The African Passport is due to be launched at the African Union Summit in Kigali by Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, with experts...
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Bashir is our guest and can’t be arrested here, Mushikiwabo says
President of Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir expected in Kigali for AU summit. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was duly invited to the ongoing African Union...
South Sudan violence to dominate AU meet
The African Union's goal of bringing peace to the continent by 2020 has been dealt a hammer blow by the fighting that raged for four...
Kiir and Machar order ceasefire in Juba, Machar in hiding
South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and first vice president Riek Machar have each ordered a ceasefire after nearly five days of clashes left hundreds dead...
South African twins charged over plot to bomb US embassy, Jewish targets
U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa © diplomacy.state.gov South African authorities have charged twin brothers who were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of plotting a...
Ethiopia blocks social media during national exams
Ethiopian officials have blocked social media sites across the country until the national school examination is concluded on Wednesday. Facebook and other social media websites...
Shooting, clashes in South Sudan’s capital raise fears for peace process
Gunfire rang out in South Sudan's capital on Friday hours after five soldiers died in clashes between rival factions, raising fears for a fragile peace...
Six killed in suicide attack on mosque in NE Nigeria: army
Nigerian army official blames the attack on 'Boko Haram terrorists' Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a...
11 Nigerian Governors Dragged To International Court Over Unpaid Salaries
A civil society organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has dragged 11 Nigerian state governors to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for failing to...
The Kuje Jail Break
Two notorious kidnappers standing trial for abducting, raping and killing Mrs. Edith Chinedu Aliyu recently executed a daring escape from the Kuje Medium Security Prisons,...
Niger-Delta Avengers Denies Arrest of Its Members, Dares SSS to Parade Suspects Before Reporters
The Niger Delta Avengers on Saturday said the announcement by the State Security Services to the effect that some of its members were arrested was...
Shabaab defectors claim German jihadist is dead
Jabha East Africa’s Twitter screenshot claiming Martin Andreas Mueller is dead. Jabha East Africa, an Islamic State-loyal group comprised of Shabaab defectors in East Africa, claims...
Sierra Leone diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria; $40M ransom
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Kidnappers in northwest Nigeria seized a diplomat from Sierra Leone on Friday and are demanding a $40 million ransom, that country's...
Beitbridge border post shut down by protest action
Trucks queue at the Beitbridge border post in Limpopo. Picture: SOWETAN A GROUP of South African traders staged a 5-hour blockade at the Beitbridge border...
Three killed, 91 injured in Madagascar ‘terror blast’
Wounded people sit at the University Hospital of Antananarivo (HJRA) to receive first aid after a bomb blast around 7.30 pm local time at Mahamasina...