Somalia: Shebab attack on Turkish military training center
The Somali terrorist group on Tuesday carried out a suicide attack on the TurkSom military academy near Mogadishu, killing at least two people and injuring […]
Month: June 2020
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 […]
The prosecution requests the cancellation of the acquittals of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé
The judges of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court closed three days of hearings in the case of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé […]
Buhari: ECOWAS is under risk of dislocation as ECO currency will replaces CFA
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, spoke for the first time on Wednesday 24 June of a risk of dislocation of ECOWAS, in case of […]
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 […]
Fatou Bensouda & team defend their appeal following the acquittal of former Ivorian president
Since Monday June 22, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda and her team have been explaining and defending the reasons that led them […]
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 […]