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Zambia Church Groups Call for Peace Ahead of Friday’s Election Petition Ruling

By Peter Clottey Three Zambian church groups have called for peace ahead of an anticipated court ruling on the opposition’s challenge to the results of the August 11 presidential election..

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Nigerian Army Commander Says Only Weeks Left For Boko Haram

    By Ulf Laessing and Lanre Ola Nigeria’s army expects to seize Boko Haram’s last few strongholds in the northeast over the next few weeks, the commander in charge.

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Kenya’s Kenyatta, S. Sudan’s Kiir, Discuss Shaky Peace Accord

  The South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta met on Tuesday to discuss modalities on how to implementat the shaky peace accord that ended South.

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SADC Summit Looks to Consolidate Peace in Lesotho

Consolidating peace and security in the kingdom of Lesotho is high on the agenda as Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders meet Tuesday in Mbabane, Swaziland. Lesotho has witnessed political.

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Libya: ISIS All But Defeated in Moammar Gadhafi’s Hometown

ISIS is on the brink of being kicked out of the coastal Libyan city of Sirte — the extremist group’s most significant stronghold outside Syria and Iraq. Forces loyal to.

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Nigeria: Air Force Says Top Boko Haram Fighters Killed

By Lesley Wroughton Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pledged.

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Kerry Announces New Aid for S. Sudan and Kenya

By Mark Caldwell U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry has recently announced new aid packages for Kenya and South Sudan, while on an official visit to Nairobi. Additional aid will.

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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa

By: Wanjala Danson   Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are retooling its counter-terrorism measures against a backdrop of grave threats from Somalia-based militant group, ‘al-Shabaab’. This was.

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Al-Shabab Is Now a “Transnational” Organization- IGAD

The militant group al-Shabab, once a threat primarily in Somalia, has grown and expanded its aspirations, operations and aims, and is preparing to wage a long war in East Africa,.

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South Sudan’s President Says Will Consider U.N. Troops

By Denis Dumo South Sudan will consider a United Nations plan to send in troops and stop the country’s episode of violence, President Salva Kiir said on Monday, confirming a.

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