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Equatorial Guinea votes with veteran ruler poised to extend 43 years in power

Equatorial Guinea went to the polls, with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been in power for more than 43 years, all-but certain of winning a record sixth term in what is one of the most authoritarian and enclosed states in the world. The 80-years-old has had the longest tenure of any living head […]

Egypt: Bomb blast kills several people in Cairo

A bomb blast killed at least ten people including seven security forces on Thursday in Cairo, in El-Haram district of the Giza governorate as security forces tried to flash out militants hiding in an apartment. The bomb went off as the squad was trying to defuse it, killing seven security forces and three civilians living […]

Congo: Students in restive North Kivu province unveil long range missiles to be used against M23 rebels

Congolese students in conflict-plagued eastern province of North Kivu have tested successfully long-range missiles and explosives capable of attacking the positions of powerful M23 rebels sowing havoc in the region. The students from the ISTA, the regional applied technical Institute in the provincial city of Goma, reportedly unveiled long range surface-to-surface missiles and explosives. They […]