KENYA: Minister, police chief fined for contempt
A High Court judge in Kenya has fined Interior Minister Fred Matiang’i and police chief Joseph Boinnet 200,000 Kenyan shillings ($2,000; £
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EGYPT: El-Sisi wins election with 92 percent
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has won re-election as Egypt’s president, according to preliminary results reported by a number of state media outlets, sho
LIBYA: Gunmen ‘abduct mayor of Tripoli Abdelraouf Beitelmal’
The mayor of Tripoli has disappeared, with city authorities saying he was kidnapped while other officials say he is in custody and being interrogated.
Spy poisoning: Russia expels US diplomats in tit-for-tat measure
Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the country’s St Petersburg consulate in a tit-for-tat response to US action over a spy poisoning
FRANCE: Ex-president to face corruption trial
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trial for corruption and influence peddling, prosecutors say. The case centres on an alleged attemp