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Belgium to send peacekeeping mission to chaotic Burundi

February 5, 2016 Geraldine Boechat 0

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders on Thursday said his country is ready to send a peacekeeping force to Burundi, depending on a UN vote. The […]

Peace, Security, Women, Youth on Top of AU Summit Agenda

January 28, 2016 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The 26th Summit of the African Union opened on Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The draft agenda of the summit points to a […]

Burundi: AU to dispatches 5,000 troops to avert looming war

December 18, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The African Union’s (AU) Peace and Security Council has proposed sending 5,000 peacekeepers to Burundi, invoking a rule which allows it to deploy a force […]

Tanzania’s new President sworn in

November 6, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Tanzania’s new President John Magufuli was sworn into office Thursday, despite continuing disputes over the October 25 election. The inauguration ceremony was attended by several […]

Somalia: Al Shabaab kills 13 in hotel attack

November 2, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

At least a dozen people have been killed on Sunday at a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in an attack by Al-Shabaab Islamic militants. […]

Joint raids on Boko Haram to begin after rainy season, UN official

October 30, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

An 8,700-strong regional task force, headquartered in Chad’s capital N’Djamena with troops from Chad, Niger, Benin, Nigeria and Cameroon, is set to begin raids on […]

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 […]