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Melania Trump is readying to leave the White House. In a video where she have to say goodbye, the US first lady condemned the violence of the capitol which left 5 deaths on January 6. “Be passionate in all you are doing, but always remember that violence are not solutions …

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials it says were responsible for undermining the general elections last October. The outgoing Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, said those targeted subverted the electoral process and violated human rights. He said the intimidation and arrest of opposition candidates, widespread voting irregularities …

Libya’s political Dialogue team have adopted a mechanism to select and appoint the next executive authority that will rule the country for an interim period. It’s a deal that has been in the making for two months, following an agreement last year to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in December. …

It remains three months to go before the presidential election in Benin, President Patrice Talon opened the election campaign with an announcement of his candidacy for a second term supposedly in the spirit of strengthening good governance. A surprise for some in light of the president’s declaration of wanting to …

Osagie Ehanire, the Nigerian Minister of Health said that the country has requested 10 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from the African Union (AU) which has secured millions of doses on behalf of African countries. We did not yet know which of the Covid-19 vaccines Nigeria will get, but the authorities …

The United Nations says that an Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique has created a humanitarian crisis. The World Food Programme(WFP) said the cost of food had soared and that the violence had limited access to water, sanitation and education. Read more: While pursuing jihadists, four Nigerien soldiers are killed About …

Uganda’s defeated presidential candidate Bobi Wine has tweeted that he and his family are “under house arrest and stuck with an 18-month-old baby”. Soldiers have surrounded the politician’s home claiming that he could incite his supporters if he leaves the compound. Bobi Wine who became famous as a musician tweeted …

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has rallied farmers in the country to increase food production, predicting global food scarcity later in the year caused by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He urged farmers to take advantage of the reduced production by the largest food-producing countries in the wake of health …

Four soldiers were killed on Monday in Niger and eight others seriously injured after an explosion at an artisanal mine in the South-Eastern part of the country near the border with Nigeria. According to the Ministry of Defense, the soldiers were pursuing jihadists who had attacked Chetima Wangou military post …

The vaccination campaign against covid-19 is in progress in Europe. Some observers think that it is the moment to set up a vaccinal passport; a certificate of immunization against coronavirus that could be presented before traveling. This passport could be required to access certain places as retaurants, recreation places, supermarkets …