Author: Oyewole Oginni

End to Political Crisis and Sporadic Violence in Burundi through Dialogue

On Friday, 23rd October 2015, Burundi’s President, Pierra Nkurunziza, swore in a National Commission for Dialogue (CNDI) in order to resolve a grave on-going political crisis in the country.  The 15-member commission for dialogue was commissioned at a ceremony in Gitega. It’s primary goal is “to conduct the process of

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Principle of African Solidarity: Somali Rebels Holding Ugandan Troops

  On Saturday, 12th September 2015, the president of Uganda speculated that the Islamic extremists in Somalia may have held some Uganda troops hostage. According to the Tokyo Associate Press (AP), President Yoweri Museveni blamed his own commanders for slackness that allowed a recent attack on an African Union base

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Afghanistan: Taliban Suicide Bomb Attack near Kabul Airport

A bomb blast ripped through the entrance of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul at noon local time on Monday, 10 August. According to Khaama Press, at least five people, including a woman with a child have been killed, while 18 others have suffered serious injury. The Afghan Health

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Nigeria Army Rescues Hundreds of Girls from Boko Haram Camps

  On 28th April, 2015, the Nigeria Army rescued two hundred girls and ninety three women during a military operation to regain the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group. The group (the girls and the women) was rescued on Tuesday afternoon from Boko Haram camps in the

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