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Sierra Leone: Main opposition presidential candidate claims assassination bid as vote tally underway

Senior officials from Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Sunday (25 June) accused the country’s military of an assassination attempt on opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara, which came a day after presidential, parliamentary and local elections took place following a tense campaign marred by violence. It is a vote, in which President Julius Maada Bio […]

Mother of jailed UK-Egyptian vows to maintain hunger strike

Laila Soueif, mother of Egyptian-British blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been detained in Egypt for more than five years, is continuing her hunger strike. Laila Soueif, 68, who has not eaten for 59 days, has urged British Foreign Minister David Lammy to take action to secure her son’s release. The blogger was arrested in […]

Fathi Bashagha denies penning The Times piece critical of Russia

Fathi Bashagha, one of Libya’s Prime Ministers, has denied being the author of an article in British media The Times in which he offers to the United Kingdom (UK) his partnership to curb Russia’s influence in the oil-rich African country. In the article titled ‘Libya wants to stand with Britain against Russian aggression’ Bashagha was […]