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Somalia: President urges citizens to flush out ‘bedbugs’ at rally against al-Shabab

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to help flush out members of the al-Shabaab jihadist group he describes as “bedbugs,” as hundreds of people in the country’s capital Mogadishu attended a government-organized rally to protest against the group’s bloody insurgency. Sheikh Mohamud declared “all-out” war against Islamist fighters shortly after he came to office […]

Guinea: Media unions suspend protests amid talks with media regulator

Guinea’s main media unions suspended Sunday December 10 a set of actions including media blackout scheduled for this Monday December 11 to give chances for success to ongoing talks with media regulator HAC that demanded French cable network Canal+ to suspend sine die three private media over security reasons. URTELGUI, AGUIPEL, REMIGUI, AGEPI and AGPE […]

Egypt Accuses Qatar of Backing Terrorism at UN Session

Egyptian officials have pointed fingers at Qatar for supporting terrorism during a U.N. session on Tuesday, held at the initiative of Egypt and chaired by Egypt’s Permanent Representative Amr Aboul Atta. During the session, a list enumerating Qatar’s violations of the UN arms embargo on Libya was circulated with allegations that Doha is a key […]