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Somali president signs law extending mandate for two years

Somali president signs law extending mandate for two years
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another two years, despite threats of sanctions from the US and the European Union.
Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says
Almost one million people are facing severe hunger in northern Mozambique where hundreds of thousands have fled worsening violence, the UN food agency said on Tuesday.
Chad goes to polls with veteran ruler Deby poised for sixth term
Chad headed into presidential elections on Sunday with Idriss Deby Itno, ruler for the last three decades, set to win a sixth term.
Senior Sudanese official rejects UAE initiative to resolve Sudan-Ethiopia border dispute
A senior Sudanese official rejected an initiative by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to settle the border dispute with Ethiopia, saying it aims to divide the claimed Al-Fashaga area between the two countries.
France’s role in Rwandan genocide a ‘monumental failure’: Author of report
France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead author of a report commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron said, as the country opens its archives from this period to the public on Wednesday.
Gunmen free more than 1,800 inmates from Nigerian prison
More than 1,800 inmates escaped from a Nigeria prison in the southeastern city of Owerri after an attack by gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, explosives and rifles, the prisons authority said.
Egyptian mummies paraded through Cairo on way to new museum
A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendor.
G7 foreign ministers call for ‘swift’ pullout of Eritrean troops from Tigray
The G7 group of leading economic powers on Friday called for a “swift, unconditional and verifiable” withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden northern Tigray region.
Dozens killed by armed men in SW Niger
Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, the government said.
Libya's interim PM sworn in, promises 'government of all Libyans'
Libya's new interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was sworn in on Monday to lead the war-torn country's transition to elections in December, after years of chaos and division.

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