BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police raids on suspected terrorist hideouts in Tunisia left four officers and at least two suspects dead Wednesday. Police stormed a terror cell north of Tunis where a number of militants from across the country had gathered to plan what the police called “synchronized attacks.” Two militants were killed and […]
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh was sworn in for a fourth term in office Sunday in a ceremony attended by several regional heads of states and dignitaries. Guelleh took the oath of office at his presidential residence in the capital, Djibouti City. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, Somali President Hassan […]
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned Tuesday to the capital after fleeing two-and-a-half years ago as civil war broke out. Now back in Juba, he was sworn in as the country’s top vice president under President Salva Kiir. Machar’s and Kiir’s forces have waged a brutal war against each other since December 2013, a […]
Ethiopia says armed men have killed 140 people near its border with South Sudan and abducted at least 39 children. Ethiopia’s Communications Minister Getachew Reda said the attackers were members of South Sudan’s Murle tribe. He said security forces were chasing the attackers and had killed 60 so far. Ethiopia is hosting thousands of South […]
LARNACA, Cyprus, March 29 (Reuters) – A man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released all the people onboard except four foreign […]
