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Recurrent clashes between government forces and the moderate Islamist groups, Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah in Guri El have entered its third month this March, claiming many lives and immense destruction. We…

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has ruled that an article in an election-related law was unconstitutional, paving the way for a possible delay in long-awaited parliamentary elections. The Supreme Constitutional Court’s…

Australia today said it was trialling a “world first” system with Malaysia and Indonesia that increases the tracking of aircraft over remote oceans, allowing authorities to quickly react to abnormal…

A first Iranian flight has landed in the Yemeni capital, a day after officials from the Shia-controlled city signed an aviation agreement with Tehran. The Mahan Air plane arrived in…

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has held talks in the Syrian capital to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged northern city of Aleppo. De Mistura…

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, plans to limit the US diplomatic presence in Venezuela and require American tourists to obtain visas, amid growing tensions between the two countries. Maduro said the…

A Guinea national was at the weekend arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while carrying 11.8 kilogrammes of heroin valued at Sh35.5 million. Ramady Diakite was traveling from Arusha,…

Sierra Leone’s Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the death of one of his bodyguards from Ebola, a government spokesman said as the country reintroduced travel…

The Malian government has signed a peace agreement with some northern rebel groups but the main Tuareg armed coalition asked for more time to consult its grassroots. The deal, hammered…