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The Salafist Muslim grouping, Ansar al-Sharia, is scheduled to hold a large gathering in the city of Kairouan, located in Tunisia's Kairouan governorate, on 19 May. The meeting will be held at the al-Okba Mosque.A spokesperson for Ansar al-Sharia has stated that they expect up to 40,000 people to attend the event. Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisia’s ruling party, Al-Nahda, issued a stateme
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On 5 May, an improvised hand grenade was thrown into the grounds of St Joseph's Church in Arusha's Olasiti suburb, killing 3 people and wounding 63 others. The attack was targeted at a large celebration attended by the Vatican Nuncio, a diplomatic representative of the Holy See. Following sectarian unrest in Mbeya, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Mwanza earlier this year, armed security at Christian
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Following months of fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR), President François Bozizé was overthrown on 24 March by the Seleka Coalition, a collective of foreign and northern-based militias. Soon after, the then-relatively unknown Michel Djotodia, one of Seleka’s leaders, declared himself president before being formally elected by the Supreme Council of Transition, CAR’s interim governmen
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As part of a big year for Fela Kuti - the late activist and afrobeat pioneer - Knitting Factory Records are re-releasing a second batch from his sprawling discography. Most of the 10 CD’s here feature double albums - the typical format for Fela Kuti. The first is 1976’s Ikoyi Blindness/The Kalakuta Show, a celebration of Fela’s self-proclaimed republic in the heart of Lagos. 1977’s Zombie, probab
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“I am in pain 24 hours a day”, Mamadou* told a Human Rights Watch researcher. “The pain I have all over my body…it is in my bones.”Mamadou, a 47-year-old man from rural Senegal, has advanced prostate cancer that has spread throughout his body. He can no longer be cured, but with morphine, a strong painkiller, he could live his last months in dignity. However, morphine is hard to get in Senegal, a
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In 1941, Mao Zedong called for a “practice of revolutionary humanitarianism”. 14 years later in Bandung, Indonesia, China's Premier Zhou Enlai met with other Asian leaders to chart a distinctly anti-colonial approach to humanitarianism and diplomacy on the African continent.From its first health aid to Algeria in 1964, China has sought to distinguish its diplomatic aid to Africa from that of the
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In his 2009 book, Somaliland: An African struggle for nationhood and international recognition, Iqbal Jhazbhay’s asserts that “Somalia no longer exists”. This claim remains valid to a certain extent. Security – a crucial ingredient for further progress – is challenged daily.Persistent al-Shabaab bomb attacks in and around Mogadishu serve as a shocking reminder of the precarious nature of the situ
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On 5 May 2013, at KM4 junction near Mogadishu's airport, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a government convoy escorting Qatari delegates, eight civilians were killed and 20 were injured.While al-Shabaab had claimed to have withdrawn from Mogadishu in August 2011, the jihadi group has since focused on targeting government officials, AU peacekeepers (AMISOM), Turkish inter
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