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Guinea: vote counting underway after peaceful polls

October 12, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Guinea started counting votes in Sunday’s presidential election, which the opposition has said was marred by irregularities. Some 6 million Guineans voted for eight candidates […]

Somalia: Islamic extremist rebels kill president’s nephew

October 8, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Islamic extremist rebels ambushed and killed two men including the president’s nephew in a drive-by shooting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police and the rebels said […]

“South Africa must provide written reasons to explain failure to arrest al-Bashir”- ICC

September 8, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The International Criminal Court told South Africa’s government to explain why it failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he attended an African Union […]

Al Shabaab seizes towns in Somalia, continues onslaught

September 7, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Islamist militant group Al Shabaab took control of a sizeable town in central Somalia on Sunday after African Union forces left the area. It […]

Obama tells African leaders to respect presidential term limits

July 28, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In the speech he delivered at the African Union on Tuesday, the US president Barack Obama called African leaders to respect presidential term limits. He […]

Obama’s talks in Ethiopia focus on security, human rights

July 27, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

After a landmark trip to Kenya, his father’s birthplace, the US President Barack Obama flew to Addis Ababa late on Sunday on the first visit […]

Obama leaves US for new Africa trip

July 24, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

President Barack Obama left the US for Kenya on Thursday in a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a […]

Somalia: US to return to Somalia after 24year absence

February 26, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The United States is preparing to return to Somalia as President Obama nominates Katherine Simonds Dhanani as US ambassador to the country. The state department […]

Cameroon: Central African countries budget $86million to fight Boko Haram

February 17, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met in Cameroon on Monday and decided to spend $86 million in military operations against […]