Young people - many of whom suffer from chronic underemployment - make up an important voting bloc. Over 60 percent of the country of 100 million people are under 20 years old
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The proposed constitution is not greatly different from the previous one, which concentrated significant powers in the hands of the head of state
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has announced that it is maintaining its suspension of Gabon, a sanction imposed following the military overthrow of President Ali Bongo Ondimba last August
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed the Treaty of Accession in the presence South Sudan President Salva Kiir, the current chair of the East African Communty, and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at a ceremony held in Entebbe, Uganda
A few days before the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, scheduled for 20 December, has sent shockwaves across the web and left public opinion stunned.
FIFA announced the shortlist on Thursday with the same top three in the voting as for the Ballon d’Or prize that Messi won in October.
The scars of 2019 bear witness to the destructive potential, with landslides in the Mugina commune, Cibitoke province, claiming lives, injuring scores, and leaving a trail of devastation.
If traditional Ivorian dance styles such as coupé-décalé and Zouglou still provide Ivorians with some moves, the nation's dancing world continues to evolve.
Kanu is the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) group, which has been campaigning for the creation of an independent state in south-eastern Nigeria.
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