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When will the Sudanese ruling junta and civilian groups establish a civilian-led transitional government? The signatories of the deal set to organize a gradual transfer of power to civilians known as Framework agreement, have missed a deadline to advance towards a return to democracy. According to a timeline set up by the parties, a new prime minister and institutions of… Read More

One young man has dyed yellow hair and a nose ring, another looks hard, another holds his son: they are among the group of men who agreed to pose with a flower for Cuban photographer Moník Molinet, who is trying to break down stereotypes. A series of portraits of men who agreed to pose with a bougainvillea or a geranium… Read More

Kenya’s President, William Ruto, announced that the country will not acquire loans to pay civil servants, even as union groups threatened to go on strike due to unpaid March salaries. According to Ruto, the salary delays are due to the country’s substantial public debt, with some loans becoming due this month. He emphasized that taxes collected by the revenue authority… Read More

The Comoros government asked France on Monday to abandon a planned operation of evictions, destruction of illegal housing and arrests in Mayotte, a French department in the Indian Ocean facing a galloping crime rate, against the backdrop of a migration crisis. The operation, named “Wuambushu” (“takeover”, in Moroccan) and conceived by Interior and Overseas Minister Gérald Darmanin, was validated in… Read More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday visited a camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa, in Somalia’s southwest. Speaking through a translator, Guterres sat down with some of the displaced to hear their concerns. The UN chief arrived in Somalia on Tuesday on what he termed as a ‘solidarity visit’. “Well, first of all, I am encouraged by the fact… Read More

A Tunisian fourth-division football club has suspended its activities after 30 of its players emigrated illegally to Europe, its president said on Tuesday. The club’s president, Jamil Meftahi, told AFP that no fewer than 32 players have emigrated illegally to Europe over the past three years. “We stopped the activity and suspended the matches 20 days ago,” he added. The… Read More

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to examine the application of an Iraqi asylum seeker threatened with deportation from the United Kingdom to Rwanda, as part of a highly controversial agreement between London and Kigali. The judicial arm of the Council of Europe said Tuesday in a statement that it had sent “questions to the parties” in… Read More

Restrictions on nightlife and meetings were imposed Monday in three major cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, including the most populous, Gondar, in the wake of protests against the dismantling of regional military forces across Ethiopia. According to similar statements issued by the municipal authorities of Gondar, Dessie and Debre Birhan, the restrictions are being imposed by the military “command posts”… Read More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began a brief visit to Somalia in Mogadishu on Tuesday (Apr. 11). Mr Guterres was greeted on arrival at the Somali capital’s airport by Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse, according to images posted on Twitter by the latter. The authorities have drastically tightened security in Mogadishu for the unannounced visit. Most roads were closed and public… Read More

Row upon row of khat trees cover this farm in Meru, Kenya. The plant is the economic mainstay of this area, as well as the counties of Isiolo and Tharaka Nithi. Also known as cathonine and miraaIts, its leaves can be chewed as a stimulant. Once, the harvest from the trees here would have been a money maker for the farmer. But… Read More