NEWS IN BRIEF
 

The Portuguese Prime-Minister Antonio Costa initiates this Monday a two-day visit to Angola.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) finally said its executive board picked Senegal in a four-nation hosting contest for the 2022 Youth Olympic Game.

Last couple of days, remembered us that sometimes things never change!

President Azali Assoumani can claim victory on the referendum. According to the Independent Electoral Commission of the Comoros, the constitutional amendments reinforcing the President's powers were approved in a referendum by 92.74% of the voters, against 7.26% of the voters who voted "no".

The Malian President Ibrahim Boubakar Keita claims he is leading presidential polls according to provisional vote count in the west African country. However, even if his victory is confirmed, there is a big probability he's not going to clinch a first round victory thus the possibility of the vote entering a runoff as by law required.

On July 29th Mali will hold elections in an atmosphere of terror in the north, ethnic tensions in the center of the country, high unemployment and a rapidly growing population.

Recently defections cost Nigeria's ruling party, the APC (All Progressives Congress) its senate majority. More than a dozen senators walked out on the ruling party and joined the main opposition coalition, which has the PDP (People's Democratic Party) as the main standard-bearer.

From 25th to 27th July, Johannesburg is the political stage for the 10th BRICS summit.

Cameroon President Paul Biya has announced in tweeter he will be running for a seventh consecutive mandate, which will probably extend his reign till 2025.

Eritrea and Ethiopia have signed a "Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship", bringing, we hope, an end to the decades-old border dispute between the two countries.