• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Somalia: Suicide attack at Mogadishu police camp kills 15

    A militant of al-Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab blew himself up Thursday in a police camp on Thursday in capital Mogadishu killing 15 security forces, reports say. The attack took place in General Kahiye Police Training Academy during...

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  • Terrorism: AU wary about return of around 6,000 IS fighters

    The African Union (AU) via the voice of its Commissioner for Peace and Security called on African countries to brace up and closely collaborate in the fight against terrorism noting that around 6,000 fighters of the Islamic...

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  • Liberia: AU, ECOWAS urge Sirleaf to stay out of electoral process

    The African Union (AU) and the West African regional block (ECOWAS) Wednesday asked President Ellen Jonson Sirleaf to stay away from the electoral process and the dispute that has emerged following October 10 elections over fraud and...

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  • Somalia: Police commander sacked after string of terror attacks

    The Somali government Sunday ended functions of police commander General Abdihakin Dahir Saiid and director general of the National Intelligence Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali following another terror attack in capital Mogadishu which left 29 people...

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