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Senegalese govt adopts draft laws for institutional reforms
Wednesday’s Council of Ministers in Dakar adopted two major bills. The first repeals Organic Law No. 2012-28 of December 28,...
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Of Trump's stated foreign policy positions, his planned protectionist trade policy would likely be the most immediately damaging to Americans; his proposed...
Read moreDetailsUgandan military extends detention of opposition leader Besigye
A Ugandan army court on Tuesday further remanded opposition leader Kizza Besigye to prison until next January. Besigye's defense team...
Read moreDetailsFighting breaks out between Somalia’s Jubbaland region and federal government, officials say
Fighting erupted on Wednesday between Somalia's semi-autonomous Jubbaland region and federal government forces after Jubbaland held an election against the...
Read moreDetailsCheikh Anta Diop (1923-1986), an African Historian and Anthropologist
Cheikh Anta Diop, a Senegalese writer, historian, and politician who studied the origins of the human race and the pre-colonial...
Read moreDetailsNamibia’s opposition challenges election results
In a dramatic turn of events, Namibia’s post-election landscape took a contentious twist on Monday as the country’s main opposition...
Read moreDetailsZambian court rules ex-president Lungu ineligible to run for another term
Zambia's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was ineligible to run for another term in office...
Read moreDetailsChagossians want a say as UK-Mauritius deal faces fresh scrutiny
Chagossians living in Britain said fresh doubts over a deal to hand sovereignty of their islands to Mauritius had given...
Read moreDetailsProf. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Ghana’s First Female Vice President-Elect
Ghana has turned a new page in its democratic journey by electing Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as the nation’s first...
Read moreDetailsMauritius new new PM says economy ‘much worse than we imagined’
The state of Mauritius' economy is "much worse than we imagined", its new prime minister said, as an audit he...
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