Tunisia: Five alleged accomplices in terror attack outside US embassy nabbed
Security forces in Mahdia Governorate have arrested five people suspected for links with subside bomb attack that rocked capital Tunis, close to the US embassy, […]
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US military exercises in Africa hit by Coronavirus
The US Africa Command on Tuesday announced that one of the US military’s largest exercises in Africa has been significantly scaled down due to the […]
Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation – UN
Two months ahead of Burundi’s planned local and presidential elections, senior UN-appointed independent rights investigators have urged the Government to reopen the “democratic, civil and […]
Coronavirus: Gabon closes borders with Cameroon, Benin earmarks $12mln to combat the virus
The authorities in Gabon have ‘temporarily’ closed a part of the country’s borders with neighboring Cameroon. Gabon restricted movement especially at its northern borders […]
Sudan’s PM survived ‘terror attack’ in capital
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt targeting his convoy as he headed to work on Monday, local media reported. Abdalla […]
DRC spy chief Delphin Kahimbi died by hanging – President
An inquiry into the death of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s spy chief has found that he died by hanging. At a weekly cabinet […]
Egypt records first coronavirus death in Africa
Africa has recorded its first fatality of the coronavirus outbreak. The victim is a German tourist who was under treatment in Egypt. The 60-year-old […]
Algeria must to be held accountable for violations in Tindouf camps – Sahrawi activist
A Sahrawi activist and human rights defender, Fadel Breika denounced, Friday, before the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the repression and serious abuses committed […]
Liberia to strengthen its diplomatic presence in Morocco with consulate in Dakhla
Liberia announced that it will strengthen its diplomatic presence in Morocco with the opening of a consulate in the southern city of Dakhla. In addition […]
Madrid denies maritime dispute with Algiers
Spain’s top diplomat Wednesday brushed aside an alleged maritime conflict with Algeria after Spanish media indicated that last year Algiers defined its maritime borders which […]