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ABDIWALI ALI HASSAN, A TV JOUNALIST IN AFGOOYE DISTRICT (SOMALIA) WAS KILLED BY GUNMEN.

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A 25 year old Abdiwali Ali Hassan who was a TV and radio journalist in Somalia’s Afgooye district was on Sunday killed by gunmen. According to the information our correspondent in Mogadishu gathered, Abdiwali Ali Hassan was shot several times and he died on his way to hospital. As at the time of this report, […]

ABDIWALI ALI HASSAN, A TV JOUNALIST IN AFGOOYE DISTRICT (SOMALIA) WAS KILLED BY GUNMEN. Read More »

AN EGYPTIAN CRIMINAL COURT HAS SENTENCED RAOUF BOUTROS-GHALI TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SMUGGLING ARTIFACTS TO ITALY.

Africa, Crime /

It was reported that a Criminal Court in Cairo was on Saturday sentenced Raouf Boutros-Ghali (who is an actor and former finance minister’s brother) to 30 years in prison for smuggling artifacts to Italy. The court also fined him (Raouf Boutros-Ghali) 6 million Egyptian pounds ($382,000). Boutros-Ghali is a brother of Yousef Boutros-Ghali (former finance

AN EGYPTIAN CRIMINAL COURT HAS SENTENCED RAOUF BOUTROS-GHALI TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SMUGGLING ARTIFACTS TO ITALY. Read More »

ALGERIAN MILITARY APPEAL COURT UPHELD THE 15 YEAR JAIL SENTENCES AGAINST FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND EX-PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA’S BROTHER.

Africa, Crime /

It was reported that a military appeal court in Blida, south of Algiers has upheld jail terms of the country’s former intelligence chiefs and ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s brother. The two former Algerian intelligence chiefs (Mohamed Mediene and Athmane Tartag), along with Said Bouteflika were convicted for conspiring against the army and the state authority. They

ALGERIAN MILITARY APPEAL COURT UPHELD THE 15 YEAR JAIL SENTENCES AGAINST FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND EX-PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA’S BROTHER. Read More »

MALAWI’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HAS ANNULLED THE COUNTRY’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD ON 21 MAY 2019 AND ORDERED A RE-RUN.

Africa, Elections /

Our (Viewers Corner News) correspondent in Lilongwe reported that Malawi’s presidential election that was held on 21 May 2019 which declared President Peter Mutharika a winner has been annulled on Monday by Malawi’s Constitutional Court. The court also ordered that a new presidential re-run be held within 150 days. Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika was declared

MALAWI’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HAS ANNULLED THE COUNTRY’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HELD ON 21 MAY 2019 AND ORDERED A RE-RUN. Read More »

A COURT IN EGYPT HAS SENTENCED HISHAM AL-ASHMAWY (FORMER SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER TURNED ISLAMIC MILITANT) AND 36 OTHERS TO DEATH.

Africa, Crime, Terrorism /

It was reported that Hisham al-Ashmawy (a former special forces officer turned Islamic militant) and 36 others have been sentenced to death after an Egyptian court convicted them on terrorism charges. Hisham al-Ashmawy was arrested in Derna (Libyan city) in 2018 and authorities loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar extradited him to Egypt in May 2019.

A COURT IN EGYPT HAS SENTENCED HISHAM AL-ASHMAWY (FORMER SPECIAL FORCES OFFICER TURNED ISLAMIC MILITANT) AND 36 OTHERS TO DEATH. Read More »

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXPANDS TRAVEL BANS TO ADDITIONAL SIX COUNTRIES INCLUDING NIGERIA.

Africa, Nigeria, Terrorism, USA /

It was reported that the U.S President Donald Trump on Friday, 31 January issued a new travel ban which targets immigrants from six countries (Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan and Tanzania). Among the six countries added in the ban, four including Nigeria are African nations and three of them have Muslim-majority populations. Chad Wolf, the

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXPANDS TRAVEL BANS TO ADDITIONAL SIX COUNTRIES INCLUDING NIGERIA. Read More »

BOKO HARAM IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION IN NIGERIA THAT HAS NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE AND HAS CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGES IN NIGERIA.

Africa, Nigeria, Terrorism /

The ideology the Boko haram terrorist group are following is not the best way of life. If the Boko haram group have any grievances against the government of Nigeria, they should come out and say it because Nigerian government just like every other government around the world is open to dialogue and the only best

BOKO HARAM IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION IN NIGERIA THAT HAS NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE AND HAS CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGES IN NIGERIA. Read More »

A CRIMINAL COURT IN EGYPT HAS SENTENCED 37 PEOPLE TO PRISON FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE GROUP.

Africa, Crime, Terrorism /

It was reported that 37 people were on Monday sentenced to prison by a criminal court in Cairo (Egypt) for joining or supporting Islamic State’s Sinai Province affiliate. The militants loyal to Islamic state group have been causing havoc in the north of the Sinai Peninsula and other parts of Egypt, hundreds of soldiers, police

A CRIMINAL COURT IN EGYPT HAS SENTENCED 37 PEOPLE TO PRISON FOR JOINING ISLAMIC STATE GROUP. Read More »

BURUNDI’S RULING PARTY (CNDD-FDD) HAS PICKED SECRETARY GENERAL, EVARISTE NDAYISHIMIYE AS ITS CANDIDATE IN THE COUNTRY’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Africa, Politics /

The 52 year old Evariste Ndayishimiye has been selected on Sunday by Burundi’s ruling party, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces (CNDD-FDD) as its candidate in the country’s presidential election scheduled in May 2020. Mr Ndayishimiye is a retired army general who also heads the department of military affairs and has served as

BURUNDI’S RULING PARTY (CNDD-FDD) HAS PICKED SECRETARY GENERAL, EVARISTE NDAYISHIMIYE AS ITS CANDIDATE IN THE COUNTRY’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Read More »

THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON SOUTH SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT, TABAN DENG GAI.

Africa /

It was reported that sanctions have been imposed on South Sudanese First Vice President, Taban Deng Gai. The U.S Treasury Department stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Washington. The Treasury Department accused Taban Deng Gai of having hands in the death of Aggrey Idri Ezibon (opposition politician) and Dong Samuel Luak (human rights

THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON SOUTH SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT, TABAN DENG GAI. Read More »

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