Politics

The security forces in Tunisia are reported to have arrested a member of parliament, who has accused President Kais Saied of carrying out a coup. The wife of Yassine Ayari confirmed his detention, saying that about 20 members of the security forces came to their home. She accused them of …

Ivorian ex-first lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo has been acquitted by the International criminal court. The arrest warrant issued against her has been lifted. She was facing accusations of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 2010-2011 post-election crisis, after her husband’s refusal to hand over power to Alassane Ouattara, who …

Authorities in Equatorial Guinea have detained six French soldiers who were travelling in a helicopter that had stopped to refuel in the port city of Bata, the AFP news agency reports. The detention came on the same day that the top appeals court in France upheld the conviction of Equatorial …

Government in South Africa said it is “appalled” by last week’s decision to grant Israel observatory status at the African Union (AU). The country’s foreign office accused the body of making a “unilateral” decision without consulting its 55 member countries. “The decision… is more shocking in a year in which …

Joe Biden, the American president criticized this Tuesday, Russia for seeking to disrupt the American parliamentary elections scheduled for 2022 by spreading “disinformation”. This statement comes on the eve of the meeting this Wednesday between the number two in Russian and American diplomacy. Referring to informations he received about the …

The french top appeals court is due to rule on a conviction handed to Teodorin Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president for using public money to fund his lavish lifestyle. Mr Teodorin Obiang who is the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea will see his assets redistributed to people living …

Russian President Vladimir Putin offers his American counterpart Joe Biden “a discussion” broadcast live in the coming days, in response to the accusations of the American president who considered that he could be qualified as a “killer”. The US president Joe Biden answers with the affirmative when a journalist from …

The 77-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso is aiming for re-election in the first round on Sunday in Congo-Brazzaville, where members of civil society have expressed “serious reservations” about the transparency of the election. “One shot, K-O” is written on the campaign posters of the candidate of the Congolese Labor Party …

Samia Suluhu Hassan, former Tanzanian vice-president becomes the first woman to be president in Tanzania. This comes after the death of President John Pombe Magufuli from heart complications. Ms Samia has been sworn in by the Chief Justice Ibrahim Juma at State House Dar es Salaam The 61-year-old woman served …

The opposition in Tanzania has called for Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan to be sworn in immediately, following the death of President John Magufuli, BBC news reports. It will make her the first female president of the East Africa nation and the second president to come from the country’s semi-autonomous …