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Libya’s electoral commission on Wednesday announced its rejection of the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, to run in next month’s presidential election. Other hopefuls still in the running include eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar, interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah and former interior minister Fathi Bashagha, as the commission said their submissions…
Sudan’s military reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday and promised to release all political detainees after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by a coup, although large crowds took to the streets to reject any deal involving the army. Under an agreement signed with military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Hamdok, first appointed after the…
Ethiopia has tried to limit a UN human rights investigation into atrocities committed in the blockaded Tigray region, people with knowledge of the probe say. The joint investigation by the UN human rights office and the government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) may be the world’s only official source of information on atrocities in the…
Guinea’s Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a coup in the West African nation in September, has announced that he is placing nearly 1,000 soldiers into retirement. In a speech on Sunday evening, the strongman said the retirements will come into force on Monday and “must in no way be considered as a punishment”.…
Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency, dissolved the authorities leading country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained figures of the government in…
Ugandans are among the suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels that were captured in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. According to Captain Antony Mwalushayi, the spokesperson of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) for military operations, the suspected rebels were captured on Friday and Saturday by FARDC soldiers during…
Sudanese government has confirmed control over the security situation in the capital Khartoum after foiling a coup plot, according to an official statement on Tuesday. “On Tuesday morning, a failed coup attempt, carried out by a group of armed forces’ officers from the remnants of the former regime, was brought under control,” Hamza Baloul Al-Amir,…
The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan; Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej; The Prime Minister of Togo, H.E. Victoire Tomegah dogbé, The Vice President of Uganda, Jessica Rose Epel Alupo and The Vice President of Benin, Mariam Chabi Talata amongst 100 Most Influential African Women 2021; The list of 100 Most Influential African…
A Rwandan dissident has been shot dead in Mozambique, where he had settled as a refugee after being ousted from his home country in 1994, police said on Tuesday. Unidentified gunmen intercepted Revocant Karemangingo, a former Rwandan lieutenant, as he drove into his house on Monday evening in Matola, a suburb of the capital Maputo.…
