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Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was following developments in Iraq with great concern and appealed against any further escalation. The statement came after a U.S. air strike that killed the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani. “The Foreign Ministry is following with great concern accelerating developments in Iraq, which augur an escalation it is important to… Read More

Gunmen on Thursday killed 19 people in a raid on a rural community in central Nigeria night, police said Friday. The assailants, yet unidentified, attacked the village of Tawari in Kogi State, 100 kilometres south of the federal capital Abuja, and then set fire to the houses. “They burned houses, a school, a church and the residence of the traditional… Read More

More than 2,000 participants from 68 countries are expected at the Creative Africa Exchange (CAX) Weekend which opens in Kigali, Rwanda on January 16 in what the organisers are describing as Africa’s first continental event dedicated to promoting exchange within the creative and cultural industry. Organised by Times Multimedia (TMM) and sponsored by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and other… Read More

The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the country’s west. On Friday, Khalifa Hafter said that his government, which is seeking to capture the capital Tripoli, would “declare confrontation” with Turkish troops. “The… Read More

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has pardoned thirty prisoners including political activist Peter Biar and Businessman Karbina Wol Agok as gesture towards peace and reconciliation, following the country’s implementing a fragile peace deal. The presidential decree releasing the thirty convicts were announced on State based media on Thursday evening in the capital, Juba. The decision followed the President’s visit to… Read More

Central African police will return to the PK5 neighborhood of the capital Bangui for the first time since 2013 after an exercise to disarm militiamen in the area. Government troops and UN forces collected weapons from vigilante groups in the area following deadly clashes between traders and militia fighters. The PK5, the commercial centre of Bangui has been closed to… Read More

Losing candidates to reject results has become something of a “democratic culture” across much of Africa. In 2019 alone, losing candidates in about a half dozen countries rejected poll outcomes. The latest installment is from West African country of Guinea-Bissau where an opposition presidential candidate defeated the ruling party’s aspirant in a poll run-off. The runoff, a battle of two… Read More

Niger and Tunisia took their non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council joining three other new members joining the Council. The five incoming members of the Security Council – Vietnam, Estonia, Tunisia, Niger and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – on Thursday participated in a flag ceremony marking the start of their two-year terms. Abdou Abarry, Permanent Representative of… Read More

Egypt on Thursday strongly condemned a vote by Turkey’s parliament to allow a troop deployment to Libya, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Egypt said any such deployment could “negatively affect the stability of the Mediterranean region” and called on the international community to urgently respond to the move. Turky parliament had approved a bill to deploy troops to… Read More

American rapper Cardi B says she is filing for Nigerian citizenship citing the increasingly dangerous nature of being an American living in New York. “I’m filing for my Nigerian citizenship,” she wrote in a tweet that slammed U.S. president Donald Trump over his role in the escalating of tensions between the U.S. and Iran. America’s killing of a top Iranian… Read More