Heading to the cancellation of the Africa Cup of Nations 2021?
The International Football Federation (FIFA) announced on 25 June that the September 2020 African qualifiers, i.e. those for CAN 2021, have been postponed. A decision […]
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Gabonese MPs vote to decriminalize homosexuality
In Gabon, MEPs voted on Tuesday 23 June on a government bill to decriminalize homosexuality. Highly controversial in opinion, this bill is divisive even within […]
Arab League calls for an immediate ceasefire in Libya
Arab Foreign Ministers have expressed total opposition to all forms of interference in Libya and to all plans to divide the country, calling for the […]
Switzerland opens criminal investigation against Glencore for corruption in the DRC
It was the Anglo-Swiss trading, brokerage and materials extraction company that made the information public last Friday, after the stock exchange closed. Specializing in commodities […]
Burundi: Parliament approves Vice President, Prime Minister proposed by new President
The Burundian Parliament’s two chambers, the National Assembly and the Senate, on Tuesday, June 23, approved with flying colors the candidates presented by President Evariste […]
Somalia: Women to make thirty percent of parliament members soon
The lower house has just approved a bill providing for a 30% quota for women in the Somali parliament. Although the parliament has yet to […]
Covid 19: South Africa has passed the hundred thousand cases
South Africa has passed the 100,000 mark for coronavirus cases, with the number of deaths now approaching 2,000, the authorities announced Monday. The country accounts […]
Morocco: Operation Marhaba 2020 for expatriates cancelled
“Operation Marhaba 2020”, the summer transit operation of Moroccans living in Europe, organized annually to facilitate the crossing of expatriates between the host countries and […]
COVID-19: Morocco steps up repatriation of its nationals stranded abroad
The Moroccan government is ramping up efforts to bring back hundreds of Moroccan citizens stranded overseas because of travel restrictions put in place due to […]
Libya: Egypt’s threats of direct intervention in case GNA forces progress towards its borders
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi warned Saturday that any advance by the forces of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNA), supported by Ankara, towards […]