South Sudan criticizes US proposal to impose sanctions
JUBA, South Sudan—The South Sudanese government on Friday rejected United States’ call for an arms embargo and sanctions on the war-torn country. The U.S. government’s...
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Rwanda’s accountable economic governance gets EU fund
KIGALI, Nov. 18—The European Union (EU) Friday announced 20 million euro in fund to support Rwanda’s accountable economic governance. The funding agreement was inked Friday...
Canada extradites second genocide fugitive to Rwanda
The Canadian government has deported to Rwanda Henri Jean-Claude Seyoboka, a suspect of the 1994 genocide that killed close to 1 million Rwandans. Seyoboka, who...
African Union-backed Amisom troops to start exiting Somalia in 2018
The African Union troops serving in Somalia will leave the country starting in 2018. The AU mission has trained at least 20,000 Somali soldiers ahead...
Uganda’s military says investigating army captain for graft
KAMPALA —-Uganda’s military said on Wednesday it was investigating an army officer who is an aide to President Yoweri Museveni’s brother on charges that he...
KENYA EXTENDS DEADLINE TO CLOSE WORLD’S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP
Kenya’s interior minister says the government has extended by six months its deadline for sending home at least 280,000 Somali refugees to close the world’s...
AU troops kill 12 Al-Shabaab militants in S Somalia
Source: Xinhua Troops from the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have killed 12 Al-Shabaab militants and captured a town in the past two days...
Kenya sets fire to 5,000 illegal weapons in anti-crime campaign
NAIROBI: Kenya destroyed some 5,250 illegal firearms by fire on Tuesday as part of efforts to fight crimes like cattle rustling, carjackings and to eliminate...
Two Minnesota men sentenced for trying to aid Islamic State -local media
Two Somali-American men in Minnesota were sentenced on Tuesday for conspiring to support the Islamic State militant group, according to local media. Senior U.S. District...
