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Palestine: Egypt begins construction of wall at border with Gaza

Egypt Wednesday began construction of a concrete wall along border with Gaza to thwart illegal trafficking from inside the enclave controlled by the Hamas movement. Egyptian cranes and workers launched the construction along the lines of an old, lower barrier that stretches three kilometers (two miles) from Gaza’s southeastern tip at Karem Shalom to the […]

Chad’s soldiers sent to Mali for peace keeping operation return home

Chad’s transitional leader Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno welcomed home earlier this week the country’s contingent that operated in Mali under the UN peace keeping Mission known as MINUSMA for 10 ten years. The Chadian leader congratulated the soldiers and paid tribute to those lost during the counter-terrorism and peace keeping Mission in northern Mali, especially […]

Rwanda sets 15 July 2024 election date for presidential, legislative polls

Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on 15 July next year, the election commission said, with incumbent President Paul Kagame due to run for a fourth term in office to extend his roughly three decades in control of the East African country. A presidential order published in the National Gazette on 11 December has […]