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A suspected Islamic State militant and bomb maker went on trial in a Moroccan court on terrorism charges after his arrest in cooperation with U.S. intelligence, Reuters reports. The 24-year-old Moroccan was active in the city of Sala Al Jadida near the capital, Rabat, and was in the advanced stages …

At least seven people were killed Thursday in a clash between al-Shabab fighters and Somali security forces in a town north of the capital Mogadishu, a police officer and residents said. According to police and residents in Balad, a town located at the north of Mogadishu, the al Qaeda-linked group’s …

Heavy flooding in South Sudan has destroyed around 37,624 tonnes of grain this year, according to the latest preliminary report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It said 65,107 hectares of land have been submerged since May. “A preliminary FAO analysis indicates that around 65,107 …

Eight Rwandan nationals have permanently been expelled from Niger for diplomatic reasons, the Nigerien Interior and Decentralization minister, Hamadou Adamou Souley has announced. In a decree signed on Monday, the minister notified that the people concerned had seven days to permanently leave the country. “The people whose names follow are …

At least 31 people have died and eight miners are still missing on Tuesday after a gold mine collapsed in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, local media reported. The bodies of the dead and injured miners were reportedly removed from the collapsed mine. Gold mining is a major source of foreign …

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble spoke by telephone with Molly Phee, a senior U.S. official about the political situation in his country, Reuters reported. Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, federal government spokesman and senior adviser to PM Roble, said on Twitter the prime minister spoke to Molly Phee, U.S. assistant secretary …

The Comorian president by a decree on Thursday, December 23, made vaccination against the Coronavirus compulsory on his territory. President Azali Assoumani said this is the perfect solution to deal with the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in recent days. To achieve this goal, five days of paid …

Libya’s parliament on Tuesday suspended its session until next week without a vote on any of the proposals raised on Monday for handling the fallout of last week’s delayed election, Reuters agency reports. The session in Tobruk on Monday and Tuesday represented a first effort by Libya’s fractured political class …

A South African court has halted oil giant Shell’s seismic testing for oil and gas along the country’s eastern coastline, pending a final ruling. In his ruling, High Court Judge Gerald Bloem said that Shell’s right to explore the waters near the Wild Coast “was awarded on the basis of …

Two people were killed by a pack of hyenas in Kamuthi, a village about 50 kilometers east of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi local police said on Tuesday. The pack, made up of around 20 animals, first attacked a man in the village of Kamuthi, near the town of Thika, as …