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The Council made the same call a year ago, when the new UN envoy, Italian Staffan de Mistura, took office
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden took the stage for the final presidential debate Thursday night. Here's what you missed.
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[The Conversation Africa] The tight movement restrictions introduced around the world to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease have had far-reaching consequences. These include effects on access to healthcare. People living in slums have been particularly hard hit.
Voters in Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days.
Saturday was the main and last day of voting. The exercise had opened on Thursday for voters on fringe islands and essential workers such as hospital staff in the Indian Ocean island country.
74,600 people are eligible to vote.
Most of the Indian Ocean islands making up the Seychelles, a prized honeymoon destination famed for white beaches and lush vegetation, are uninhabited and the archipelago's 98,000 residents mainly live on the islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
The opposition is hoping to unseat incumbent president Danny Faure, in power since 2016. Faure was not elected but took over after his boss, James Michel, resigned as president.
Faure is running under the United Seychelles party, which has been in power since 1977.
His main rival is the Anglican priest Wavel Ramkalawan, who is taking his sixth shot at the presidency and lost by only 193 votes to Michel in an unprecedented second round of voting in 2015.
Virus and economy
The main concern of voters is the economic situation in the country, which has suffered the loss of vital tourism -- its main earner -- because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Seychelles has recorded only 149 mostly imported cases, but the virus has been a key campaign issue, with the health minister banning election rallies which would have been a barometer of support for various candidates in a country without a polling institute.
The campaign has mainly happened over social media, where the opposition and its supporters are the most active, and on television where the country held its first ever debates between the candidates, which proved extremely popular.
Since the start of the pandemic, the economy has slowed significantly, with some 700 Seychellois losing their jobs, according to government figures.
And while average income is among the highest in Africa, the national statistics agency says that about 40 percent of Seychellois live in poverty because of the high cost of living.
Another key theme of the campaign has been corruption, a largely taboo topic in the tiny country where business and politics are often intertwined.
[This Day] The second leg of the African Champions League semifinal between Egypt's Zamalek and Raja Casablanca has been postponed by a week after eight players in the Moroccan club's squad tested positive for Covid-19, the Confederation of African Football said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) - Their final debate behind them, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are packaging their divergent personal styles and policy prescriptions into closing messages for the final sprint to election day.The novel coronavirus was a central topic for both candidates yesterday as Trump headed to Florida and Biden prepared to address the topic in Delaware.
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has faced a jihadist insurgency and economic recession, but youth protests that have spiralled into widespread unrest appear to be his biggest challenge yet. The 77-year-old former military ruler has drawn fierce criticism for his slow response as the shooting of demonstrators unleashed chaos in Africa's largest city, Lagos.
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Libya's two rival factions signed a \"permanent\" ceasefire agreement Friday after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the move as a moment that will go down in history.
\"Today is a good day for the Libyan people,\" said Stephanie Williams, the UN's envoy to the troubled North African country, where a UN-recognised government in Tripoli has been battling a rival administration based in the east and dominated by military strongman Khalifa Haftar.
\"At 11:15 am (0915 GMT) this morning here at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the two Libyan delegations... signed a complete, countrywide and permanent ceasefire agreement with immediate effect,\" she said.
\"The agreement was facilitated by the United Nations and we signed it as witnesses,\" she told a news conference in the Swiss city.
Libya has been wracked by conflict for nearly a decade, since the overthrow and killing of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed uprising.
Since then, the North African country has been dominated by armed groups, riven by local conflicts and divided between the two bitterly opposed adminstrations.
But hopes for a solution have risen after the two warring factions in August separately announced they would cease hostilities.
However, both sides continue to accuse each other of supporting \"terrorist\" groups.
The UN-sponsored talks took place in the format of a 5+5 Joint Military Commission: five delegates from each side attend.
- 'Historic achievement' -
The breakthrough was announced on Friday at a signing ceremony that was streamed live on the Facebook page of the UN's Libya mission.
\"The 5+5 Joint Military Commission talks in Geneva today culminate in a historic achievement as Libyan teams reach a permanent ceasefire agreement across Libya,\" it said.
\"This achievement is an important turning point towards peace and stability in Libya.\"
Delegates, wearing masks, stood before signing the agreement documents at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Williams said it was \"a moment that will go down in history\".
\"You have met for the sake of Libya, for your people in order to take concrete steps to put an end to their suffering,\" she said.
\"Nobody can love Libya as much as you do,\" said Williams, who heads the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
Since Kadhafi's ouster in 2011, rival power centres and a myriad of militias have vied for control of the country.
The capital Tripoli in the west is held by the internationally recognised Government of National Accord, while a parliament based in the eastern city of Tobruk is backed by Haftar's forces.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The first LaLiga fixture between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid took place way back in 1929, sparking an intense sporting rivalry that has lasted almost a century. Today, this rivalry is more prominent than ever, with football fans eagerly awaiting the outcome of the next ElClasico clash this Saturday.
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It's more than four years since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and almost a year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson won an election by vowing to 'get Brexit done.' Spoiler alert: It is not done. As negotiators from the two sides hunker down for their final weeks of talks on an elusive trade agreement, Britain and the EU still don't know whether they will begin 2021 with an organized partnership or a messy rivalry. 'A deal is the likelier case now, but I wouldn't be banking the house on it […]
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