EU extended mandate to NAVFOR Somalia operation

EU NAVFOR Somalia Operation Atalanta: Council prolongs the Operation and decides on new headquarters and new Operation Commander. Today, @EUCouncil prolongs @EUNAVFOR #Somalia Operation Atalanta, decides to relocate heaquarters to #Rota & to #Brest and chooses new Operation Commander, Vice Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave from @Armada_esp to take command from @MajGenStickland Read: https://t.co/sAa1wBDVSi — EU…

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Al-Qaeda in Mali claims rocket attack

Nusrat al-Islam militants claim the mortar (or rocket) attack carried out on July 29th 2018 against a #MINUSMA military camp in Aguelhok, Kidal region. The group also says that it will not end its attacks against  France until French soldiers have left their country. #Mali: #JNIM claimed today's mortar/rocket attack that targeted the #MINUSMA base…

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Zimbabwe electorate heads to poll stations

Zimbabwe electorate heads to the poll stations in the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, a milestone moment of hope to  end the country of its global pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy. Tomorrow, we will go out as one, with peace and love in our hearts, and we…

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Russia assisting Africa energy projects

The African continent is in vital need of energy investments, and Russia could become one of its key partners, according to President Vladimir Putin attending #BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. “I would especially like to underline that Russia is planning to step up its assistance in development of national energy in African states,” said the Russian…

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Boko Haram attacks at Lake Chad

Attack attributed to Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad region left behind 18 people dead, a Chadian military source said on Sunday. “Boko Haram elements attacked a village south of Daboua,” not far from Chad’s border with Niger, at around 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on July 19,  the military source said. The assailants “cut…

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Somali girl death after genital mutilation reminds of gruesom tradition

Human rights defenders expressed hope the death of a 10-year-old Somali girl bled to death after a failed female genital mutilation (FGM) may help raise awareness about the dangerous health risks associated with the ritual in a country almost 100% of women and girls are cut. An estimated 200 million girls and women worldwide have…

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EU provides €200 million aid to Somalia

The Forum in Brussels, organised by the European Union together with the Federal Government of Somalia and the Kingdom of Sweden, gathered representative from 58 countries and 6 international organisations. It brought together the Somali President Abdullahi Mohamed, High Representative Federica Mogherini and Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström. he conference aimed at raising awareness and…

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Malawi vice-president Chilima launched political party

Malawi’s vice-president Saulos Chilima launched his own political party to run against the government in elections next year, persisting in his public criticism on President Peter Mutharika’s cabinet. Chilima, 45, was handpicked Mutharika to run alongside him in 2014 on the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) ticket. Chilima says he will expose APM's corrupt regime Vice…

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Tripoli rejects EU illegal migrants platforms

Tripoli rejects a European Union’s plan to establish migrant centers and it will not be attracted by financial inducements, Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said. Rejection of  Fayez al-Sarraj aborted the Italian proposal to organise reception and identification platforms for migrant processing in Africa as a means of resolve divisions among European governments over how to…

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