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Une page est tournée entre l’Allemagne et Israël où Angela Merkel, lors de sa dernière visite officielle, a refusé de rencontrer Benyamin Nétanyahou, pourtant son homologue durant douze ans. Angela Merkel accueillie par Naftali Bennett à l’hôtel King David de Jérusalem, le 10 octobre (GPO) Durant ses seize années à la tête du gouvernement allemand,
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
THE ADAPTATION Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP...
The National Assembly has adopted a motion that recognises the role of farm workers, farm dwellers and farmers in the agricultural sector.
[DW] Somali women's rights activists and politicians want a 30% quota for female lawmakers to be enshrined in law. Ahead of upcoming elections, female candidates and campaigners are apprehensive.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- On December 21, 2017, George Weah, a presidential hopeful of the opposition going for runoff election at the time, was seen with the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, breaking ground for the 81-kilometer from Gbarnga to Salayea. The ceremony, which occurred few days to the run-off election, to many was a confirmation that Madam Sirleaf had picked Mr. Weah as the man to continue her legacy.
Vice President Salous Chilima has implored research and policy experts gathered at a national agricultural policy conference in Lilongwe to fast track the commercialisation and diversification of the agricultural sector for national development. Chilima said this on Tuesday when he presided over the official opening of the 2021 Malawi Annual Agricultural Policy Conference at BICC […]
[Premium Times] Available data show at least 10 million Nigerians have slipped into, than come out of, poverty.
The crushing impact of the Covid pandemic has brought home to many how dependent Cape Verde is on distant Europe.
The Angolan Civil War, beginning at the time of the countrys independence from Portugal in 1975, was a 27-year struggle involving the deaths of over 500,000 soldiers and civilians. Initiated at the height of the Cold War, pro- and anti-communist forces in Angola set the stage for a proxy fight between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Though the fighting officially ended in 2002, Angola remains in economic and social turmoil with a massive refugee crisis and millions of landmines impeding farming practices.
Rich in diamonds and oil, Angola was one of the last African nations to receive independence from a European power. On April 25, 1974, a Portuguese military coup d’état protesting the country’s colonial practices successfully overthrew the regime. The combined forces of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), and the National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) created a transitional government with the Alvor Accord of 1974.
Within a year the government had disintegrated, and with aid from the USSR and the Cuban military, the Marxist-oriented MPLA under the leadership of José dos Santos had wrested control of most of Angola. Indirectly and through proxies, governments from the United States, Brazil and South Africa funded UNITA, providing munitions, intelligence reports, and mercenaries.
Heavy fighting continued until 1991 when a temporary agreement known as the Bicesse Accords was reached. Calling for an immediate ceasefire and the removal of both Cuban and South African troops, the agreement mandated a new national government and army, along with Angola’s first multi-party elections. A year later, MPLA candidate José dos Santos won 49% of the popular vote in the election compared to 40% for UNITA candidate Dr. Jonas Savimbi. When Savimbi disputed the outcome, UNITA resumed guerilla war against the MPLA.
In 1993 the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 864 placing
La Copa América au Brésil hors-jeu ? À cinq jours du coup d'envoi, la Cour suprême a décidé qu'elle statuerait en urgence jeudi sur son éventuelle annulation en raison de la crise sanitaire dans ce pays touché de plein fouet par la pandémie de Covid-19. «Le président de la Cour suprême Luiz Fux a convoqué
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Bo Tefu | California Black Media The California legislature approved Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $267 billion state budget for fiscal year 2021-22. It is packed with support for programs and policy initiatives intended to drive California’s economy out of the downturn caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Cash that will be pumped into the general fund […]
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Hikers needing assistance or rescue often find themselves without cellphone reception, but those in Israel can now look for red signs indicating an emergency hotspot along trails. The unique new network has already saved lives, [...]
Senegal was recently rocked by days of violent clashes which ensued between supporters of the main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko and the police early March.
Ethiopia's upper house speaker has resigned in apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the coronavirus, a sign of growing tension between her party and the government.
Keria Ibrahim's resignation came in protest against the postponement of elections in the country over the coronavirus.
Speaker Keria Ibrahim is also a top official in Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), one of the country's major political parties that have opposed the postponement.
Last month, TPLF, which is also the governing party for the country's Tigray region, threatened to organise polls for the area in defiance of the postponement, potentially setting the region on a collision course with the federal government.
Keria's resignation underscored the deteriorating relationship between Abiy and his ruling Prosperity Party and the TPLF, said Kjetil Tronvoll, professor of peace and conflict studies at Bjorknes University in Oslo.
Kais Saied announced an anti-corruption drive on Wednesday, vowing to recover billions of euros from businessmen and officials he accused of embezzlement
Moving beyond rhetoric and aspirations, a report by the Center for the Study of HBCUs provides the Biden-Harris administration with a six-tiered proposal, fostering meaningful investment for HBCUs.
[Monitor] Climate change, digital diplomacy, emerging digital threats (trafficking, extremism, and radicalization) and the impact of social media on mental health, among others are some of the issues lined up for discussion at this year's social media dialogue in Kampala later this month.
[Nation] Kinshasa -- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi has ended the coalition that has ruled the country for 16 months.
[African Arguments] Political violence in Zimbabwe is systematic and gendered. Gendered notions of conquest aimed at keeping women out of politics and intimidating political opponents malign the comprehensive rights - including women's rights to participate in politics - in Zimbabwe's constitution. Indeed, Zimbabwe's ruling party is the prime agent of their destruction.
Texas’ small producers felt the detrimental extent of the February’snorth American winter storm, unofficially referred to aswinter storm Uri, with wide-reachingeffects on everything from crops to cattle and foliage, according to preliminary data. Small-scale horticulture producers lost gardens, crops, citrus trees, and the freeze also damaged irrigation systems. Prairie View A&M University’s Cooperative Extension Program […]
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About 14,000 Haitian migrants in Texas seeking asylum will reportedly be removed and returned to Haiti by the federal government as the crippled island nation is still battling setbacks from a series of political crises and natural disasters.
As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release Friday.
Kenya last week began mandatory COVID-19 testing for truckers, ordering that they undergo tests 48 hours before leaving the Port of Mombasa — a shipping hub in the country’s second-largest city — or before entering Kenya from elsewhere in East Africa.
But Wednesday, a day after Kenya announced the return of more than 180 foreigners to Tanzania because of positive COVID test results, a Tanzanian regional official accused the Nairobi government of faulty testing.
Zambia also had closed its border with Tanzania for several days last week after several truck drivers, immigration officers and sex workers tested positive for COVID, Reuters reported.
Several heads of state in the EAC bloc — including Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Salva Kiir of South Sudan — last week agreed to double testing of truckers.
Farmers in the Clarendon South constituency can now benefit from the solar-powered irrigation system at the Ebony Park pump. The system, which was officially commissioned into service yesterday via a virtual ceremony, is now the second on the list...
Idriss Deby Itno, who was on course for a sixth term as Chad's president before he died from injuries sustained in battle, had carved out a reputation as the West's stalwart ally in the Sahel - despite accusations of authoritarianism.
[Nation] Even before his impeachment, Mike Sonko was already a governor without portfolio, having seen his powers considerably reduced with the signing of the Deed of Transfer of Functions in February.
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- Kenyan child trafficking syndicates - from street clinics to a government-run hospital - were stealing babies from vulnerable mothers to be sold for as little as $400
