19-May-2019 to 13:18
Egypt bomb rocks tourist bus, several injured
APA-Cairo (Egypt) — A huge bomb has gone off in the Egyptian tourist resort of Giza, targeting a bus used to carry holidaymakers to nearby pyramids.
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IS strikes Libya oil facility, two killed
APA-Tripoli (Libya) — Armed militants of the Islamic State have attacked the Zuetina oil field in Libya's southern city of Zallah, killing two people.
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IGAD: Terrorism 'back with a vengeance'
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — A transnational security threat from terrorism has been re-emerging in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region with a vengeance, requiring a bold new regional approach to counteracting it, a senior official of the bloc has suggested.
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Kenyan navy in Mozambique to acquire maritime experience
APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — The Kenyan navy has arrived in the Mozambican capital, Maputo to gather experiences in maritime wars, APA can report Saturday.
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Lawyers of Uganda’s ex-warlord want June hearing dates at the ICC changed
APA-Kampala (Uganda) — The defense team of Dominic Ongwen , a former commander of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel outfit, have asked judges at the Hague based Inteernational Criminal Court (ICC)to change the schedule of hearings for June to accommodate Ongwen’s mental health needs.
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Italian Carabinieri to train police units of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi
APA-Kampala (Uganda) — The Italian Carabinieri is training of police units in Rwanda and Burundi within the framework of the cooperation programme between the Italian Embassy in Kampala, the Police Corps of both countries and the General Command of the Carabinieri.
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UN envoy extols Mauritania’s national security
APA-Nouakchott (Mauritania) — Mauritania is an example to follow in terms of stability, in a region dealing with major security challenges, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for Africa and the Sahel region (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas said on Wednesday in Nouakchott.
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