2023-09-22 15:00:03
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame, de facto leader of the country since the end of the 1994 genocide, has announced that he will run for a fourth term in the presidential election scheduled for next year in this country of the region of Big lakes.
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The lawyer of the deposed president of Niger announced, Wednesday, that he had seized the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States so that the State of Niger be “sentenced to the immediate restoration of constitutional order by handing over power to President Bazoum.
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Also on Wednesday, the President of the DR Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, pleaded before the United Nations General Assembly for an “accelerated” withdrawal of the Blue Helmets from his country from the end of 2023, regretting that they have “not succeeded in confronting armed groups.
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According to the UN, more than 43,000 people were displaced following the deadly floods which hit Libya following the passage of storm Daniel, on the night of September 10 to 11. Communications were restored Thursday in the ravaged town of Derna, following a 24-hour outage.
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As reports warn of an upsurge in violence in Ethiopia, several NGOs have mobilized to renew the mandate of UN investigators, considered the last independent mechanism documenting war crimes in the country.
Saddam Haftar’s rise raises fears of ‘corruption, death and destruction’ in eastern Libya
Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya, has placed his six sons in positions of political and military power. The deadly floods in Derna allowed the youngest, Saddam, to take charge of relief management and rise to the top of the succession list. A prospect feared by many Libyans.
In Goma, families demand justice following the repression of August 30
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, mourning and anger in Goma, in the east of the country. Three weeks following the violent repression of an attempted demonstration by the army, families bury their dead. Nearly 60 civilians lost their lives, according to the official toll. The government funded this burial, but the families now want answers regarding what really happened.
For Macky Sall, “the best approach was not to attempt” a third term in Senegal
In an interview with France 24 and RFI, Senegalese President Macky Sall returned to the coup d’état in Niger, declaring that the diplomatic solution was favored to end the crisis, but that the option of intervention military was still on the table. Concerning his decision to give up running for a third term – following a seven-year and a five-year term – for the election scheduled for February 2024, he recalled that legally, he had the right, but that he had “a code of honor ” which prevented him from doing so.
Obtaining a passport in Sudan, another ordeal for those who want to flee the war
To escape the war, benefit from medical care impossible to obtain in Sudan or continue studies interrupted by the conflict, hundreds of Sudanese have sometimes been waiting for days in front of the passport office, which has just reopened in Port Sudan.
Benin, world champion of school canteens
Benin launched a school canteen program in 2017 to encourage girls and boys to stay in school. Last May, the World Food Program named the country the world champion of school canteens. The coverage rate increased from 30 to 75% in 6 years.
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