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Senegal schedules presidential election for March 24

Senegal’s President Macky Sall in Brussels, Belgium October 25, 2023. Photographer Johanna Geron/File Photo By Reuters Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, the government said on Wednesday after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after his mandate expires on April 2 was unconstitutional.

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A South Sudan activist in the US is charged with trying to illegally export arms for coup back home

File- Peter Biar Ajak gives an interview upon his arrival at Washington Dulles International Airport, July 23, 2020, in Chantilly, Va. Ajak, a leading South Sudanese academic and activist living in exile in the United States, has been charged in Arizona along with a Utah man born in the African nation on charges of conspiring

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Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted 2 US warships in Red Sea

By Anadolu Agency Yemen’s Houthi group announced Tuesday that they carried out a military operation in the Red Sea against US warships. ‘‘Yemen’s armed forces targeted two US warships with missiles and drones,” Yahya Saree, the group’s military spokesperson, said in a statement, without providing further details. There has been no immediate comment from the

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Russia says rising economic bloc BRICS surpasses G7 in purchasing power parity

By Anadolu Agency Russian presidential aide for foreign affairs Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday that the BRICS countries do not compete with the West but have already outdone the G7 in terms of purchasing power parity. Ushakov said in an interview with Russian state news agency TASS that cooperation with the BRICS economic bloc is

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UK plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda suffers first parliamentary defeats

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, March 1, 2024. Photographer Belinda Jiao/File Photo By Reuters British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered his first defeats over his legislation to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the upper house of parliament demanded greater protections to be introduced before deportation flights

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East African Community’s Currency Conundrum: The Sheafra Saga

The proposed “fake” East African Sheafra. Photo Credit: EastAfricaGov By The African Exponent In a world where digital information zips across the globe in the blink of an eye, the truth often finds itself in a gripping race against fiction. This was vividly illustrated in the recent hullabaloo surrounding the proposed East African Community (EAC)

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Germany and Russia spar over a leaked audio on missiles for Ukraine. Berlin promises to investigate

File-In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, a Taurus missile flies during a drill off the country’s western coast in South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The German government on Monday vehemently rejected allegations that Russia’s leak of a conversation by high-ranking German military officers was an indication that Germany was preparing a

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Ruto uses back channels to ease Ethiopia, Somalia tensions

By The East African Kenya’s President William Ruto has engaged a higher gear for back channels to ease tension between Ethiopia and Somalia, motivated by business fervor in both countries. And, from this week, both Addis and Mogadishu are expected to tone down their public rhetoric against each other, sources privy to the discussions indicated.

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Houthis accuse US, UK of disrupting Red Sea communication cables

By Anadolu Agency Houthi Yemeni group accused on Saturday the US and UK of causing an outage in international communication cables in the Red Sea. This came in a statement issued by the Ministry of Transportation in the Houthi government (not internationally recognized), published by the Saba News Agency affiliated with the group. “The hostile

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The Somali and Turkish navies have begun to explore military bases on the north coast of Somalia

Turkish Naval Forces/Credit Photo Daily Sabah Officials from the Somali and Turkish navies on Friday began exploring military bases in the sea, especially the coasts of the northern regions of Hargeisa administration, to protect Ethiopia from the Somali sea. According to Somali Times, the most important bases are located in the cities of Lughaye and

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