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Congo President Tshisekedi brings in former VP Bemba in reshuffle ahead of election

Congo President Tshisekedi brings in former VP Bemba in reshuffle ahead of election

STANIS BUJAKERA and SONIA ROLLEY DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country's former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was detained for over 10 years for war crimes, as the country's defence minister in a sweeping government reshuffle. His appointment was part of an overhaul of the 57 members of government, which the president's spokesperson said was "urgent and necessary", in an announcement on Congo's national television late on Thursday. No further details were given. The reshuffle, which was more extensive than observers had predicted, came ahead of an expected presidential election on December 20, in which…
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Algeria dissolves lower house of parliament

Algeria dissolves lower house of parliament

HAMID OULD AHMED ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and called early legislative elections. Addressing the nation on state television, Tebboune announced a government reshuffle in the next 24-48 hours and ordered the release of 60 detainees of a protest movement that forced his predecessor, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, from power in 2019. "I decided to dissolve the assembly and call elections to build a new institution," he said, without giving a date for the elections. The current lawmakers of the lower house had been elected for five years in May 2017, with Bouteflika's…
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