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UN Expresses Dismay Over Human Rights Situation In Tunisia

The U.N. human rights office says it is seriously concerned about what it sees as a deteriorating human rights situation...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 12, 2022
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Man Accused Of South African Parliament Fire Faces Terrorism Charge

The South African man charged with arson for burning down large parts of the country’s historic parliament buildings has also...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 12, 2022
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Award-winning Ugandan Writer Charged For Offending Museveni And Son

A Ugandan author who wrote critical comments about President Yoweri Museveni’s son has been charged with offensive communications. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija’s...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 12, 2022
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Biden Voices Concerns About Ethiopia Fighting In Call To Prime...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, expressing his concern about ongoing hostilities in...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 11, 2022
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Mali Closes Borders After ECOWAS Sanctions For Delayed Polls

Mali’s military government on Monday responded to West African sanctions by closing its borders and withdrawing ambassadors from nations imposing...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 11, 2022
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Protesters Denounce Mali Government’s 5-Year Transition

Mali’s military government proposed in December a 5-year extension of the transition to civilian rule, after originally agreeing to a...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 10, 2022
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UN: Aid Agencies Suspend Work In Tigray Area Hit By...

Aid agencies have suspended operations in an area of Ethiopia’s stricken Tigray region where a deadly air strike hit a...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 10, 2022
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ECOWAS Holds Extraordinary Summit On The Political Situation In Mali

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 10, 2022
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US Names David Satterfield New Special Envoy For Horn Of...

US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 7, 2022
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Russian Troops Deploy To Timbuktu In Mali After French Withdrawal

Russian soldiers have deployed to Timbuktu in northern Mali to train Malian forces at a base vacated by French troops...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 7, 2022
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