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Angola charges son of ex-president dos Santos with fraud

The son of Angola’s ex-president, José Filomeno dos Santos, has been charged with fraud relating to a $500 million transaction out of an account belonging to the central bank, the prosecutor general’s office said on Monday. Dos Santos is the highest profile figure to be charged since President Joao Lourenco succeeded former leader Jose Eduardo

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Somalia to start talks with Kenya over a border dispute

Nairobi – Delegates from Somalia and Kenya are scheduled to start talks over border dispute on Tuesday in Nairobi.Kenya started constructing security wall along Somalia-Kenya border after Al-Shabaab militants waged deadly attacks inside Kenya. Speaking to the media, Gedo governor, Mohamed Mohamud Mohamed said Somalia and Kenya would engage in dialogue to resolve the border

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DP World Wins 30-Year Concession for Greenfield Port of Banana in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO, DP World and Jose Makila Sumanda, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the signing of the Port of Banana concession in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – DP World has won a 30-year

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Ethiopia crisis: Kenya must abandon indifference and speak up – Human Rights Watch

International rights group, Human Rights Watch says as a matter of urgency, the Kenyan government must speak on the political and security ongoings in neighbouring Ethiopia. According to HRW, Kenya especially and the entire East Africa region needed to encourage Ethiopia to undertake needed reforms and to halt its continued descent into chaos. A March

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Somali foreign Minister meets Rwandan counterpart in Kigali

Kigali– The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr Ahmed Issa Awad, met with Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community, Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo in Kigali and expressed the aspiration of Somalia to strengthen relations with friendly Rwanda, especially in light of the common desire

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Turkey condemns bomb blast in Somali capital

Turkey on Friday “strongly” condemned the “heinous terrorist attack” Thursday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. At least 17 people were killed and more than six wounded when a car bomb exploded on the busiest street in Mogadishu. Somali-based al-Qaeda-affiliated  group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack on the Internet. In a written statement, the Turkish Foreign

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Ethiopia to get first Muslim Prime Minister – pro-govt blogger hints

Ethiopia will have a Muslim Prime Minister by close of this week according to a pro-government blogger, Daniel Berhane. The 180-member Council of the ruling Ethiopia Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front  is currently meeting to review its activities and to elect a new Prime Minister. Berhane said in a tweet, “By the end of the week,

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Gaddafi’s son, Saif al Islam welcomes Sarkozy arrest, offers evidence

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has welcomed the detention of former French president Nicholas Sarkozy and reiterated his offer of evidence showing that Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign was funded by illicit funds. Saif al-Islam alluded to the evidence he gave to European media channel, Euronews in Tripoli in 2011,

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Zimbabwe publishes list of nation looters, chasing $827 million

The Zimbabwean government on Monday published a list of state funds stashed in foreign accounts. The government called such funds “Externalized Foreign Currency and Assets.” According to a release signed by the president Emmerson Mnangagwa, there was an estimated amount of $827 million yet to be recovered. It said companies and individuals had returned $591

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Kenya: President Uhuru Concludes Historic Cuba Visit High On Health

Havana — President Uhuru Kenyatta today concluded his historic State visit to the Caribbean nation of Cuba that was sharply focused on health, trade and heritage. President Kenyatta departed Jose Marti International airport aboard a commercial aircraft shortly after midnight (7 am Sunday Kenyan time), after getting back on track a wide-ranging health agreement signed

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