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Mali’s separatist war ends at last

YoopyaJun 30, 2015July 1, 20230

Northern Azawad rebels agree to ‘federalism in all but name’ with Bamako, formally ending conflict that erupted in January 2012. The rebels of northern Mali,

How Britain’s khat ban devastated an entire Kenyan town

YoopyaJun 26, 2015July 1, 20230

Mild stimulant used to be Maua’s most valuable export, bringing prosperity to all involved. A year since it was outlawed, the local economy has been

Chad arrests five and bans burqa after suicide bombings

YoopyaJun 18, 2015July 2, 20230

N’DJAMENA Chad said on Wednesday it had arrested at least five suspects and had banned religious burqas after suicide bombings blamed on the Islamist Boko

S. Africa: Actress Angelina Jolie joins African Union summit

YoopyaJun 18, 2015July 2, 20230

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Appearing at an African Union summit in South Africa on Friday, actress Angelina Jolie, who is also a United Nations special envoy

Egypt’s Morsy: Death sentence upheld; life term in second case

YoopyaJun 17, 2015July 1, 20230

Cairo (CNN)A court in Egypt upheld a death sentence Tuesday against former President Mohamed Morsy. Morsy, 63, was sentenced to death last month for his

AU head Mugabe says international court unwelcome in Africa

YoopyaJun 16, 2015July 1, 20230

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zimbabwean leader and African Union chairman Robert Mugabe on Tuesday harshly criticized the International Criminal Court after Sudan’s president dodged an international

Egypt court confirms ousted President Morsi’s death sentence

YoopyaJun 16, 2015July 1, 20230

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi over the mass 2011 prison break that

Pope says to visit Africa in November, may go to Kenya

YoopyaJun 13, 2015July 2, 20230

Pope Francis on Friday said he planned to visit the Central African Republic and Uganda in November, and hoped to go to Kenya, during his

Burundi’s Khadja Nin joins anti-Nkurunziza ranks

YoopyaJun 13, 2015July 2, 20230

Celebrated Burundian singer Khadja Nin added her voice on Friday to the chorus of critics of President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose bid for a third term

Nigeria’s Buhari meets peers to hammer out Boko Haram force

YoopyaJun 11, 2015July 1, 20230

New Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met his regional counterparts in Abuja on Thursday to set up a joint military force against Boko Haram, the latest