US commandos capture another Benghazi attacker
A man suspected of being involved in the fatal 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, where American Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed, is heading back to the US for trial, Mustafa al Imam, who was living in the Libyan capital Tripoli, was captured by US Navy Seals and an FBI hostage rescue team […]
Odinga calls for peaceful demonstrations against Kenya’s election result
There’s been a mixed reaction to Kenya’s opposition Raila Odinga speaking out after President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner of last week’s re-run election. Some say Odinga was misguided to boycott the poll and hand the contest to Kenyatta on a plate. Others are calling him the father of democracy. Raila Odinga reacts to […]
Roadmap for peace in South Sudan
Former South Sudanese political detainees have a produced a roadmap for peace in Africa’s youngest country best by civil war almost since it seceded from Sudan six years ago. It requires both President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar to step down and find asylum in willing countries. It is not clear if US […]
Central and West African state move towards visa-free access
Central and West African countries have breathed new life into a decades-old dream of enables visa-free travel between their citizens. A summit in Chad’s capital N’jamena ratified a 17-year-old agreement binding a market of 30-million consumers. Equatorial Guinea and Gabon are two small, oil-rich states that have had reservations about allowing visa-free access to […]