[FrontPageAfrica] PRESIDENT GEORGE Manneh Weah finally got his chance to face the Liberian people, who for most of the past few months have been growing weary over the rapidly declining and dismal fate of the country’s economy.
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Africa: Popular Protests Pose a Conundrum for the AU’s Opposition to Coups
[The Conversation Africa] Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir was overthrown in April following months of incessant countrywide protests. Less than two weeks earlier, protesters forced Algeria’s long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down.
Sudan: A Cruel April in the Sudan Spring?
[African Arguments] The new rivalries at the top. An aborted revolution. And the international actors jostling for dominance.
Algeria: Major Protests Continue to Demand Leaders Step Down
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -The popular marches continued in Algiers and across the country’s provinces, for the 8th Friday in a row, chanting the same slogans demanding “radical change” and the departure of the “figures of the system,” reported APS journalists.
South Africa: Msimanga to Lay Complaint Against ANC for ‘Instigating Protest’ in Alexandra
[News24Wire] DA Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga plans to lay a criminal complaint against the ANC on Sunday morning, alleging the party is behind the violent protests that have gripped Alexandra since Wednesday.
Angola: Deponents of ‘Thai Swindle’ May Testify
[ANGOP] Luanda -The Supreme Court (TS) may begin on Tuesday to hear the deponents summoned in the ambit of the “Thai Swindle” lawsuit, a total of 38 people, 32 days after the beginning of the trial that has received a lot of attention from the media.
Zimbabwe: Chamisa Willing to Talk with President – But Harassment of Citizens Must End
[New Zimbabwe] MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has reiterated his commitment to dialoguing with President Emmerson Mnangagwa with hopes to end a deepening national crisis but says talks remained a fallacy if his MPs continued being hounded out of their homes by security agents.
Zimbabwe: Plot to Impeach Mnangagwa Foiled, Says Ruling Party’s Wadyajena
[263Chat] Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena has made startling revelations that the plot to impeach President Emmerson Mnangagwa foiled due to the lack of numbers.
Zimbabwe: South Africa’s Hawks Arrest Car Thief, Smuggling Suspect
[The Herald] The Hawks have arrested a second suspect believed to be part of a racket stealing vehicles from South Africa and smuggling them to other countries via Zimbabwe.
Nigeria: National Assembly to Prioritise Budget, Minimum Wage Upon Resumption
[Vanguard] The Leader of the Senate, Sen.