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Anyone travelling in northeastern Nigeria will have to carry an identity card. This follows a military operation that seeks to to hunt down members of the Boko Haram group and those of the Islamic State group in West Africa. “Operation Positive Identification” follows “credible reports” that members of both militant groups are hiding among civilians in towns and villages in ...

Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, even as his government grapples with protests at home. Asked about the demonstrations that erupted in Cairo and other major cities over the weekend, Sisi blamed ‘political Islam’. Hundreds took to the streets in the capital and other cities on Friday and Saturday, protesting ...

Every year in September, all 193 members of the United Nations meet at the General Assembly at the organisation’s headquarters in New York. The General Assembly is one of the six main organs of the UN, where several international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations, such as development, peace and security, international law are discussed. This year’s ...

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has apologized to Ghana for the recent xenophobic attacks against some three Ghanaians in South Africa. He sent a special delegation made up of his ministers, Special Envoy, Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe, and his Advisor on International Affairs to convey his apologies to the President of Ghana, President Akufo-Addo and the people of Ghana. ...

Three African billionaires today have more wealth than the poorest 50% – or 650 million people across the continent, reveals a new Oxfam report today. The report, called “A Tale of Two Continents”, is launched as African political and business leaders gather this week for the World Economic Forum Africa meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. It shows how rising ...

It will be a second opportunity for Egypt to showcase it’s ability in hosting a second continental trophy in 2019. In November they will host the 2019 edition of the U23 Afcon. As hosts, the Pharaohs secured automatic qualification for the tournament and will subsequently be the only Arab nation present. South Africa have also secured qualification after beating Zimbabwe ...

Thousands of Sudanese protested outside the presidential palace in Khartoum on Thursday, calling for the appointment of senior judicial officials and justice for demonstrators killed since December. It was the first major protest since the signature last month of a power-sharing deal between the military and civilian groups for a three-year transition leading to elections, following the overthrow of former ...

An Ethiopian army official says members of the Islamic State extremist group have been detained in the East African country. Berhanu Jula, deputy chief of Ethiopia’s military, told the state-owned Ethiopian News Agency on Wednesday that there is evidence the extremist group “has recruited, trained and armed some Ethiopians.” He did not say how many were arrested and how. He ...

The Confederation of African Football’s bid to pay the Africa Cup of Nations winners is seriously threatened by a paucity of funds, Sports Extra has reliably gathered. AFCON winners Algeria, finalists Senegal and third-place winners Nigeria are yet to be paid their prize monies due to CAF’s current financial deficit. The sum of $14.2m is expected to be shared between ...

Zimbabwe’s founding president Roberty Mugabe will be buried on on Sunday, September 15, having passed on last week in Singapore, at the age of 95. Having ruled the Southern African nation for 37 years, until he was ousted by the army in November 2017, Mugabe’s legacy continues to divide opinions at home and abroad. The government and his family also ...