Quiet Partnership between China and Tunisia
China’s inroads into North Africa have been under increased scrutiny in recent years, yet its relationship with Tunisia has gone largely unreported. However, since...
Renegade Libyan General Tries To Impose Order With An Iron Fist
No one is safe in Libya these days. Judges, activists, human rights defenders and former officers in Moammar's Gadhafi's army are being silenced with...
Four soldiers killed in bus attack in North Sinai, Egypt
CAIRO - Unidentified assailants shot four soldiers dead on Saturday night in North Sinai's Rafah, security sources at the army said.
The attackers stopped a...
‘Missing’ SIS chief, Sunil Kakkad arrested in Liberia
The 'missing' chief of Ahmedabad-based Sai Info Systems (SIS) Sunil Kakkad has been arrested by interpol and the local police in Liberia in connection...
Eleven dead and 28 wounded in Nigeria brothel blast
An explosion in a brothel in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi has killed 11 people and wounded 28, police have said.
Suspicion for the...
SA man arrested for Windhoek rape and murder
A 35-year-old South African man has appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in connection with the murder and rape of a 58-year-old Windhoek West...
UN supports re-establishment of core public services
27 June 2014 – Amid the ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with...
South Sudan Refugees Flood into Kenya Only to Face Starvation
TURKANA, Kenya -- The refugees stream over Kenya's border by the hundreds, desperate to escape the horrific violence plaguing South Sudan.
But their safe haven...
Tourism minister Kandie on UK and US whistle stop tour
East Africa Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie is on a whistle stop tour of several United Kingdom and United States cities,...
Al-Shabaab still benefitting from Kismayu charcoal exports
Al-Shabaab is continuing to finance its operations through charcoal exports from the port of Kismayu, the United Nations Environmental Programme says in a new...
