Algeria: Prison for assailants of health professionals
The Algerian government adopted new criminal sanctions on 27 July. Verbal assaults are punishable by one to three years in prison, while physical assaults can […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Côte d’Ivoire: Henri Konan Bédié elected PDCI candidate in the October presidential elections
Henri Konan Bédié has been elected PDCI candidate in the presidential election of October. The former Ivorian head of state was acclaimed with nearly 100% […]
Morocco bans travel in and out of key cities for Covid-19 fears
Morocco has shut down major cities preventing entry or exist in order to contain a new surge in Covid-19 cases, the Interior and Health Ministries […]
Tunisia: President Saïed entrusted Hichem Mechichi to form a government
The President of the Republic has instructed the current Interior Minister, Hichem Mechichi, to form a new government following the resignation of Elyes Fakhfakh on […]
ECOWAS calls for extraordinary summit on July 27 over political crisis in Mali
The mission of the five West African Heads of State led by the current President of ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, ended on Thursday evening, 23 July. […]
Togo initiates a rapprochement with Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has been on the continent since Monday for a visit to Niger, Equatorial Guinea and Togo, where the Turkish diplomat […]
Former mayor of Brazzaville sentenced to 5 years in prison
Christian Roger Okemba, who was elected mayor of the Congolese capital in 2017, was accused of embezzlement of public funds, dismissed from office in February […]
Partial takeover of air routes in several States in Africa
In Senegal, an Algiers-Dakar flight landed on the tarmac of the Blaise-Diagne airport in the Senegalese capital. A first after four months of interruption. Many […]
Sudan: US sanctions Russian officials and entities linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin
The US treasury has decreed sanctions against several Russian officials and entities linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, who has already […]
Tunisia: Prime Minister resigns
Elyes Fakhfakh head of government of Tunisia resigned on July 15. Appointed to this post on 20 January, he headed the coalition government that emerged […]