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Apr
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Draft Sudan deal cements military’s grip

Draft Sudan deal cements military’s grip

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ FACTIONS aligned with Sudan's military have drawn up a deal to form a transitional government that would cement the army's control and bypass pro-democracy groups it shared power with before an October coup, according to a document seen by Reuters and three sources familiar with the agreement. The draft deal comes with the military under pressure from a deteriorating economy and frequent protests that have continued despite a lethal crackdown by security forces. The military takeover derailed a transition that had raised hopes in Sudan of an end to decades of autocracy, civil conflict and economic isolation after…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali’s president and prime minister resign

Mali’s president and prime minister resign

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO and PAUL LORGERIE MALI’S interim president and prime minister have resigned, two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said, deepening a political crisis and potentially setting up a standoff with international powers. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two officers lost their posts. The intervention led by Vice President Assimi Goita has jeopardised Mali's transition back to democracy after a coup in August overthrew former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. It has…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
AU urges power sharing in Chad

AU urges power sharing in Chad

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE AN African Union mission has recommended that Chad's military share power with a civilian president, as one of three options towards restoring constitutional order following last month's killing of president Idriss Deby. A military council led by Deby's son Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in April after his father was killed while visiting troops opposing a rebel insurgency. The African Union, which could suspend Chad over the military takeover, sent a fact-finding mission to develop strategies for a return to constitutional order and democratic governance. In a report, the mission recommended the AU's security council could support the…
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Feb
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Suu Kyi’s party demands her release as Myanmar generals tighten grip

Suu Kyi’s party demands her release as Myanmar generals tighten grip

WORLD
THE party of Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for her immediate release and for the miitary junta that seized power a day earlier to recognise her victory in an election in November. The Nobel Peace laureate's whereabouts remained unknown more than 24 hours after her arrest in a military takeover that derailed Myanmar's tentative progress towards full democracy. A senior official from her National League for Democracy (NLD) said he had learned she was in good health and was not being moved from the location where she was being held after the coup against her government.…
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