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SNA soldiers killed in central Somalia after IED attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least six members of the Somali National Army was killed Wednesday after a landmine explosion in central Somalia, officials said in an attack that comes barely a week after dozens of soldiers were deployed to the region.
Officials said the soldiers were killed after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device near Bal'ad town in Middle Shebelle, where al-Shabaab militants have been battling SNA troops for the past week as the government moves with speed to control the region.…
Uncertainty at the heart of the mini-summit between the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola
After several postponements, the mini-summit between the heads of state of the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola was held at a video conference on Wednesday, October 7th. The initiator of this virtual meeting, Félix Tshisekedi attended from the city of Goma, on the border with Rwanda. Several topics were on the menu, but security issues played a large role in the discussions.…
the malagasy tourism sector is trying to hold on to the crisis
Tourist operators in Madagascar predict the slaughter of "small tourist operators", these small hoteliers, restaurateurs or tour operators who could not withstand the crisis. While waiting for better days, each resists in their own way and prepares for return, no matter how remote the tourists are.
as reported from Farafangana,
In 17 years of existence, the tour operator “Always Madagascar” had never had as many reservations as for 2020. Covid-19 commits to, 90% of its tours have been canceled. But several customers…
Two were found guilty, one acquitted in Kenya Westgate attack case
In tonigh's version: A Kenyan court finds two men guilty of aiding al Shabaab in Westgate mall attacks. 67 people were killed in the 2013 violence. And once the world's leader in phosphates, Tunisia is now importing the product. We bring you a report on the impact of both covid 19 and social movements on the country's phosphate industry. And Madagascar's tourism sector continues to suffer from the…
Ethiopian parliament votes to cut ties to Tigray region
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian lawmakers have ruled that federal officials should cut ties with leaders in the northern Tigray region who defied Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month by holding elections his government considered "illegal."
The decision, announced late on Tuesday by the House of Federation, the upper house of parliament, promotes the collapse of relations between Abiy and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics before Abiy came to power in 2018 and is still under…
start of breach between the authorities of Addis Ababa and the state of Tigray
In Ethiopia, members of the federal parliament have begun announcing the modalities of the gap between the authorities in Addis Ababa and the regional state of Tigray in a state of de facto insurgency. The latter, for his part, no longer considers the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "legitimate", given that his term expired on Monday.
The Ethiopian federal government will no longer have any interaction with the exercise of the state of Tigray and its various bodies. From now on, he will only have to deal with the…
two defendants convicted in the Westgate attack case in 2013
Two defendants were convicted during the trial of the attack on the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2013. The third was acquitted.
From our correspondent in Nairobi
Seven years as a family awaited this judgment. After five suspensions and more than three hours of reading, Judge Francis Andayi finally declared two of the three guilty suspects of "conspiracy", "support" or even "possession of objects linked to an act of terrorism".
The first, Mohamed Ahmed Abdi, taught Islam in Nairobi.…
Kenyan court finds two men guilty of a deadly Westgate
A Kenyan court on Wednesday found two men guilty of their role in helping al-Shabaab gunmen who attacked the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi in 2013 and killed 67 people. A third man accused of the attack was acquitted.
Following a trial that began in January 2014, Judge Francis Andayi found that Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa conspired with and assisted the four assailants who died in a siege claimed by the Somali-based al-Qaida-based group.
The third accused, Liban Abdullahi Omar, was acquitted of…
NISA negotiates release of Cuban doctors in possession of Al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two Cuban doctors kidnapped by Al-Shabaab militants have been released, 18 months after their dramatic abduction, raising eyebrows over the doctor's security in Kenya, where their government had reached an agreement with Nairobi as part of strengthening bilateral ties.
Surgeon Landy Rodríguez and general medicine specialist Assel Herrera were kidnapped on April 12, 2019, when the car in which they were traveling to the hospital in the border town of Mandera was attacked by alleged members of the…
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants inject bus with bullets
NAIROBI, Kenya - Suspected Al-Shabaab militants detained a Nairobi-bound bus in the latest attack inside Kenyan territory, a senior police officer said in an attack that left at least eight passengers badly wounded inside the porous northeastern region.
Joshua Kitakwa, deputy commissioner for Mandera South, said the latest attack took place between El-Wak and Kotulo towns near the border with Mandera and Wajir counties. It is the first attack in Kenya by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in so many months.
"We still…