Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the Somalian president has called for elections after pressure from clan-based fighting. Farmajo had extended his stay in power for two years and yet his term was to end in February 2021. This caused a lot of violence in the country from people opposing and calling him a dictator. Army units were divided into two. Those for ...
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Fighting has broken out among different Somali army units at Mogadishu near the presidents’ residence. Reports indicate that massive weapons were used and mortar rounds fired during this fight. The army units were divided by political interests. Some of the units support the current president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed while others don’t. President Mohamed apparently extended his stay in power for ...
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President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad has just died after re-election as president. Information making rounds is that he has died of injuries he sustained on the battlefield. Apparently, he was commanding his army against rebels in the north. This was announced by General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, the army spokesperson. The 68year old man was heading for his 6th term ...
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South Sudan is looking to dispose of 60,000 expired doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The rollout of the vaccines has been hampered by public scepticism, a health ministry official said Monday. The African telecommunications company MTN and the African Union donated the vaccines late last month. “When it reached here, we later discovered that the (remaining) lifespan of this vaccine ...
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An ‘out of control’ fire is burning wildly in Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park. It has damaged buildings and has forced hikers to evacuate from the city’s most famous landmark, South African officials said on Sunday. During the fight to put the fire out, two firefighters were injured and admitted to the hospital. In an email on Sunday, the ...
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