Angolan new deputies take office on 16 September
The deputies elected in Angola’s parliamentary elections on 24 August will be sworn in next Friday, the Parliament’s first secretary of the bureau, Raul Lima, […]
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Angola: Executive announces new civil service timetable
The Ministry of Public Administration, Labour and Social Security announced today that the new normal operating period for public service bodies and services will be […]
Togo: The Government declares a state of security emergency in the Savannah region
This region in the far north of the country, bordering Burkina Faso, has been the scene of two attacks in recent months. The decree, adopted […]
Angola’s presidential election set for August 24
The next presidential election in Angola, which will oppose the outgoing Head of State Joao Lourenço to the leader of a unified opposition to beat […]
Senegal: Two majority MPs convicted of trafficking in false passports
Mamadou Sall was sentenced to two years in prison, including six months, and Boubacar Biaye to two years and five months. The case has been […]
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolves Parliament
Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo announced Monday the dissolution of parliament and the calling of early parliamentary elections by the end of the year in […]
Death of the Head of the Ivorian National Assembly, Amadou Soumahoro
President of the Assembly since March 2019, he made long stays abroad in recent months for medical reasons. The president of the Ivorian National Assembly […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Abdoulaye Fofona, Guillaume Soro’s aide-de-camp arrested
A close friend of former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, accused of plotting and living in exile for several years, has been arrested in Abidjan, […]
Burkina Faso: Former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré finally released
The former Burkinabe president was able to return home on Wednesday, April 6. He had been under house arrest since January 24, the date of […]
DRC: Economy Minister dismissed by vote of National Assembly
For the first time in the exercise of parliamentary control in the DRC, the majority of deputies present at the National Assembly on the evening […]