Tunisia began voter registration for legislative and presidential elections
Tunis - Tunisia began voter registration on Monday for heavily-delayed legislative and presidential elections due to take place later this year.
The elections would consolidate...
Libya to ‘protect’ foreign nationals after Haftar’s threats
Libya's Foreign Ministry said Monday that it had nothing to do with a warning issued earlier by a rogue army general to Turkish and...
Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced on terrorism-related charges
Egypt's judiciary has dealt a shocking blow to the principle of free speech after three journalists for Al-Jazeera English were sentenced to between seven...
Ebola Forces Health Ministers’ to a meeting
The recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD) in neighboring Sierra Leone and the reoccurrence of the disease in Liberia, have forced...
Killings continue in Central African Republic
Bangui - Residents of the Central African Republic city of Bambari say that a militia attacked a nearby Muslim village and killed 18 of...
Nigeria blast at Kano health college kills at least eight people
An explosion has struck a public health college in Nigeria's second city of Kano, in the north, killing at least eight people, police say.
At...
Boko Haram war affecting economy, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday admitted in Kaduna that the activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect had overstretched the nation’s security and adversely...
Edo State deputy speaker’s convoy attacked by gunmen
The Deputy Speaker of Nigeria's Edo State House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, on Sunday said that his convoy was attacked by unknown gunmen near...
Rwandan Peacekeepers performing community work in Central African Republic
Rwanda’s Mechanised Infantry Battalion (RwaMechBatt1) serving in the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), on 21st June, conducted community work...
South Sudan rebels and government peace talks halt
ADDIS ABABA: Peace talks between South Sudan rebels and the government adjourned Monday with no progress made on forming an interim government or implementing...
