Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al Sisi rose to the presidency in 2014. Recently, an An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved proposed constitutional amendments which would allow Al-Sisi to stay in power until 2034 and boost his control of the judiciary. Africa has a long history of leaders overstaying their rule. We have seen this with Omar al-Bashir, Teodoro Obiang Nguema… Read more »
Radio France and the news site Mediapart published on Wednesday excerpts of a memo from the DGSE – the French equivalent of MI6 and the CIA – which seems to refute the idea that they knew nothing of the Rwandan genocide as it began to unfold.ADVERTISING The two news organisations published a note from the French exterior intelligence agency in September 1994… Read more »
Democratic Republic of Congo’s outgoing government on Monday defended decrees granting former ministers lifetime salaries and other benefits following strong criticism in a country where most of the population lives in poverty. Prime Minister Bruno Tshibala, who is due to submit his government’s resignation to new President Felix Tshisekedi in the coming days, signed the decrees last November, but they were only… Read more »
The government of the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups inked a new peace accord in Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Tuesday to end years of fighting that has left thousands of people dead.ADVERTISING The accord, the seventh since 2012, was initialled by President Faustin Archange Touadera for the CAR government, an AFP correspondent reported. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who hosted the talks in Khartoum… Read more »
An Egyptian parliamentary committee on Tuesday approved proposed constitutional amendments which would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power until 2034 and boost his control of the judiciary. The approval is the first step needed to move forward with the constitutional changes, which are expected to be finally endorsed by parliament and then move to a referendum within… Read more »