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Al-Shabaab strikes again. A few hours ago, the Al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia claimed responsibility for the bloody terrorist attack currently going on in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, this was reported by the SITE Intelligence Group – an organization that monitors terrorist activities. The attack was carried out in DusitD2 hotel and office compound in the Nairobi suburb of Westlands, where a blast and gunfire were heard. In a tweet, The Associated Press said: “BREAKING: Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Nairobi attack, says fighters still inside complex.” Similarly, Huff Post in the UK tweeted: “Everybody was just running everywhere.' Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, have claimed responsibility for a hotel attack in Nairobi, Kenya.” During a media briefing a few minutes ago, Joseph Boinnet, inspector-general of Kenya’s national police service, said: “We are aware that there still could be some armed criminals still ho...

Is President Magufuli right to spy on telephone conversations of ministers in his cabinet? One can only wonder how government appointees in the cabinet of Tanzanian president, John Magufuli, reacted when they heard that their personal telephone conversations were being monitored all along by their boss. The president, while urging his ministers to improve their working relations and attitudes has revealed that he tracks the telephone conversations of his ministers in a bid to monitor the reactions resulting from his government’s policies. He made the remarks during a speech delivered at the swearing-in ceremony of newly appointed permanent secretaries and other senior officials to be inducted into his cabinet; which took place at the State House, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. While the speech gave the newly appointed cabinet members a heads-up, it was not ascertained whether the previous crop of ...

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has won the presidential vote in the Democratic Republic of Congo according to the provisional results announced by the country's electoral board. Felix Tshisekedi, the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party, which is the main opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo has won the elections, according to provisional results announced by the country's electoral board.  The news filtered in on late Wednesday, with riot police having been deployed at the commission's headquarters in the country's capital, Kinshasa. Protests are expected to erupt in the wake of fears of a disputed result in the long-delayed December 30 vote marked by accusations of vote fraud. In the event that everything goes well as it is supposed to be, this will be DRC's first democratic transfer of power since independence from Belgium in 1960.  A lot of irregularities were however raised by observers during th...

The United States of America has deployed troops to Gabon in anticipation of violent protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo. France, on the other hand, already has violent protests but no similar action has been taken. Trump once said, "We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world. We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority." It was especially symbolic for the continent of Africa because Trump spoke during a joint press conference with Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari. In a complete 180 degrees, however, America has deployed an eighty-strong military contingent to Gabon in expectation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  In a letter to Congress, Trump said 80 military personnel and "appropriate combat equipment" had been deployed to Gabon "to support the security of United States citizens, personnel, and diplomatic facilities in Kinshasa". M...