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Tunisia: Two outsiders to contest presidential runoff poll

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Tunisia’s electoral commission has confirmed that a law professor Kais Saied and detained media mogul Nabil Karoui will contest the presidential run-off vote. They are the two candidates out of the 26 that contested this month’s first round of votes who emerged top. According to the independent electoral commission Saied won 18.4% of votes and Karoui 15.6%. Abdelfattah Mourou of the… Read More
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Three Africans arrested for torturing migrants in Libya

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Three Africans have been arrested for torturing migrants in a detention centre in north-west Libya. The men, a 22-year-old Guinean and two Egyptians aged 26 and 24, are believed to be part of a group that kidnapped and mistreated dozens of people. According to a Reuters reporting, the judicial order on these Africans revealed that several migrants detained in the… Read More

Algeria: Presidential election to take place in December

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Algeria’s interim president Abdelkader Bensalah has announced in a televised speech on Sunday that presidential election will take place this year. According to Bensalah, an election to choose a new president will take place on December 12. Algerians for months now have been agitating, demanding political reforms in the North African nation. They wanted a complete overhaul of the political… Read More
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Tunisians vote for new leader in presidential election

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Tunisians have been voting in a presidential election on Sunday as they choose a new leader following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi. This is the second time Tunisia is holding a free presidential election since 2011 when an uprising toppled ex-president Ben Ali. There are no overwhelming front-runners in this election though. Polling stations opened at 07:00 GMT at… Read More
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Rwanda accepts to take in African refugees held in Libya

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Rwanda has reached a deal with the African Union to take in African refugees being held in worsening conditions in detention centres in Libya. These refugees mainly migrants will be evacuated to Rwanda under an agreement reached with Rwanda’s government and the African Union. The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday that a first group of 500 refugees will… Read More
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AU lifts suspension on Sudan after transitional government deal

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The African Union (AU) has now lifted its suspension of Sudan’s membership after a transitional government was put in place. The new government brings an end to months of violence and chaos following the toppling of former leader, Omar al-Bashir. The AU suspended Sudan for three months after the military initially refused to hand over power to a civilian regime… Read More
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Sudan: Bashir charged with corruption during court hearing

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Sudan’s ex-president, Omar al-Bashir was on Saturday charged with corruption by a Sudanese judge. Bashir was during the court proceedings formally indicted for possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption. The former leader has denied these charges and challenged them as well he was publicly questioned for the first time since his toppling. The source of Omar al-Bashir’s finances were revealed… Read More
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At least 40 feared dead in shipwreck off Libya

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The U.N. refugee agency has said that at least 40 people are feared dead or missing after a boat disaster off the coast of Libya. The boat was carrying migrants headed for Europe. About 60 people are reported to have been rescued. Libyan coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem said on Tuesday that the bodies of five migrants had been recovered. 65… Read More
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Sudan: State of emergency declared in Port Sudan

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Sudan’s newly-created sovereign council has declared a state of emergency in the city of Port Sudan due to tribal clashes. Police say tribal clashes there have led to the death of at least 16 people. A statement from the police said clashes between members of the Beni Amer and Nuba tribes were re-ignited on Wednesday and continued into Saturday morning.… Read More
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Sudan in dire need of $10 billion to rebuild economy

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Sudan’s new prime minister has said that the country needs up to $10 billion in foreign aid to rebuild it’s economy. Abdalla Hamdok says the money will be needed over the next two years to help fix an economy that is almost collapsing. Hamdok was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday. He has vowed to tackle conflict and build… Read More