While Kiir and Machar managed to name a cabinet in March under the new accord, they have yet to strike a deal on who can appoint governors to the states.
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Mauritania has been one of the countries in the region least affected by the novel coronavirus, having registered just eight cases to date, and one fatality, among a population of four million people.
Guinea’s politics have been tense for months, with a dispute over the constitution sometimes flaring up into violent protests in which dozens of people have been killed.
The amendments, published Thursday in the official gazette after their approval by parliament, give Sisi and security agencies “additional sweeping powers”, according to Human Rights Watch.
Similar scenes have also played out across East Africa as floods and landslides have killed nearly 200 people in Kenya in the past month, while Uganda’s Lake Victoria has overflown, submerging houses, a hospital and bridges and displacing thousands.
Malawi’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the earlier court ruling by the Constitutional Court that annulled President Mutharika’s election victory. He has now nominated Atupele Muluzi as his running mate. He is the son of former President Bakili Muluzi.
The Empowerment Removal Committee said on Friday it confiscated property from Bashir’s brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, and even a former defence minister, who was a close ally of the former president.
The continuous increase in the number of infections has risen due to the increased capacity for testing across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said.
South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday said Madagascar had reached out for “help” with scientific research. “Our scientists would be able to assist with this research,” Mkhize tweeted.
However the coastal city of Abidjan, which has a population of five million, will remain isolated from the rest of the country, with measures staying in place there until at least May 15.