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Bosnia’s electoral commission has announced a date for the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The Central Election Commission revealed that the elections will hold on October 2. The announcement came despite the failure of rival ethnic leaders to agree on electoral reforms and the lack of funding for the vote. The country is going through its worst political crisis since the end of the 1990s war.
Opposition leaders in Guinea have condemned the announcement by the leader of the military junta that they would press for a 39-month transition period to civilian rule. The Party of the ousted President Alpha Conde and opposition groups in a statement issued on Sunday opposed the decision. Their statements came as UN Chief, Antonio Guterres called on the military junta in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali to hand power back […]
Ruling Generals in Guinea say a transition back to civilian rule will probably take more than three years. Head of the Military government, Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in September, said that after political consultations he has proposed a timeline transition of 39 months. Recalled, the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS had set last Monday as a deadline for Guinea to put forward an acceptable transition timetable or […]
Rescuers in Central China pulled five people alive from a partially collapsed building where at least 18 others could still be trapped. China Authorities who disclosed this on Saturday said the six-story building, which housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema, caved in on Friday afternoon in Changsha City. The Authorities noted that 39 people who were around the building when it toppled remain uncontactable. It added that the five […]
The US defence department has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of acting with depravity. US Spokesman, John Kirby, questioned how anyone with moral could justify the atrocities committed by Russia. Russia's ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has rejected the accusation. Antonov described Kirby's comment as offensive and unacceptable.
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso has imposed a state of emergency in three provinces over drug-related violence. Lasso blamed drug trafficking gangs who use the country as a transit point for exporting narcotics to the United States and Europe for the violence. He noted that police and soldiers will be deployed to patrol the three provinces during the two-month state of emergency, and a curfew enforced between 11pm and 5am. According […]
Lebanese Authorities have indefinitely suspended issuing new passports. Head of the country’s General Security Organization, GSO, Abbas Ibrahim, announced that the number of passports it had available to issue had dwindled, as requests for new passports increased over the past two years. Ibrahim noted that Lebanon has been struggling to cope with up to 8000 daily requests for new passports since December. This comes as the Country’s worsening economic crisis […]
Beijing has closed more gyms, malls, cinemas and apartment blocks. Authorities are ramping up contact tracing to contain a COVID-19 outbreak, while the month-long lockdown in Shanghai continues. People in various districts have been protesting against the lockdown and difficulties in obtaining provisions. Beijing’s Chaoyang district, the first to undergo mass testing this week, started the last of three rounds of screening on Friday among its 3.5 million residents.
Algeria has threatened to suspend its gas exports to Spain. In a statement issued by the Algeria’s Energy Ministry warned that gas supplies it sends to Spain through a separate pipeline could be suspended if the gas is diverted elsewhere. According to the statement, such diversion could be regarded as a contract breach. Recalled that Spain has been in talks with Morocco about helping the North African kingdom boost its […]
