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At least 14 people have been killed in clashes between herders and farmers in northeastern Central African Republic, near the border with Chad, which has been plagued by deadly conflicts between these communities. “It all started from a misunderstanding between a farmer and a herder who brought his cattle to a field” in Tiri, Ibrahim Senoussi, mayor of this commune… Read More

At least 15 people were killed Tuesday morning in a suicide attack on an army training center in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an officer at the scene told AFP. A suicide bomber, “disguised as a soldier”, blew himself up in front of recruits “who were lining up in front of the” General Dhegobadan military camp in the east of the… Read More

The night nurse of Diego Maradona, the first member of his medical team to appear Monday before the Argentine prosecutor’s office, denied having abandoned his patient to a slow agony, ensuring that he “received orders not to wake him up”. According to Franco Chiarelli, the nurse’s lawyer, his client “noticed some warning signs”, which he transmitted, but that only “professionals… Read More

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi — accompanied by wife and first lady Denise Nyakéru, paid a visit on Monday to Goma city where the recent volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo devastated the area. The Head of State took time to assess the damage inflicted in and around the city by the volcano’s fiery spurts and promised… Read More

Senegal’s army reported Monday that it had captured several rebel posts and camps in Casamance of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) around Badème — and along the border between the towns of Bagame and Bouniak. The offensive left two army personnel wounded, an officer who stepped on an anti-personnel mine and a soldier who was shot, a… Read More

Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda, 97, has been admitted to hospital, his office announced Monday, as the southern African country battles a surge in COVID-19 cases. Kaunda asked for “all Zambians and the international community to pray for him as the medical team is doing everything possible to ensure that he recovers,” according to the statement issued by Kaunda’s administrative… Read More

If you dig into the soil of Sint. Eustatius, you might sooner or later discover traces of a frightful past. The former Dutch colony was once an important center for the slave trade in the Caribbean. Many descendants are searching for their roots, like Sherees Timber. “I don`t know much about the history of my own family. I know about… Read More

Kenya will reopen its embassy in Somalia “as soon as possible”, Nairobi authorities announced on Monday, responding favorably to a proposal from their neighbour for the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs had sent a letter last weekend to his Kenyan counterpart inviting him to reopen the Kenyan diplomatic representation in Mogadishu,… Read More

Sudan will only be willing to strike an interim deal with Ethiopia over its Nile dam on conditions including assurance of further talks, the water minister said Monday. Downstream Egypt and Sudan have been pushing upstream Ethiopia to ink a binding deal over the filling and operation of its mega dam on the Blue Nile that broke ground in 2011.… Read More

Two Malian soldiers were killed Saturday night in the north of the country in an attack blamed on jihadists while eight peacekeepers were wounded Sunday in a mine explosion in the center of the country. “Two of our men were killed by terrorists Saturday night in an attack on one of our checkpoints 60 km southwest of Gao,” a military… Read More