Al Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly attack on Mogadishu hotel
Terror group Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack on an upmarket Mogadishu hotel. Five people were killed in the attack and Somali security forces say they killed five militants. This is the third time in recent years that the hotel near the presidential palace in Mogadishu has been attacked. Security forces rescued 85 […]
Aung Sun Suu Kyi defends Myanmar against charges of genocide
Having listening impassively to the case made by Gambia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has defended her country Myanmar against charges of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. She says the allegations from the West African state a re incomplete and misleading. ends intro Aung San Suu Kyi didn’t have to appear […]
Abiy Ahmed’s critics doubt he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s refusal to engage the media before and after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo yesterday has increased protests at home and abroad about his receiving this honour. This is expected to continue into the election campaign he faces in Ethiopia next year. Domestic rivals of Prime Minister Abiy […]
Algeria prepares for the unwanted election
Algerians are preparing to go the polls tomorrow for what’s popularly known as the unwanted election. Thousands of protestors were on the streets of Algiers say the five candidate contesting the presidential race are all to close to the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika they brought down last April. Algerian authorities are inviting tomorrow’s election […]