Security Beefed Up as Mogadishu Hosts IGAD Summit
06/09/2016Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which only a few years back was categorized by many as the most dangerous capital on Earth, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental.
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S.Sudan Agrees to New UN-Backed Peacekeeping Force
05/09/2016By Lou Lorscheider Facing intense international pressure, South Sudan has recently agreed to the deployment of a 4,000-member regional protection force approved last month by the United Nations Security Council..
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Zambia Church Groups Call for Peace Ahead of Friday’s Election Petition Ruling
02/09/2016By Peter Clottey Three Zambian church groups have called for peace ahead of an anticipated court ruling on the opposition’s challenge to the results of the August 11 presidential election..
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Nigerian Army Commander Says Only Weeks Left For Boko Haram
01/09/2016By Ulf Laessing and Lanre Ola Nigeria’s army expects to seize Boko Haram’s last few strongholds in the northeast over the next few weeks, the commander in charge.
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Kenya’s Kenyatta, S. Sudan’s Kiir, Discuss Shaky Peace Accord
31/08/2016The South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta met on Tuesday to discuss modalities on how to implementat the shaky peace accord that ended South.
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SADC Summit Looks to Consolidate Peace in Lesotho
30/08/2016Consolidating peace and security in the kingdom of Lesotho is high on the agenda as Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders meet Tuesday in Mbabane, Swaziland. Lesotho has witnessed political.
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Libya: ISIS All But Defeated in Moammar Gadhafi’s Hometown
25/08/2016ISIS is on the brink of being kicked out of the coastal Libyan city of Sirte — the extremist group’s most significant stronghold outside Syria and Iraq. Forces loyal to.
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Nigeria: Air Force Says Top Boko Haram Fighters Killed
24/08/2016By Lesley Wroughton Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged.
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Kerry Announces New Aid for S. Sudan and Kenya
23/08/2016By Mark Caldwell U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry has recently announced new aid packages for Kenya and South Sudan, while on an official visit to Nairobi. Additional aid will.
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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa
22/08/2016By: Wanjala Danson Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are retooling its counter-terrorism measures against a backdrop of grave threats from Somalia-based militant group, ‘al-Shabaab’. This was.
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