Category: Rest of Africa

President Mnangagwa, 81, is serving his second and last term after succeeding long time ruler Robert Mugabe following a military coup in 2017, but a loud campaign was already visible for him to run for another term in four years’ time.

War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army (Saf) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), creating the world's largest displacement crisis.

"There was bombing west of El Fasher. Plumes of smoke are rising from the outskirts of the city, and we are afraid that this will be the beginning of a large-scale attack on the city," Saleh Adam, a local resident, told Xinhua.

The tax rules would enable them to address issues such as tax avoidance, double taxation, tax evasion, and illicit financial flows.

In a bid to address increased illegal migration, the United Kingdom turned to proposals of sending asylum seekers to Africa, a deal which some British lawmakers say will benefit the host nations.

Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya announced the cabinet reshuffle in a statement on Wednesday and said the re-assignments and appointments took effect immediately.

<p>"Terrorism and violent extremism are the biggest evils of our time -- spreading to all the five regions of Africa," the AU Commission chief told a high-level meeting on counter-terrorism in the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Monday, according to an AU statement.</p>

Abdoulaye Bathily was appointed to the role in September 2022. It was not immediately clear when he planned to step down.

The decree suspends until further notice all activities by political parties and "associations of a political nature" on the grounds of maintaining public order, the statement said.

Special Envoy Tom Perriello said he hopes that partners around the world will put greater priority on the Sudanese civil war and that more countries will step up at a donor conference in Paris on April 15.