AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Egypt: Giza tourist bus explosion

A device went off close to the Giza Grand Museum fence as the bus was passing. Explosion hits tourist bus near #Giza pyramids#Egypt pic.twitter.com/QY0Dx6ru8o — Ruptly (@Ruptly) May 19, 2019 It is not yet known who was behind the bombing but Islamist militants have attacked tourists in Egypt in the past. #Breaking An explosive device…

Cuban doctors recalled from Somalia-border regions

Authorities in Kenya withdrew 10 Cuban doctors from the northeastern region, where suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen abducted two medics last week and moved them into neighboring Somalia. (Image: illustration). The doctors were recalled from Wajir, Tana River, Garissa, Isiolo and Lamu counties, according to the Kenyan Ministry of Health. The regions are either along or next to those…

Al-Shabaab expands into Kenya

Somali radical Islam insurgents are making their own explosives, according to a confidential U.N. report explaining their frequent and deadly attacks. U.N. says Somali militants using home-made explosives to step up attacks https://t.co/b79doRIhOM — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) May 17, 2019 The Somali al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabab extends attacks beyond borders, by recruiting new members outside Somali clans,…

Niger military slain in ambush

More than 17 soldiers in Niger were killed and 11 went missing in an ambush close to Mali border, a government spokesman said. #Niger: Army detachment ambushed in the area of Tongo Tongo-Bella Beri, #Tillabery, 22 soldiers (several wounded) rejoined base in Ouallam, remaining 30 including unit commander missing in action pic.twitter.com/0BdzebWcV3 — MENASTREAM (@MENASTREAM)…

Four dead in Sudan protests

One policeman and three protesters were killed in Sudan Khartoum and many other demonstrators were wounded, state TV said. The Transitional Military Council (TMC), which took over after the army overthrew President Omar al-Bashir in April blamed the violence on saboteurs who demonstrated discontent with the transition deal. Four die in #Sudan protests as military rulers say won't allow…

#LPS19: ESA upgrades Africa partnerships

Professor Dr.Martin VISBECK (@mvisbeck), head of research at Geomar, shares his views on developing new partnership with Africa on preventing natural disasters and shaping relevant strategies between ESA and African institutions and universities. The interview granted at Living Planet Symposium Milan Italy #LPS19 The European Space Agency’s 2019 Living Planet Symposium has opened its working sessions today…

French soldiers slain in Burkina Faso hostage operation

Four hostages have been rescued by the military in Burkina Faso, the Ministry of foreign affairs of France informed in a communique. #Bénin pic.twitter.com/uj4YttnGXC — Jean-Yves Le Drian (@JY_LeDrian) May 10, 2019 Two French, one American woman and one South Korean woman. It is with profound sadness that the government informed about the death of…

IS claims Magumeri killings

Islamic State (IS) terrorist group killed 10 Nigerian soldiers in an assault on the northeastern town of Magumeri, the group claimed through related news agency AMAQ. We burnt military barracks and killed 10 soldiers in Borno, says Islamic State The Islamic State (IS) says it killed 10 soldiers in an attack in Magumeri, a community…

Benin guide found dead

A corpse of the guide for two French tourists who went missing on safari in Pendjari parc in Benin last week has been found in a burnt car, a local official and a regional security source said. The fate of two French tourists, who failed to return to the lodge in the Pendjari National Park…

Tripoli battle victims toll rising

The UN has recorded close to 350 people killed, including 22 civilians, and over 1,650 wounded, including 74 civilians. human rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet informed, expressing serious concerns . The actual number of civilians killed or injured “is likely to be higher”, she added. As the armed conflict in #Tripoli, #Libya continues into May, the toll for all of April 2019…