Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | Here are five things to know about the Tunisian presidential election set for September 15: – Who are the candidates? – Of 98 nominees, 26 candidates were confirmed by the Independent Higher Authority for Elections (ISIE) — roughly the same number to enter the race in …
Read More »International Court hearings set in Uganda vs Congo case
The International Court to hold public hearings on the question of reparations in DRC vs Uganda case The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will in November hold public hearings on the question of reparations in the …
Read More »Brexit court ruling prompts calls to reverse parliament suspension
Edinburgh, United Kingdom | AFP | British premier Boris Johnson faced calls Thursday to reverse his suspension of parliament after a Scottish court ruled it illegal, as government documents warned a no-deal Brexit could lead to civil unrest and shortages of food and medicines. The Operation Yellowhammer documents, which the government …
Read More »‘They fooled us’: Benin bulldozes district, leaving residents homeless
Cotonou, Benin | AFP | The people watched in horror as the bulldozers moved in. Soon their meagre dwellings were reduced to rubble, becoming homes only to stray dogs that nosed through their belongings. The demolition of Xwlacodji, a district in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, was carried out in the name …
Read More »Germany’s Merkel to open embattled Frankfurt car show
Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | German Chancellor Angela Merkel opens the biennial IAA car show in Frankfurt to the public Thursday, addressing an auto industry on the defensive over safety and the environment. Climate protection protesters plan a rally outside the show Saturday, saying the sector is failing to …
Read More »Will Tunisia continue to democratise?
Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | Despite priding itself on being the sole country to emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings as a functioning democracy, Tunisia faces challenges on its new political path. The cradle of the autocrat-ousting movements that swept the region nine years ago, the North African country has been …
Read More »Exhausted C. Africans leave exile for unknowns at home
Mongoumba, Central African Republic | AFP | Under the tarpaulin shading the back of the lorry, the heat is still stifling on a rough road for some 30 refugees travelling home to the strife-weary Central African Republic. Potholes rattle spines and send up fine grit that sticks to the sweaty bodies …
Read More »Accelerating Africa’s transformation
Japan, S.A and AFDB unveil priorities in technology at TICAD 7 Science, technology and innovation as well as human resource development are critical in Africa, a continent, which has the biggest potential on earth, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum held on …
Read More »Cameroon president calls ‘national dialogue’ on separatist crisis
Yaoundé, Cameroon | AFP | Cameroon President Paul Biya on Tuesday announced that he intends to hold a major “national dialogue” later this month in a bid to put an end to the conflict between security forces and armed separatists from the anglophone minority in the west. Over the past two …
Read More »Trump fires hawkish national security chief Bolton
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, a move widely seen as boosting the president’s push to negotiate with US foes in Afghanistan, North Korea and other trouble spots. Trump, who said he had disagreed “strongly” with …
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