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October 23, 2017 Elections for Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s presidency and parliament will not be held as planned on Nov. 1 as political parties did not present candidates, the head of...

October 23, 2017 The U.S. may be preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers on 24-hour alert, something which has not been done since the end of the Cold War in 1991,...

October 23, 2017 Diplomats hope that U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s visit to Africa would shed light on President Donald Trump’s administration’s plans to engage with the continent....

66October 21, 2017 UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák says the vision of a transformed Africa is close to reality, citing Africa’s transformative changes facilitated by the New Partnership for...

October 20, 2017 Liberia’s electoral body has said a runoff was inevitable early November since no candidate obtained the required 50 per cent plus one vote in the Oct. 10...

October 20, 2017 Ezra Chiloba, Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)  said on Friday he was taking three weeks of leave. Opposition demanded that Chiloba must be fired before...

October 19, 2017 The rift between Kenyan leaders, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and his main rival Raila Odinga, persists as the country heads to Oct. 26 repeat polls. All indications are...

October 19, 2017 Ankara calls on African countries to close down schools affiliated with the so-called Fethullah Terrorist Organisation (FETO) and hopes for cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Turkish...

October 19, 2017 Islamic Hamas movement rejected Thursday the demands of the U.S. Middle East Envoy Jason Greenblatt to accept the requirements of the International Quartet for Peace in the...

October 19, 2017 Britain’s parliament will not discuss the key EU withdrawal bill next week, the leader of the lower House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, said on Thursday, amid concerns...