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The Chairperson of the AU, President Idriss Deby addressing the General Assembly in Kigali. (Courtesy Photo) The 27th African Union Summit in Kigali closed Monday with a commitment to fast track initiatives designed to make the African Union Commission (AUC) financially independent. This, the summit concluded, will make the body more efficient and galvanise the continent’s ambition to […]

Mastermind of Friday’s bloody coup attempt, former air forces commander and Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) member General Akın Öztürk was detained and brought to Counter Terrorism Unit in Ankara for questioning. Öztürk had minor bruises on his face and arms, and was looking pretty tired while he was waiting for questioning. Several other top commanders […]

    ​The revised Somalia Maritime Code is being finalized at a four-day Stakeholders Forum, sponsored by International Maritime Organization (IMO) (Kigali, Rwanda 12-15 July).  The workshop is part of IMO’s ongoing technical assistance to the Federal Government of Somalia and regional authorities in establishing a Maritime Administration for Somalia capable of undertaking flag, port […]

As she lay in bed waiting for sunrise, Rahma Hussein Noor (pictured) had already made up her mind. She wouldn’t let her hopes and dreams remain buried deep inside her. She was determined to live life on her own terms. So at sunrise, she left her father’s house and crossed the border for a third time, and returned to […]

AA Photo Acting Chief of Staff Ümit Dündar said on Saturday that the Turkish Armed Forces have immediately brought down the coup attempt by the Gülenist Terror Organization. Speaking in a press conference in Istanbul, newly appointed acting Chief of Staff Dündar said that the commanders seized by coup plotters have been taken to an […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks to mediaTurkey, July 15, 2016. (REUTERS Photo) Turkey’s President has urged citizens to take to the streets in a show of support for the government after the military said it seized full control of the country. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, speaking to CNN-Turk through FaceTime, called the actions by the military […]

Situation largely under control after Turkey coup attempt by a group of soldiers, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said. The press secretary of Turkish intel agency MİT also said the situation was “back to normal” after the attempt that emerged in key state and military buildings in both Istanbul and the capital city of Ankara. […]

It was supposed to be day of celebration, but the Bastille Day event at the southern resort of Nice turned into a night of carnage when a truck driver drove into a crowd, leaving 84 dead. What do we know about the Nice terror attack suspect? (15 Jul 16) Latest: July 14th ‘terror attack’ in […]

UN agency urges heightened vigilance after H5N1 outbreaks in West and Central Africa 13 July – The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) altered Western and Central African governments to be vigilant, and to continue their raised surveillance and prevention efforts after H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks were recently confirmed in chicken farms in Cameroon. […]

10 July 2016 – Strongly condemning the escalating violence in and around the South Sudanese capital of Juba that began on 7 July, the United Nations Security Council today joined Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in calling for an end to the fighting, while separately demanding that President Salva Kiir and First Vice-President Reik Machar do their […]