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Clashes Leave Scores Dead in Central African Republic

Clashes Leave Scores Dead in Central African Republic

Twenty-five people have been killed following two days of violence around the central town of Bambari. The UN warns of a “rise in tension in certain regions” of the Central African Republic. The UN force MINUSCA said Saturday that increasingly frequent bouts of deadly violence between rival sectarian militias claimed at least 25 lives in […]

Indian Prime Minister Modi’s African Safari

Indian Prime Minister Modi’s African Safari

Nearly nine months ago the third India-Africa Forum Summit, and the first that included all African states, was held with much fanfare in Delhi. There, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a range of measures, including extending lines of credit to African nations of up to $10 billion over the next five years, additional grant […]

Uganda to Pull Troops Out of Somalia As It Also Exits Central Africa Republic

Uganda to Pull Troops Out of Somalia As It Also Exits Central Africa Republic

Uganda is set to withdraw its troops from Somalia next year, ending a decade-long stay in the Horn of Africa country. The plan could worsen the security situation in the country that has been made ungovernable by terrorist groups, which have intensified attacks in the last few months. With 6,223 soldiers in Somalia, Uganda is […]

Somali Terrorists Launch Suicide Attack on Mogadishu Hotel and Take a Number of Hostages

Somali Terrorists Launch Suicide Attack on Mogadishu Hotel and Take a Number of Hostages

Somali militants have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, local security forces have confirmed. A suicide bomber is believed to have detonated a truck bomb at the gate of the hotel which was then stormed by a group of heavily-armed men. Captain Ali Ahmed of the Somali police force confirmed that suspected members of […]

Zimbabwe ‘Under Threat’ From Mozambique Conflict: Might Join The War

Zimbabwe ‘Under Threat’ From Mozambique Conflict: Might Join The War

AREAS along Zimbabwe’s border with Mozambique are under threat from the unrest rocking the neighbouring country following fresh clashes between the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) government and opposition Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo). Renamo, a rebel movement led by opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama, waged a 16-year civil war that ended in 1992 against Frelimo, which has […]

Five Police Officers Die in Kenya After Vehicle Is Hit By Rocket Propelled Grenade

Five Police Officers Die in Kenya After Vehicle Is Hit By Rocket Propelled Grenade

Five police officers who were escorting a passenger bus from Mandera were Monday morning killed after their vehicle was hit by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) near Kotulo. The attackers, police say, also burnt the vehicle. The officers were escorting the bus christened Desert Cruiser that was travelling to Nairobi. The passengers had spent the […]

Nineteen Migrants Found Suffocated in Truck At DRC-Zambia Border

Nineteen Migrants Found Suffocated in Truck At DRC-Zambia Border

Zambia has promised to step up its campaign against human trafficking in light of the deaths. Congolese border guards said 100 migrants had been crammed in to the back of a single truck. Congolese authorities confirmed on Saturday that they had discovered the bodies of 19 migrants who had asphyxiated in a Zambian-registered truck earlier […]

Nine people killed in Democratic Republic of Congo as government soldiers fight former rebels

Nine people killed in Democratic Republic of Congo as government soldiers fight former rebels

At least nine people have reportedly been killed in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after government soldiers prevented former rebels from leaving a camp for demobilised militia groups. The fighting erupted on Wednesday at a camp in Kamina, in the country’s southeast, that houses ex-fighters from the Rwandan-backed M23 group. The M23 […]

Boko Haram Kills 24 Mourners in Nigeria

Boko Haram Kills 24 Mourners in Nigeria

Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed 24 persons in Kuda -Kaya village of Madagali local Government Area of Adamawa State. This is as troops of Sector 5, 27 Task Force Brigade, 3 Division, in conjunction Civilian JTF from Maiduguri, have arrested a suspected terrorist kingpin, Ibrahim Jagwal, aged 38 at Gishiwa Dabua area of Potiskum, […]

Signs of Violence Ahead of Kenya’s 2017 Elections

Signs of Violence Ahead of Kenya’s 2017 Elections

With just over a year to go before Kenya holds its next general elections, the political climate in the country seems to be reaching a peak. The opposition’s so-called ‘Firimbi Movement’ (spear-headed by Parliamentary whistle-blowers from the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, or CORD) has been conducting regular demonstrations in order to force the country’s […]

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