(Namibians are choosing a new president and parliament – in what is Africa’s first electronic ballot.The ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (Swapo) is expected to win the poll and Prime Minister Hage Geingob to become president. Opposition parties had challenged the Indian-made e-voting machines, citing concerns that a lack of a paper trail could…
(Au moins quarante-cinq personnes ont été tuées mercredi 19 novembre dans une attaque attribuée à Boko Haram d’un village du nord-est du Nigeria, fief de l’insurrection islamiste, ont indiqué jeudi des témoins et des responsables officiels. L’attaque a visé Azaya Kura, dans la région de Mafa, dans l’Etat de Borno, a déclaré le président par…
(“WFP has done everything it can to avoid reducing rations, using all means at our disposal to cover critical funding gaps,” said WFP Deputy Country Director for Kenya Paul Turnbull, appealing for $38 million to cover operations for the next six months, including an immediate $15.5 million needed to feed refugees until January. )
(A framework for a transitional government in Burkina Faso has been agreed after talks between political, military and civil leaders. A spokesman for the talks in Ouagadougou said the charter project was agreed unanimously. The transitional body is intended to return the country to civilian rule and prepare for elections next year. )
[Burkina Faso’s military must return the country to civilian rule within the next two weeks or face sanctions, the African Union has said. The interim president promised a “consensus” leader ahead of the AU demand. The African Union (AU) gave the army two weeks to transfer power to the civilian authorities and threatened to target…
[La situation est toujours très tendue à Béni, dans l’est de la RDC. Ce dimanche 2 novembre, des centaines d’habitants de la ville ont manifesté leur colère pendant plusieurs heures face à l’insécurité qui règne dans leur ville après une nouvelle tuerie. Dix personnes au moins tuées dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche….
[Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, making it the first rich nation to shut its doors to the region. Australia has not recorded a case of Ebola despite a number of scares,…
[WARRING South Sudanese factions were meeting Monday in Tanzania in the latest bid to end a 10-month civil war in which thousands of people have been killed, a presidential aide said. Peace talks to find a lasting solution to the conflict that broke out on December 15 between factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and…
[France is set to construct eight nuclear reactors in South Africa after signing a $US50 billion ($A54.10 billion) agreement early this week. The deal likewise stated skills development, localisation of nuclear technology as well as research and development in South Africa, according to World Nuclear News. South Africa currently has two operating nuclear power plants.]
[A UN peacekeeping force for Central African Republic will begin deploying in two months, with some 2,500 troops joining African and French forces, UN and French officials said Wednesday.Bangladesh, Pakistan and Morocco have agreed to contribute three battalions to the new UN force, said France’s UN Ambassador Gerard Araud.]
