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Kenyan deputy president heads to Hague for trial

YoopyaSep 9, 2013April 3, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s deputy president left for The Hague on Monday to face trial on charges that he helped orchestrate the country’s 2007-08

Police: 15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant

YoopyaSep 7, 2013April 21, 20240

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu’s seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday,

Kenya says Nigeria’s Dangote to build $400 million cement plant

YoopyaSep 7, 2013December 13, 20230

(Reuters) – Africa’s richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $400 million in a cement plant in Kenya, the east African nation’s president’s office

U.S. resumes aid to Mali after new president takes office

YoopyaSep 7, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – The United States on Friday lifted aid restrictions to Mali after the West African nation’s democratically elected government formally took office. U.S. assistance

Nigerian army kills 50 Islamists in their stronghold

YoopyaSep 7, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers have tracked down and killed 50 members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram in its northeastern stronghold, an army spokesman said

African mediators in Congo conflict call for talks in three days

YoopyaSep 6, 2013June 19, 20230

(Reuters) – African leaders trying to end an 18-month-old uprising in Congo called on Thursday for stalled talks between the government and eastern rebels to restart within

Senussi’s daughter: Libya ‘security forces’ behind kidnap

YoopyaSep 6, 2013June 25, 20230

A militia linked to Libya’s interior ministry has said it seized the daughter of former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi for her own protection. Anoud Abdullah

Kenya votes to quit global court, days before deputy president’s trial

YoopyaSep 6, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Kenya’s parliament voted on Thursday to quit the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, but the Hague-based tribunal said it would press ahead

Mali’s new president promises to bring peace, fight graft

YoopyaSep 5, 2013June 24, 20230

(Reuters) – Mali’s new president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, pledged to stamp out corruption and bring peace to the turbulent north as he was sworn in

Egypt’s interior minister survives bomb attack

YoopyaSep 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Egypt’s interior minister survived an assassination attempt on Thursday when a bomb blew up as his convoy drove through Cairo’s Nasr City district,