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Africa in Focus with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Researcher: Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs: Unisa
1.Senegal – United Nations
Macky Sall returns to Dakar seeking support for UN bid
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall will return to Senegal to meet his successor, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, for the first time since leaving power, as he seeks Dakar’s support for his candidacy to become United Nations secretary-general.
The brief visit comes after years of political tensions between the two camps.
2.    Benin- Porto Novo
Benin’s National Assembly has passed a law temporarily abolishing the National Autonomous Electoral Commission (CENA), the body…
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