Politics

Hours after his inauguration, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who will lead the country for the next five years is expected form a new government on Monday. PM Abiy is nevertheless under intense pressure to unify his country under pressure of ethnic and political divisions, starvation and allegations of …

Algier has recalled Mohamed-Antar Daoud, its ambassador in Paris for ‘consultations’ after Algeria has accused France for interference in its affairs. Algeria said it was responding to comments attributed to President Emmanuel Macron by French newspaper Le Monde. The diplomatic tension comes days after France cut the number of visas …

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has taken oath for a new term. He now begins a five-year term in office after his party won the elections in June 2020. The Ethiopian Addis Standard newspaper tweeted a photo of the Mr Abiy taking the oath of office: #Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed …

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, leader of the military coup in Guinea that saw President Alpha Condé overthrown, sworn in as interim president. The ceremony held at the presidential palace and was attended by only those who have been invited. Col Doumbouya who led the military junta has accused Alpha Conde of …

Two Ugandan opposition MPs, Allan Ssewanyana and Muhammad Ssegirinya who were recently charged over a wave of killings, have once again been detained after receiving an additional murder charge. The two members of the Ugandan parliament were arrested three weeks ago when police accused them of links to a series …

More than two months after the sacking of the previous government, the Tunisian president Kais Saied has named Najla Bouden, a geologist as the new prime minister. Mr Saied urged Najla Bouden the country’s first female Prime Minister to form a government swiftly. The president suspended parliament in July and …

A new jihadist group is born in Sudan. This is the Movement for Preaching and Combat which claimed to have carried out the attack which left five army officers dead. On Tuesday, five Sudanese officers have been killed in the capital, Karthoum while targeting a cell linked to a jihadist …

Authorities in Sudan say five officers have been killed in the capital Khartoum while targeting a cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. The Sudanese Intelligence Service said 11 foreign militants of different nationalities had been arrested. According to the Directorate General of Intelligence, four fugitive foreign nationals are …

Four political parties in Tunisia have denounced the the seizure of all powers by president Kaïs Saied and asked for the reversion of his recent decision. One of the parties has warned that the president’s actions risked a slide into violence or even civil war. President Kaïs Saied was accused …

Algerian army chief, General Said Chanegriha has accused Morocco of conspiring against his country, and said Morocco has gone too far. The Algerian army chief has accused Morocco of “conspiracies and subversive propaganda campaigns”. He has promised a ‘firm response’ to the Moroccans. Last month Algeria cut all diplomatic ties …