A Democratic Poll in A Country that Doesn’t Exist
People in Somaliland are hoping that Monday’s elections will boost the breakaway republic’s chances of gaining international recognition as an independent state. Voters here are eligible to vote as young as 15-year-old, as they are considered to have reached adulthood. Since declaring independence from Somalia it has not been recognised internationally but functions like a […]
Bamako Out in the Cold
West African leaders have suspended Mali from their regional bloc in response to last week’s coup but stopped short of imposing new sanctions. Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held an emergency summit in Ghana’s capital, Accra on Sunday to agree to a response to the Malian military’s toppling of […]
Rebuilding what was Lost in the DRC River of Fire
Crews from Virunga Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the Virunga Energies company is also located, are rebuilding power lines torn down by lava flow. “The pipes and tanks were covered by lava. So right now, the population is suffering a lot. To get even 20 litres of water, they have to […]
Planning an Alternative to the Suez Canal
In an effort to avoid a repeat of the event, in mid-May, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced it had started dredging work to widen and deepen the southern part of the canal where the Ever Given was jammed. The 30-kilometer-long area will be widened by 40 meters to the east and deepened to 72 […]
Who Took Yaounde’s Covid-19 Package?
Cameroon rights groups, opposition parties and local media are asking the government to publish its findings after most of a $335 million loan from the IMF could not be accounted for. At least 15 officials have appeared before commissions of investigation. A government statement read on Cameroon state media Monday calls on civilians to remain […]
