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The Comoros said on Wednesday it will hold presidential elections on January 14, where its controversial head of state, Azali Assoumani, will seek to cement his rule.Voters in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of some 900,000 people will also be called to elect local governors, according to a presidential decree. “The election of the president of …

Comoros to hold presidential vote on January 14Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:58:14 GMT Read More »

Kenya says it is ready to lead a UN-backed mission to Haiti, but at home faces growing pressure to justify the risky intervention and the wisdom of sending its police to the violence-ravaged nation.The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led security operation to the Caribbean nation, where the economy has collapsed and violent …

‘Unusually risky’: Kenya faces scrutiny over Haiti missionWed, 04 Oct 2023 13:05:11 GMT Read More »

Mali’s army is deploying towards a northern separatist rebel stronghold in a high-risk operation which could foreshadow a widescale confrontation and prove a turning point after a decade of conflict.- What’s happening on the ground? – A large Malian army convoy left the city of Gao on Monday headed towards the northern Kidal region.It is reportedly …

Mali army, rebels edging towards crunch confrontationWed, 04 Oct 2023 12:48:49 GMT Read More »

EU states on Wednesday sought a deal on the final part of an overhaul for rules on how they handle asylum seekers and irregular migrants, ahead of a push to make it law by elections next year.Ambassadors from the 27 countries held talks in Brussels after Italy and Germany appeared to have ironed out a …

EU states seek final deal on migration pactWed, 04 Oct 2023 10:15:07 GMT Read More »

In a schoolroom, young Liberians take it in turns to draw an image expressing what they fear most as they become eligible to vote for the first time.One of the 18- to 25-year-olds depicts a man on the ground, tears rolling down his face, as his neighbour stands over him holding the crime weapon.Entitled “war”, …

Liberia’s young voters engage for peaceful electionsWed, 04 Oct 2023 05:31:51 GMT Read More »

Denis Mukwege, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, officially submitted on Tuesday his candidature for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s December presidential election.Mukwege jointly won the Nobel Prize alongside Yazidi activist Nadia Murad for efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon of war, and has earned a reputation as a strident …

Denis Mukwege submits candidature for DRC electionsTue, 03 Oct 2023 14:00:48 GMT Read More »

Several hundred opposition protesters rallied in Ghana’s capital Accra on Tuesday to denounce the country’s lingering economic crisis, blaming it on the central bank governor’s policies.Dressed in red and black and banging drums, the protesters waved placards decrying the government’s management in Ghana, which is going through its worst economic troubles in years.Ghana’s economic outlook will …

Ghana opposition rallies over economic crisisTue, 03 Oct 2023 13:30:41 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s labour unions have agreed to call off a planned strike in protest over rising living costs, after the government offered a package of measures to cushion the impact of its economic reforms.Since he came to office in May, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ended a fuel subsidy and liberalised the naira currency in reforms …

Nigeria unions call off strike over living costsTue, 03 Oct 2023 12:20:08 GMT Read More »

The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led mission aiming to bring stability to Haiti, a year after leaders in the violence-ravaged Caribbean nation first pleaded for help.The Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation has been in turmoil, with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence, and the economy and …

UN approves Haiti force after year of pleasTue, 03 Oct 2023 12:04:29 GMT Read More »