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Sudanese people protest in the streets of Khartoum, Sudan on October 25, 2021. /Getty Images Protests against a military coup in Sudan entered a third day Wednesday, with the prime minister returning home under guard. But Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s return home, after being detained Monday along with his ministers …
A senior official of the African Union Commission Tuesday urged European Union member countries against a policy of not accepting COVID-19 vaccine certificates from the continent. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the vice-chairperson of the African Union Commission indicated such a policy could affect vaccination campaigns. Nsanzabaganwa noted important steps were achieved by “team Europe” in …
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a General Assembly high-level thematic debate on climate action at UN Headquarters in New York, on Oct. 26, 2021. /Xinhua U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the climate crisis is a code red for humanity and that urgent action is needed before …
Khartoum International Airport will reopen on Wednesday at 1400 GMT (4PM local time), the head of Sudanese civil aviation told Reuters. The airport was closed from Monday and international flights were suspended following the ousting of Sudan’s government by the military. Life came to a halt in the capital Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman across the Nile, with roads blocked either by soldiers or by barricades erected by protesters. The leader of the takeover, General Abdel Fattah …
Democratic Republic of Congo’s constitutional court on Tuesday swore in an electoral commission chief whose contested nomination threatens to weaken President Felix Tshisekedi’s ruling coalition.
The country’s religious groups, who are seen as impartial, are supposed to nominate the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) by unanimous vote.
But after months …
