According to a Yahoo news report, a government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea’s capital between opposition parties and security forces. The clashes are the latest iteration in the ongoing fight between the country’s opposition and the ruling party over the details of a much-delayed parliamentary election. Read article
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News24.com reports that Islamist militants staged brazen twin car bomb attacks on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and taking several trainee army officers hostage in the impoverished west African nation, the government said. The unprecedented attacks were claimed by an Islamist group as […]
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A massive traffic jam along the main highway to Mombasa was blocked yesterday for over 8 hours by striking truck drivers, with cars on both sides of the Mariakani weight bridge backed up for over 20 kilometers, eturbonews.com reports. As a result, safari vehicles were stranded for the duration, in the absence of any bypass […]
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The CBC reports that a 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry […]
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Gov.uk reports that there is a high threat from terrorism in Western Sahara. There is a threat of retaliatory attacks following the French military intervention in Mali. There is a threat of kidnapping in the immediate and wider regions. Take particular care in remote regions and border areas. Read article
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The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Mauritania, and urges those who travel to Mauritania to exercise extreme caution because of activities by terrorist groups in the region, including al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM continues to demonstrate its intent and ability to conduct attacks against foreign […]
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Libyaherald.com reports the Mellitah oil and gas complex, 22 kilometres west of Zawia, was attacked early this morning by an armed group. A number of soldiers guarding it are said to have been injured including the battalion commander, named as Colonel Gomaa Abdel Jalil. As many as 20 vehicles from the battalion, No. 103 from […]
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According to a news24.com report, two people were killed when a bus carrying 30 passengers was ambushed by armed men believed to be ex-rebels near Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, officials said on Sunday. The bus was attacked on Saturday near Gatumba on the outskirts of Bujumbura and close to the border with the Democratic Republic of […]
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Tunisialive.net reports that clashes between supporters of a Salafist group and the police Sunday in the Ettadhamen suburb in Tunis resulted in the death of 27 year-old Moez Dahmani, according to state news agency TAP. The Tunisian Ministry of the Interior stated that 11 policemen and three protesters were injured during yesterday’s confrontations. The clashes […]
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As reported by cajnewsagency.com, “HEALTH authorities in Kenya are on high alert following a suspected outbreak of a dengue fever, a highly infectious tropical disease. Fourteen suspected cases were reported in Mombasa County on Tuesday, according to district health officer Shem Patta. Dr Patta, who is working with a team of researchers from Kenya Medical […]
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