Article Link: Two years ago, the president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, suffered a stroke. He took months to recover, which led parliament to begin discussions about making a change to the constitution. Recently, parliament agreed to change the constitution to make a solution in case the president becomes incapacitated. The constitution now states that the president’s power shall be… Read more »
Article Link: After a surge in COVID-19 cases over the past few months, Zimbabwe has re-established pandemic restrictions. There is now a nation wide curfew, as well as shutting down of non-essential businesses for one month. These restrictions were passed as an attempt to reduce the spread and lower the number of infections. Large gatherings have also been banned, and… Read more »
Article Link: President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic has been re-elected for a second term. With almost 54% of the votes, he secured a second term, but violence has surrounded the whole election. Before the election occurred, rebel groups began rioting, which led to Russia and Rwanda sending peacekeeping soldiers to deter any future conflicts regarding the election…. Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202101140075.html 18.1 million registered voters are expected to file at 34,684 polling stations across the country today to cast their ballot and pick a new president and 528 Members of Parliament. The voting was set to begin at 7am and end at 4pm, according to the EC. out of all the voters, one in every four voters in Uganda is… Read more »
Link to Article: “‘Overwhelmed, overrun’: Zimbabwe tightens COVID restrictions” Due to a recent rise in COVID-19 cases, Zimbabwe has been pushed to increase restrictions, heading back towards another lockdown. Recent changes such as extended curfew, limited business activity, and a ban on gatherings have been made in efforts to stop the increase of new cases. In a single week, the… Read more »
Link To Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/31/sudan-regains-full-control-of-border-with-ethiopia-ministry Analysis: The ministry of Sudan states that the Sudanese army recovered the border that had been taken over by Ethiopian farmers. “The armed forces have now fully recovered all Sudanese territory” Minister Omar Qamareddine told a Khartoum news conference. “The boarders have already been demarcated, all that’s remaining in our talks… is increasing the border signs”…. Read more »
The governors of the 36 states of the Federation of Nigeria have emphasized the need to consider local manufacturing of a COVID-19 vaccine despite the current arrangement with it’s global partners on the vaccine’s availability. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made the statement on January 8th after a meeting at the… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202101080338.html The Sudanese government is certain that the new eastern Sudan track protocol, which is a part of the Juba Peace Agreement, will be implemented. The Track Protocol was signed by Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front in October of last year. When they signed it caused major backlash from Beja leaders. A Sovereign Council member, FA Minister, and… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/7/ghana-army-steps-in-to-stop-parliament-clash-ahead-of-swearing-in In Ghana, two opposing political parties got into a violent clash before the swearing in of the new parliament speaker. During the clash, the governing party deputy was making an attempt to seize the ballots that would ultimately put the new speaker into office. Due to the quick escalation of the violence, the national army was sent in to… Read more »
https://nypost.com/2021/01/06/over-2-million-displaced-by-conflict-in-ethiopia/ In November of 2020, a war between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) took place in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. There has been a long time tension between the two groups before it turned into clashing between the two militaries. The UN has been supplying the people of the Tigray region with food supplies… Read more »