Africa

Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that his country had made a transition to democracy after years of turmoil since the uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Sisi made the remarks Saturday during his speech at Egypt’s parliament for the first time since it was …

Yaounde – Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 fighters Boko Haram after the launch of a cross-border operation in the Nigerian town of Goshi which also resulted in the death of a soldier, a senior military official said Friday. At least seven other soldiers were wounded in the operation on …

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra reaffirmed the rejection of foreign military intervention in Libya. They called for accelerating the composition of a unity government in Tripoli to complete the establishment of the Libyan institutions. During a meeting in Algiers, the two ministers underlined the …

Algeria and Tunisia on Sunday stressed their support for the political process in the war-torn Libya and rejecting any military intervention to resolve the crisis in the countries of North Africa. “We urge the Libyan rivals to meet to form a government of national reconciliation based in Tripoli to address …

The verdict in the trial of former Chadian President Hissène Habré tried in Dakar for “crimes against humanity” and whose defense called for the acquittal will be known on May 30, announced Thursday the African special tribunal it appears since July 2015. “We will end May 30, 2016 to deliver …

Fifty-eight people were killed Tuesday in a double suicide attack by two female suicide bombers in a camp for people displaced by the attacks of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-east Nigeria. The head of emergency services in the state of Borno (northeast), Satomi Ahmed told AFP Wednesday …

At least six civilians were killed and wounded thirty Wednesday morning in a double suicide bombing in Nguetchewe, village of the far north of Cameroon, which borders Nigeria regularly attacked by the Islamist Boko Haram, according to a security source. “Six civilians were killed, two more suicide bombers who blew …

New York – The UN wants to send independent forensic experts in Burundi to help authorities investigate allegations of mass graves in the war-torn country, a senior official said Wednesday. After a government security operation in December, witnesses have come forward with accounts of at least nine mass graves in …

Tripoli – Efforts to form a unity government of Libya are stumbling over the defense portfolio, an official said Wednesday that the internationally recognized parliament established a new period of one line-up. Libya has been in chaos since the ouster in 2011 of long-serving dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with two rival …

UN Secretary-General met Wednesday with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, discuss issues, including on Libya, Syria and Lebanon. At the meeting here, “the Secretary General stressed that the political process is the key to solving the political, security and humanitarian in Libya,” said spokesman Stephane Dujarric UN