The Islamic state (EI) claimed the attack against a checkpoint that killed five policemen and three wounded in north Sinai on Wednesday night. “Unidentified people opened fire on a force-El Etlawi up security in the center of the city of Al-Arish, capital of North Sinai province,” said Thursday

Nairobi – Burundian rebels named a fugitive ex-general who fled after leading a failed coup bid last May as their leader on Thursday, hours before UN Security Council ambassadors were expected in Bujumbura. Ex-general Godefroid Niyombare, a former intelligence chief, is the leader of the Forebu rebels, said spokesperson Edward …

New York – UN Security Council ambassadors headed to Burundi on Wednesday to push the government to open up serious talks with the opposition and agree to an African Union force that could prevent a slide to all-out war. It is the second time in less than a year that …