Sudan says failed coup linked to ousted regime

Khartoum, Sept 21 (AFP/APP):The Sudanese government said Tuesday that military officers and civilians linked to the ousted regime of longtime president Omar al-Bashir had attempted a coup but were swiftly brought under control. “We brought under control a coup attempt by military officers early Tuesday,” […]

Rebel attacks kill 15 soldiers in troubled Cameroon

Yaounde, Sept 20 (AFP/APP):About 15 soldiers and several civilians have died in two attacks in English-speaking western areas of Cameroon in the grip of a breakaway campaign, the defence ministry said Monday. Heavily armed “terrorists” ambushed a convoy of elite rapid intervention forces at Bamessing […]

Morocco Islamist party decries ‘violations’ at polls

Rabat, Sept 19 (AFP/APP):Morocco’s moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which was thrashed at last week’s elections, on Sunday denounced “violations and irregularities” at the polls. The PJD had headed Morocco’s governing coalition for a decade but saw its support collapse at the September […]

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