Malians were called to the ballot box on Sunday for a presidential runoff likely to see Ibrahim Boubacar Keita return to office despite criticism of his handling of the country’s security crisis.

Thousands of protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israel’s new law declaring it the nation-state of the Jewish people, legislation that has angered the country’s Arab minority and drawn criticism abroad.

Le Mali retourne aux urnes pour le second tour de la présidentielle avec un chef de l’État sortant, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, en position de force face à un candidat de l’opposition, Soumaïla Cissé, qui n’a pas su unifier le camp de l’alternance.

Thousands of Muslim fundamentalists protested Saturday in front of the nation’s parliament to decry proposals in a government report on gender equality that they claim are contrary to Islam.

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Soumaïla Cissé are vying for Mali’s presidency in Sunday’s run-off vote, as they did in 2013. Incumbent Keïta is the frontrunner, but Cissé is hoping to attract voters disillusioned by his rival’s mixed record in office

New mothers and their babies were allegedly barred from leaving hospital in the Cameroon capital of Yaoundé. They were held hostage for up to three months for not paying their medical bills, which ran up to hundreds of thousands of CFA francs. Freedom came in the form of a generous …

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, filed a Constitutional Court challenge on Friday against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory, halting the incumbent’s inauguration set for Sunday.

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Soumaïla Cissé are vying for Mali’s presidency in Sunday’s run-off vote, as they did in 2013. Incumbent Keïta is the frontrunner, but Cissé is hoping to attract voters disillusioned by his rival’s mixed record in office.

En Algérie, les autorités s’inquiètent du retour des moustiques tigres dans différentes régions notamment à Alger et à Oran. Vecteurs de nombreuses maladies, ils prolifèrent dans les eaux stagnantes et les jardins. Dans la capitale, des dizaines d »équipes ont été déployées pour les déloger.

Zimbabwe’s former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti appeared in court Thursday facing charges over his role in post-election violence after Zambia rejected his asylum bid.