Zambia: Voters Cast Ballots in Tight Presidential Race
Voters in Zambia on Thursday braved the cold weather and flock to polling stations to cast their vote in the general elections to elect their […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Togo, Israel Poised to Boost Ties
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday met with visiting Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé to discuss cooperation between the two countries. […]
Egypt Closes 48 Forex Bureaus as Black Market Surges
Egypt’s central bank has reportedly closed 48 foreign exchange bureaus since the start of the year for trading at black market rates and other violations, […]
Zambia: Ministers to Vacate Office Ahead of Elections
Zambia’s constitutional court on Monday ruled that all cabinet and provincial ministers should vacate office ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. The country is heading […]
Zimbabwe: Protests won’t Topple Me – Mugabe
Speaking in his annual National Heroes Day speech, honoring guerrillas who died in the country’s war of independence in the 1970s, Zimbabwe’s President, 92-year old […]
Five African Economies Defy Crisis
By Emmanuel Vitus Agbenonwossi Oil prices have fallen to their lowest level since 2003, sinking below $28 a barrel before recovering slightly in the second […]
Italy: Tunisian arrested for alleged links with terrorists
Italian authorities announced Friday the arrest of a 41 year old Tunisian suspected for embracing extremist philosophy and involvement in illegal migration, reports say. Anti-terrorism […]
Grand-Bassam Attack: Two Ivorian Soldiers Sentenced 10 Years in Jail
Two Ivorian soldiers were sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for links with al-Qaeda militants who carried out an attack at a beach […]
Museveni Meets Kabila over Cross-Border Security
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni vowed to help the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to flush out rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) who remain […]
Boko Haram’s Shekau Says he ‘is still alive, still in charge’
Leader of the Nigeria-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, denied in an audio message that he has been replaced. In a 10-minute audio […]