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UN committee to discuss Palestinian bid for full membership/in /by
Any application for UN membership is considered by a committee, then it must pass a vote at the Security Council where 5 states wield a veto, then the General Assembly votes.
Togo: Consultation between MPs and traditional leaders begin over constitutional review/in /by
"This was an opportunity for us to explain the advantages and disadvantages of both systems. We pointed out the advantage of a parliamentary system. Power will no longer be concentrated in the hands of the President of the Republic" Mémounatou Ibrahima, Vice-President of the National Assembly
Kenya: 41 passengers rescued after floodwaters swept a bus off a bridge/in /by
He said all passengers are accounted-for. Police are looking for the driver of the bus who ignored passengers’ concerns and insisted on driving through the water.
US must boost Africa ties to focus on critical minerals – report/in /by
The USIP report comes as the US tries to catch up or become a competitor with China whose investment in Africa is heavily concentrated in the extractive sector.
Togo: Govt delays Apr. 20 polls, consultations launched in wake of controversial reform/in /by
From April 8 to April 10, Togolese lawmakers will conduct a tour to "listen to and inform civilians on the constitutional reform". After a week of growing public discontent, the presidency had announced that the constitutional reform bill will be tabled again in Parliamen
Haiti: police recover cargo ship hijacked by gangs/in /by
Haiti’s National Police agency says it has recovered a hijacked cargo ship laden with rice following a gunbattle with gangs on Saturday off the coast of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Gaza war: Netanyahu says date is set for Rafah invasion/in /by
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (Apr. 8) said that a date is set for a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Why has the Somalia-Ethiopia row deepened?/in /by
Somalia and Ethiopia enjoyed peaceful relations until January this year when the memorandum with Somaliland sparked diplomatic tensions between the security partners and neighbours in eastern Africa.
Three Tanzanian soldiers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo/in /by
They were part of a Southern African peacekeeping force deployed in the DRC last year to help government troops battling M23 rebels.
Total solar eclipse viewed by tens of millions in North America/in /by
People travelled to sites along its path across Mexico, the United States, and Canada to watch in wonder as the day turned to night.