Politicians scrapped the presidential age limit last year, allowing Ismail Omar Guelleh to run yet again.
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Israel of violating international law and of ‘illegal aggression’.
The RSF has rejected the plan proposed by Sudanese prime minister, which calls on the paramilitary group to withdraw.
Nigeria’s president says he sent fighter jets, troops to Benin to help quell a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.
General Horta Inta-A is named the head of a one-year transitional government after President Embalo was detained.
Bloc says ballot stuffing, internet blackout and politically-motivated abductions compromised the vote’s ‘integrity’.
Rights groups say the RSF paramilitary group committed mass atrocities as it seized the besieged city in North Darfur.
Colonel Randrianirina set to assume presidency in Madagascar after President Andry Rajoelina removed.
Fears of instability rise again as the TPLF and the federal government appear to be gearing up for a showdown.
Activists and rights groups have criticised Trump’s ‘third country’ scheme to deport criminals.
Former African Union diplomat Arikana Chihombori argues that Trump’s Africa policy is ‘a step in the right direction’.
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