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EU to initiate consultation process with Burundi officials to end political crisis

October 23, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

The European Union will initiate a consultation process with Burundi’s government in a bid to find a solution to the political crisis that broke in […]

UN-Africa: Morocco calls for a multi-dimensional approach to spur Africa’s development

October 1, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Morocco has called again on the international community to pool efforts to help Africa unleash its potential and to help change the living conditions of […]

Burkina Faso: Reconciliation committee wants presidential guard disbanded

September 15, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Burkina Faso’s powerful presidential guard, known locally as the RSP, should be sacked, the national reconciliation commission said on Monday. The elite unit is accused […]

CAR: French soldier accused of sexual abuse, U.N Human Rights chief

September 4, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

A French soldier deployed to the Central African Republic has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl, the latest in a series of allegations […]

Libya: Gaddafi’s son sentenced to death

July 28, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced in absentia to death by a court in Tripoli over war crimes linked […]

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 […]

Egypt: Egyptian Authorities accused of rampant sexual abuses

May 20, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Despite strong accusations of massive and unjust trials from human right organisations, Egypt authorities have been accused of sexual abuses perpetrated on women, men, children […]