Politics

Guinean military leaders rejected a warning issued to them by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore civilian rule within two years. ECOWAS rejected the junta’s proposed three-year transition and said it was maintaining economic sanctions against Guinea unless it accelerated its proposed three-year transition to democracy. …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his counterpart Felix Tshisekedi are to meet in Angola as diplomatic relations between the two countries deteriorate. The presidents expected in the Angolan capital, Luanda, will meet on Wednesday and try to resolve the crisis in eastern DR Congo, the Angolan presidency said in a …

Authorities in Nigeria’s central state of Niger have suspended all mining activities in the region amid mounting cases of kidnappings. It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating attack on a mining site, kidnapping at least four Chinese miners and killing over 20 members of the Nigerian security forces, the …

Former US President Donald Trump is preparing to run in the next presidential elections and return to office in 2024, several media reported. According to close sources quoted by NBC News network, the former president would participate in the 2024 elections. “The Republican leader is already in touch with his …

Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lifted tough sanctions imposed on Mali following two coups in the West African country. Ecowas leaders met in the Ghanaian capital, Accra and accepted a proposal by Malian military leaders to hold elections and return to civilian rule …

Sadok Belaid, head of the constitutional project drawn up by President Kais Saied rejects the president’s plan, saying it is dangerous for the country. Belaid, who oversaw Tunisia’s draft new constitution, said some chapters could pave the way for dictatorial rule. Tasked by President Kais Saied with overhauling Tunisia’s constitution, …

The Central African Republic government is launching its cryptocurrency hub it named Sango, nearly three months after adopting Bitcoin as one of its official currencies. President Faustin Archange Touadéra launched the hub on Sunday in a live announcement on social networks. The name “Sango” is in one of the country’s …

Progressive Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black judge to be sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, a historic entry with no immediate effect on the entire right turn of the American temple of law. Ketanji Brown Jackson replaces progressive magistrate Stephen Breyer, 83, who is retiring. …

Russian MPs on Thursday passed a law allowing media in countries designated as “unfriendly” to be closed and Russian media accused of disseminating information deemed untrue about the conflict in Ukraine to be suspended. The text gives the prosecution right to “prohibit or limit the activities in Russia” of media …

Tunisian President Kais Saied released details of the new constitutional draft that would significantly expand his powers, local media reported. Written by a commission whose members he himself appointed, the draft Constitution is cut, unsurprisingly, for Kaïs Saïed. Under the proposals, most political power would be exercised by the president. …