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Egypt-Israel: Tel Aviv re-opens mission in Cairo four years after forced closure

Israel Wednesday officially re-opened its mission in Cairo four years after the building was stormed by protesters in September 2011, forcing the ambassador to operate from an unofficial location. The re-opening ceremony was attended by director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold, the Israeli and US ambassadors to Cairo and other diplomats. Gold said […]

Nigeria: Harvest devastated by severe flooding, millions in desperate need of food

Heavy rains destroyed 700,000ha of farmland in northern Nigeria, wiping out the main source of income for thousands of households and worsening the food security crisis. The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Ahmed, last month issued a warning of upcoming severe flooding this year as indicated by predictions from relevant agencies. […]

Mozambique: Court sends ex-president’s son, 10 accomplices, to prison for corruption

A court in Mozambique has sentenced the son of a former president, two ex-spy bosses, and eight others to years in prison for their part in a corruption scandal which saw hundreds of millions of dollars in government-backed loans disappear, crashing the southern African nation’s economy. Nineteen people, including state security officials, went on trial […]