The director of Umvoti Light newspaper and member of the Tactical Shooting Team (TST) Rivaj Ramdas whose initiative to broadcast the athan on loudspeakers and protest against the banning of the Athan (Islamic call to prayer) in Isipingo Beach has passed away. According to a post on social media, Ramdas passed away on Tuesday after […]
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Tue 05 January 2021: The Algerian army’s discovery of €80,000 ($98,200) in terrorist hideouts has revealed the serious threat posed by France’s payment of ransoms in exchange for the release of hostages. On 28 December, the Algerian army carried out a preventive military operation to hinder attempts made by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) […]
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Tue 05 January 2021: Tunisia is set to propose a bill which would see women conscripted into the army, the Ministry of Defence announced. Set to be presented to the House of Representatives, the bill will include mandatory military service for both men and women in an effort to achieve further equality between the sexes. […]
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Tue 05 January 2021: An Algerian court on Monday (4 January) sentenced former Prime Minister in ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s government, Ahmed Ouyahia, to seven years in prison on corruption charges. Local media reported that the Sidi M’hamed court in the capital Algiers also sentenced the former ministers of tourism and transport, Ammar Ghoul and […]
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Tue 05 January 2021: The Ethiopian government vowed Monday to restore the partially damaged Al Nejashi Mosque in the country’s northern Tigray region. The iconic mosque, located in the Kilte Awulaelo woreda, or district, houses the tombs of the companions of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad who came to Ethiopia fleeing persecution at the hands of […]
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Sun 03 January 2021: Two French soldiers were killed in Mali on Saturday when an improvised explosive device (IED) hit their vehicle, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said. In a statement, the French presidency said the blast occurred late Saturday morning in Mali’s eastern region of Menaka. Sergeant Yvonne Huynh and Brigadier Loic Risser were killed while […]
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Sun 03 January 2021: At least 56 civilians were killed Saturday after terrorists attacked two villages in southwestern Niger, a government official said. Suspected militants stormed two villages in western Niger late Saturday, killing at least 56 civilians and wounding 20 others, Interior Minister Alkache Alhada said. The suspected terror attack took place in the villages […]
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Sat 02 January 2021: A military court on Saturday acquitted the brother of former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika along with two former officials accused of conspiring against the state, according to a defense lawyer. The court in Blida, south of the capital Algiers, cleared Said Bouteflika and two former intelligence officials from charges of conspiracy […]
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Sat 02 January 2021: Total, France’s largest energy company, said on Saturday it has evacuated some staff from a major gas project in northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado, which has been the scene of a bloody jihadist rebellion for more than three years. Fighters linked to Islamic State raided a town less than 5 […]
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Sat 02 January 2021: The historic Al-Nejashi mosque has been damaged terribly. Images share on Social media shows artillery has destroyed the dome and the interiors via explosion. The Tigray region is one of 10 semi-autonomous federal states organised along ethnic lines in Ethiopia, and home mostly to the Tigrayan people who make up about […]
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