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Angola on Way to Leave pro-Polisario Camp

Angola, one of the last few countries in the continent to maintain ties with the Polisario separatist militias, is on course to join its voice to the bulk of African countries supporting Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern territories, the Sahara. The talks King Mohammed VI held Wednesday with Angolan President Joao Lourenço […]

Mauritania: Guantanamo inmate returns back home after a 13 year detention

The US defence department announced Thursday they repatriated a Mauritanian national who had been held at the US notorious prison of Guantanamo for 13 years. Although the former detainee, Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, was cleared in 2010, he was kept in detention after he protested against mistreatment. “The United States coordinated with the Government of […]

Somalia: at least 100 killed, 300 injured in “heinous” Mogadishu car bombing

There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu Saturday (29 October), blamed on the Al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab terrorist organization, which has seen at least 100 killed and close to 300 others injured. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement after visiting the site of the […]