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President Rouhani: Vienna plan, game-changer in Syria & Yemen crisis

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani argued on Sunday that the July 14 historic pact with world powers was significant and would help bring solutions to on-going and brutal wars taking place in Syria and Yemen. Hassan Rouhani told the Iranians in a televised speech that the region will be a better place to live after his […]

Scores killed in Mali and Burkina Faso in attacks blamed on jihadists

At least 17 soldiers and four civilians, including local elected officials, were killed Sunday (7 August) in Mali and 15 soldiers in Burkina Faso on Tuesday (9 August), the latest in a series of such attacks as both countries battle a jihadi insurgency. The Sunday attack in the town of Tessit in the three-border zone […]

Lawmaker close to ruling regime in Benin under investigation

Benin’s Central Office of Protection of Minors has launched an investigation against Nougbognon Hyppolite Hazounme, a lawmaker of Union Progressite Le Renouveau; a party ally of President Patrice Talon, reports say. The office did not reveal the rationale behind the probe but Hazounme has been accused by his secretary of alleged rape. The lawmaker reportedly […]