Sheikh Nur Barud Gurhan, one of Somalia’s top religious scholars, has died of coronavirus in the capital Mogadishu, a colleague said Wednesday. Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, head of the Somali…
The guided-missile destroyer Winston Churchill seized thousands of illicit weapons — including AK-47 assault rifles and heavy sniper rifles — from two dhows off the coast of Somalia last week…..…
Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly knowns as Bobi Wine, has threatened to withdraw an election petition against President Yoweri Museveni, citing “bias” and “frustration” from the Supreme Court. On…
Paul Rusesabagina has faced down murderous militias and been feted in Hollywood. On Wednesday, the former hotelier, depicted as a hero in a movie about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, will defend…
The United States approved an arms sale worth nearly $200m to Egypt but vowed to press human rights issues after an American activist reported his family had been harassed. The…
Several thousand Algerians rallied in a northern town Tuesday, almost two years since the start of the “Hirak” protests which swept former strongman Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. Demonstrators brandished Algerian…
Speculations abound as whether the first Libya’s snow could be a good omen or not. The Green Mountain in northeastern Libya was veiled white this week as snow fell in…
The government of the United States of America said everything possible must be done to stop Ebola outbreaks in Guinea and Democratic Republic of Congo before they become large epidemics…
The Nigerian health authorities have put health workers on red alert following the resurgence of Ebola epidemic in Guinea. While speaking at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, Minister…
Nine students of Vaatia College located in Màkurdi the Benue State Capital have been allegedly hospitalized, following an outbreak of a strange disease in the School. To this end, the…