Libya: UN launches initiative for elections in 2023/in /by
The UN envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, announced on Monday the launch of an "initiative" for the organization of presidential and legislative elections in the country this year.
Kenyan traders protest against Chinese competitors/in /by
"The Chinese cannot be importers, retailers, wholesalers, and hawkers," read one placard held aloft during the protest. Some chanted "Chinese must go!"
Uganda appears to be planning a new anti-gay law/in /by
Uganda is to propose a new anti-gay bill on Wednesday, according to an audio recording of the country’s speaker of parliament, Annet Anita Among, accessed by the AFP.
Save Nigeria from danger over poll results – Obasanjo/in /by
Obasanjo appealed to the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to prevail on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, to stop the process and rectify the allegations raised against it from many quarters.
Construction underway on east Africa crude oil pipeline project/in /by
"If Total cared to invite like a conference of all those who had been paid to present their problems, I can assure you they would discover that those payments it is because of the fear what the communities have been going through." Dickens Kamugisha, Chief Executive of AFIEGO
DRC: 66 inmates dead in two months in Makala prison in Kinshasa/in /by
They died of malnutrition, suffocation, or lack of care...
Algeria and Russia to strengthen their military cooperation/in /by
Algeria and Russia discussed on Monday a strengthening of their military cooperation, during a visit to Algiers of the secretary of the Russian Security Council Nicholai Patrushev, said the Algerian Defense Ministry.
Sierra Leone: Freetown residents build homes on the sea/in /by
Squashed between the mountain slopes and the Atlantic Ocean, impoverished residents of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, are running out of space to build their homes.
Mali: transition president receives “final” draft of constitution/in /by
The head of Mali's transition government, Colonel Assimi Goita, received a draft of a new constitution on Monday, amending a draft that was contested last fall, his office said, without saying when it would be put to a referendum.
Protestant Council of Rwanda bars abortions in its clinics/in /by
The council's decision earlier this month described abortion as a sin, echoing the stance of Rwanda's more widely followed Catholic Church but conflicting with the East African country's law which permits abortions for specific reasons.