Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border crossings after more than a decade, amid warming ties between the two neighbors following years of tensions. Kenya has decided to reopen its border crossings with Somalia at Mandera, Lamu, and Garissa, effectively ending a 12-year barricade that began in 2011, Kenya’s interior minister said […]
The head of the Moroccan government, Saad Eddine El Othmani, has categorically denied the information circulated about a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the COVID-19 as fake news. A fake statement circulating online over the weekend claimed that the government is set to announce a lockdown on Sunday after a government council meeting. […]
The U.S. State Department announced the suspension of foreign assistance to Gabon in reaction to the military takeover which took place on August 30 with the removal of longtime leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, but reaffirmed commitment to support the central African country in conducting a timely and durable transition to democratic civilian governance. “The United […]
