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Uganda’s Museveni signs the highly controversial age limit bill into law

January 3, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has signed the Constitutional amendment bill 2017 into law, a week after it was passed by parliament, Reuters reports. Popularly known […]

Italy to deploy army to fight human traffickers in Niger

December 29, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Italian government is considering deploying up to 470 troops to Niger to help tackle people-smuggling, the military General Staff said on Thursday. According to Prime […]

Uganda People’s Defence Forces kills 100 rebels in DR Congo

December 28, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Congolese Army (FARC) have killed over 100 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) combatants in eight camps that were […]

Cameroon: Court orders release of New York-based professor, Patrice Nganang

December 28, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

A court in Cameroon on Wednesday ordered the release of a prize-winning New York-based Cameroonian novelist, Patrice Nganang, arrested at a Cameroon airport earlier this […]

Fresh anti-Gnassingbé protests kick-off in Togo

December 28, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Supporters of a 14-member opposition coalition in Togo hit the streets with anti-government demonstrations in the capital Lomé and other towns of the tiny West […]

Morocco Purchases 4 Dreamliner Planes for $1.1 billion

December 28, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The fleet of Morocco’s national airline company Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will be enhanced with the purchase of four 787-9 Dreamliner planes for $1.1 billion. […]

Week-long national prayers kick-off in Burundi

December 27, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

Thousands of Burundians have gathered at the stadium of the province of Kayanza for a week-long prayer organized by President Pierre Nkurunziza and his family. […]

DRC: Attackers torch President Kabila’s property in North Kivu

December 27, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

A house belonging to President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been attacked and set ablaze by unknown men, U.N. sponsored radio, […]