Mogadishu residents welcome introduction of direct vote/in /by
Since 1991, elections have been held through a complex indirect process where major clans and sub-clans use their numerical strength and influence to win key leadership positions
IMF bailout won’t end economic woes – Akufo Addo/in /by
He believes the program will however help to restore confidence and reopen avenues that have been closed to the country in recent years.
Prolonged fighting in Nigeria between farmers and herdsmen becoming more deadly/in /by
The decades-long violence between nomadic cattle herders and farming communities is becoming more deadly. At least 2,600 people were killed in 2021, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
Namibia: Will the 1975 abortion legislation be amended?/in /by
Under the current legislation, abortions in Namibia are permitted only in a few cases, including when the mother gets pregnant after suffering incest or rape, or when the pregnancy is thought to endanger the mother's life.
Libya: at least two dead in drone strikes/in /by
At least two people were killed and several others wounded on Sunday in air strikes carried out by the Libyan government on the outskirts of Zawiya (west) as part of an operation launched, officially, against traffickers' positions, according to local media and an elected official from the town.
Mali: junta asks Washington to stop disinformation about army and Wagner/in /by
Mali: junta asks Washington to stop disinformation about army and Wagner
Scientists developing technologies to get rid of plastic waste/in /by
According to the UN’s Environment Programme we could reduce our plastic waste by 80% by 2040 by using existing technologies and reusing and recycling. New measures can be biological technologies such as using microorganisms like bacteria in this soil sample to eat away the plastic
Senegal: opposition leader Sonko forcibly returned to Dakar/in /by
Interior Minister Antoine Diome cited the clashes between Mr Sonko's supporters and the police that had accompanied the opponent's return to Dakar in a convoy by road since Friday, in which one man was killed.
Sporadic clashes as efforts to renew Sudan ceasefire gather pace/in /by
The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country
Somalia reverts to direct vote, presidential rule/in /by
Somalia's government and federal member states announce that direct universal suffrage will be introduced, with local elections set for June 2024. The move follows a pledge made by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to end the complex indirect system that has been in place in Somalia since 1969