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Somalia has termed the announcement Kenya to close Dadaab camp on security grounds a counterproductive measure warning the move could worsen the threat of terrorism in the region. In response…

By Reuters Uganda blocked social media sites including Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp before the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday of President Yoweri Museveni, whose re-election sparked protests and a crackdown on…

By Reuters Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Wednesday he did not want a third term in office but had to bow to entreaties from his people, who were not…

By Reuters Egypt opened its border with Gaza for the first time in three months on Wednesday, giving Palestinians a two-day respite from a closure stemming from friction between Cairo…

By Al Jazeera The Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF secretary general and co-founder Abdirahman Mahdi has said Somalis in the Ogaden region in Ethiopia must not give up their dream of self-determination…

By Reuters Member states of the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are not meeting until September, but some African countries have already drawn their battle lines…

Kenya’s foreign affairs minister Amina Mohamed has accused the international community of failing to support Kenya in dealing with the refugee situation forcing it to order closure of the refugee…

By Reuters An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for three journalists and three others charged with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and documents to Qatar.…

More than 450 people have been killed in Burundi in unrest that began a year ago, the police said in a report on the crisis that has raised fears of…