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, […]
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Mozambique: Peace Talks with Renamo Resume
Mozambique’s government on Monday resumed peace talks with the main opposition party Renamo in Maputo. Two decades after the end of Mozambique’s bloody civil war […]
Boko Haram’s Shekau Appears in New Video, Vows to Continue Jihad
Boko Haram’s disputed leader Abubakar Shekau reiterated, in a new video, that he would make his fight against Nigeria and the entire world a “personal […]
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 […]
Tunisia: Ennahda Hopes for More Cabinet Seats
Tunisia’s largest party in parliament, Ennahda, hopes to get a high number of ministerial positions in the forthcoming unity government to be announced soon. The […]
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 […]
South Africa’s ANC Loses in Zuma’s Hometown
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) failed to secure votes in Nkandla, hometown of ANC leader Jacob Zuma, as results of the August 3 […]
Tunisia: Newly Appointed Premier Faces Stern criticism, Calls for his Resignation Heat up
Growing voices in the Tunisian political circles are calling for the resignation of the newly appointed Prime Minister of the unity government, citing his family […]