Category: Politics
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the Kingdom of Morocco ratifies AU Treaties
The Kingdom of Morocco has ratified a number of treaties of important strategic importance, which fall within the framework of embodying the royal vision for joint African action. The ratification ceremony was held on Monday 18 April 2022 and presided over by officials of the African Union (AU) Office of Legal Counsel. Bancol Adewe, AU […]
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Northern Nigeria – the Strategic Imperative
(Part I). Northern Nigeria, the jewel of Sahel, with influence stretching beyond the Maghreb, is a shadow of what it once was. It lies at the heart of the African Sahel, with a landmass that encompasses distinct Savannah bands, and terminating at the southern fringes of the Sahara.The strategic importance of Northern Nigeria was never so obvious. It […]
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Ghana MPs ‘vote’ with knuckles over mobile money tax
A government-sponsored bill to tax electronic transactions, including mobile money payments drew out the bile in the country’s parliament with Members of the Parliament ‘voting’ with knuckles Monday night. Verbal opposition to the bill turned inadequate, then it came to push, then shove and finally punches, while some doves tried to separate the two sides. […]
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Burkina Faso modifies Electoral Code allowing vote by internally displaced persons
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – The Burkinabe Parliament Monday adopted a law modifying the Electoral Code to allow internally displaced persons to participate in local elections in May 2022, an official source said. According to a note from the Parliament, these changes introduce, among others, a limit of at least 50 percent of electoral constituencies in […]
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Burkina government resigns over unrelenting jihadist attacks
The government of Burkina Faso resigned December 8 over its failure to check the weekly attacks of jihadists that constantly keep the nation in mourning. PrimeMinister, Christophe Joseph-Marie Dabiré, threw in the towel Wednesday, December 8, via a letter to the president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who accepted the resignation. Reading a presidential decree on […]
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Chad to eradicate statelessness by 2024
N’Djamena. Chad has issued national identity cards to internally displaced persons in Bagasola. This project is part of the eradication of statelessness in Chad by 2024. The National Secured Titles Agency (ANATS) distributed National Identity Cards to displaced people in Bagasola (Lake province). The information is provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees […]
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ECOWAS and ECCAS Advance Inter-Regional Co-operation in Gender Social Affairs and Health
Abuja. The Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) undertook a mission to the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The ECCAS mission in Abuja is led by Her Excellency Ms. Kapinga-Yvette NGANDU, Commissioner in charge of the Department of Gender Promotion and Human and Social Development. […]
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