both the Sudanese army… Read More