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Senegal’s Macky Sall rules out controversial third term /in /by

Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, stoking tensions over whether he would use a constitutional revision to argue he could extend the country's traditional two-term maximum.

Saudi Arabia, Russia to extend cut in oil production of one million barrels a day /in /by

Together, these trims could amount to 1.5 percent of global supplies. Oil prices initially jumped on news of the cuts but later faded.

2024 presidential polls: To run, or not to run, that is Macky Sall’s question /in /by

Senegal's president Macky Sall is set to end the suspense on a potential 3rd term bid on Monday (Jul. 3rd) at 20:00 GMT. Sall once campaigned against a third term by his predecessor, Abdoulaye Wade, who was in power from 2000 to 2012.

US measure would ban products containing mineral mined with child labor in DRC /in /by

The bill targets China, which sponsor Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey accuses of using forced labor and exploits children to mine cobalt in the impoverished but resource-rich central African country.

Sudan: RSF forces man a checkpoint in Omdourman as battles continue /in /by

Khartoum residents said they were shaken awake by warplanes and "violent fighting" between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Zimbabwe: EU to deploy election observer team ahead August 23 polls /in /by

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling ZANU-PF party is seeking what would be the 80-year-old's final five-year term. He is expected to be closely challenged by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, whom he narrowly beat in a disputed election in 2018.

S.Africa opposition set election coalition to oust ANC /in /by

South Africa's largest opposition party has teamed up with six small groups to build a coalition aimed at ousting the long-ruling ANC in next year's elections, they announced Monday.

Right to food threatened by climate crisis – UN Human Rights Chief /in /by

More than 828 million people faced hunger in 2021. And climate change is projected to place up to 80 million more people at risk of hunger by the middle of this century – creating a truly terrifying scale of desperation and need, the UN Human Rights ch...

British MPs call for action for Alaa Abdel Fattah /in /by

More than a hundred British parliamentarians on Monday called on the government to do more to secure the release of Egyptian-British opponent Alaa Abdel Fattah, imprisoned for more than three years.

In Sfax, clashes between Tunisians and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa /in /by

Justice opened an investigation on Monday following clashes between irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and residents of Sfax, Tunisia's second city where illegal immigration has been causing great tension for months.