• Egypt: African Commission Pressures to Stop Unlawful Death Row Executions

    Five men accused of terror attacks on security and armed forced were hanged Tuesday one week after the execution of 15 other men in the two prisons in the Sinai. Those executed Tuesday were sentenced to death...

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  • Liberia: King Mohammed VI Congratulates President-Elect George Weah

    King Mohammed VI of Morocco called President-Elect George Weah, a former international football star, who won Liberia’s presidential election after defeating Vice-president Joseph Boakai in a runoff. Weah, 51, is due to be sworn-in on January 22,...

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  • Cairo, Addis Ababa Fail to Reach Deal over Nile Dispute

    Egypt and Ethiopia have so far been unable to solve their row over $4 billion Ethiopian dam project on the Nile River. Egyptian authorities say the dam will reduce its share of the waters flowing down from...

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  • Uganda: Parliament clears way for 73-year old President to be re-elected in 2021

    The Parliament Wednesday passed a controversial bill which removes age limit in the quest of country’s top job with incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni set to run for a sixth term in office at the age of...

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  • Senegal: Qatar signs MoU to cement ties

    Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and his host Macky Sall oversaw signing of a series Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries as the Qatar leader seeks to expand the international influence of the...

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  • Rwanda: Kagame joins ICC boycotters

    President Paul Kagame Wednesday from Khartoum criticized the International Criminal Court ( ICC) arguing that African heads of states have been victims of The Hague-based court. The Rwandan leader who is also chairman of the African Union...

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    ECOWAS: Morocco’s membership in full gear for 2018

    Ecowas summit held in Abuja has designated a committee of the five heads of state. Nigeria, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Guinea will study Morocco’s membership to the ECOWAS, stated a communiqué sanctioning the works of the...

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  • South Africa: Deputy President Ramaphosa elected leader of ruling ANC

    Country’s Vice President and businessman Cyril Ramaphosa won Monday ruling African National Congress (ANC)’s leadership voting process becoming 14th President of the party and the likely future president of the country in 2019, the year the current...

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  • Gabon: Two Danish stabbed in attack to protest Jerusalem recognition

    A Nigerian man Sunday stabbed two Danish men working for The National Geography in protest to the recognition by US President Donald Trump of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. according to the Gabonese Defense minister, Etienne Massardwere, the,...

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  • Cote d’Ivoire: Helicopter crash in capital Abidjan wounds four people

    A light helicopter crashed Thursday in Port Bouët, capital Abidjan, wounding four people including a 15-year old girl, reports say. The aircraft according the national police took off from the airport, near the scene, with a French...

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