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August 28, 2021

Mali releases ex-interim president and PM from house arrest

BAMAKO, Former Malian interim President Bah Ndaw and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane, have been freed from house arrest by the authorities who deposed them in May, a committee monitoring the post-coup transition has said.Their detention by military of…

Chad Rebel Group FACT Says It’s Willing to Join National Dialogue

N’DJAMENA, CHAD – A Chadian military-political rebel group behind this year’s deadly insurgency said on Friday it was prepared to take part in a national dialogue proposed by transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby.Deby seized power in April after h…

Egypt urges dialogue to end Algeria-Morocco diplomatic rift

CAIRO, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry urged for dialogue to end the diplomatic rift between Algeria and Morocco.Shoukry made the remarks during two separate phone conversations with his Algerian and Moroccan counterparts Ramtane Lamamra and Na…

Botswana Assures Unauthorized Immigrants of COVID-19 Vaccinations

GABARONE, BOTSWANA – The Botswana government has sought to assure thousands of undocumented immigrants they will not be left out of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.Thousands of immigrants are crossing into Botswana, the majority fleeing econ…

War-weary Libyans Yearn for End to Daily Blackouts

TRIPOLI, LIBYA – Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital of Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with generators ready to spring into action whenever the mains electricity supply cuts out.In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow o…