UNSC urges Burundi dialogue
The United Nations Security Council diplomats on Friday told Burundi officials that the country’s crisis that has left hundreds dead
Zimbabwe authorities kill ivory poacher
An ivory poacher in northern Zimbabwe was killed in a shootout with police and ten tusks recovered, a conservation group
Ex-Burundi Presidents appeal for peacekeeping force
Two former Burundi presidents pleaded for the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to back the deployment of international troops
New Ebola case, second this month, reported in Sierra Leone
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, officials said Thursday, the second since West Africa celebrated
Activists call for oil drilling ban at famed mountain gorilla park
International environment and rights groups on Thursday launched a joint plea to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ugandan governments
Terrorism worse than Ebola says Chad’s President
“Terrorism is like an epidemic, worse than Ebola, worse than any illness,” Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno declared on Thursday.
Somali forces end siege of a Mogadishu restaurant, 20 killed
Somalia’s security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed
China to build the new administrative capital city in Egypt
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El –Sisi witnessed the signing of 21 technical and economic deals
Cairo keen to double Chinese investment in 2016
Chinese investments are just over $5 billion but the Egyptian government is targeting to double these numbers in 2016. Bilateral
Xi Jinping in Egypt: 2016 marks 60 years of diplomatic ties
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi earlier held an official welcoming ceremony for President Xi in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. After the