[A court in Egypt has banned “all activities” by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters said the ruling applied to the Islamist movement, its non-governmental organisation and any affiliated groups. It also ordered the interim government to seize the…

[Les opérations pour déloger les hommes armés qui ont attaqué un centre commercial de Nairobi, au Kenya, samedi 21 septembre, se poursuivaient lundi matin. Après avoir lancé un assaut “majeur” dans la nuit contre les preneurs d’otages, l’armée kényane affirme que la…

[La communauté internationale s’est engagée à débloquer 1,8 milliard d’euros en faveur de la reconstruction de la Somalie, a annoncé, ce lundi 16 septembre, le président de la Commission européenne, José Manuel Barroso, à l’issue d’une conférence à Bruxelles. « C’est un…

[The exiled Coordinator of Uganda’s Intelligence Services has called for the removal of President Yoweri Museveni from the High Command of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). General David Sejusa said Mr. Museveni has abused the army, killed its officers and stolen…

[Scientists using technology developed to search for oil have discovered a vast underground water reservoir in one of Kenya’s driest regions that if properly managed could supply the country’s needs for close to 70 years. The basin has a surface area larger…

[Le procès de William Ruto devant la CPI s’ouvre ce mardi. Le vice-président kényan est accusé d’avoir fomenté certaines des violences poltico-ethniques qui ont enflammé le Kenya en 2007-2008, suite à la réélection contestée du président Kibaki. William Ruto fait face à…

[The rebel M23 group have agreed to resume talks with Kinshasa in Munyonyo, in three days, time, after a respite in fighting in eastern DR Congo. Regional leaders, meeting in Munyonyo, Kampala, last week, had given the rebels a 14-day ultimatum to…

[Essam Tarek woke on Thursday morning when a bomb blast, targeting the Egyptian Interior Minister’s convoy, shook his neighborhood, in Cairo’s suburban Nasr City area. “I went to the balcony and I saw cars full of fire and people running scared. People…

[The United Nations envoy to the Great Lakes region says she will be direct with Kigali about evidence of Rwandan support for the M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mary Robinson also hopes the recent military advances against the…

[Kenya is preparing to employ drones as part of increased security operations along its borders with Somalia and Ethiopia to monitor and halt the movements of al-Shabaab and gunrunners, security officials told Sabahi. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, are needed to help…