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Somalia sets May presidential election despite insecurity

Somalia announced on Thursday that parliamentary and presidential elections would be held next year in the deeply fragmented country that faces a long-running Islamist...

Historic! Formula One returns to Africa after 33 years,Rwanda signs a 10 year deal to stage it

Formula 1 has announced a landmark 10-year agreement to bring the sport back to the African continent, with the Formula 1 African Grand Prix,...

Tens of thousands turn up in Addis Ababa for annual Irreecha festival

Tens of thousands of Oromo gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, on Saturday 10th October,to celebrate the Irreecha thanksgiving...

139 dead as a migrant boat capsized in Djibouti

At least 139 people, including 15 children, died when a migrant boat overturned on Thursday night near Djibouti while...

US sanctions International Criminal Court

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a new set of sanctions against the International Criminal Court...

Morocco overturns traditional North-South Paradigm by presenting Europe with a Concrete Strategic Vision

Presiding over the opening of the parliamentary year in Rabat, His Majesty King Mohammed VI delivered a decisive diplomatic...

Kenya confirms first Ebola case from a passenger who arrived from DRC

Kenyan authorities have confirmed the first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease in a Kenyan citizen who arrived...

King Mohammed VI appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first female head of government

King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s head of government on Tuesday, making her the...