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Middle East · JerusalemThe African Union has said that Israel's observer status at the bloc was suspended which is why it was not invited to attend the weekend summit. The news comes after Israeli ambassador Sharon Bar-li was removed from the African Union's annual summit in Ethiopia on Saturday as she attempted to attend using a non-transferable invitation.
African Union says Israel’s observer status suspended
Coverage: 4 sources
Africa · NigeriaA group of 27 herders were killed and several others injured in what police called a bomb explosion. An umbrella group representing herders said the explosion resulted from a military airstrike. In Central Nigeria, herders and farmers have been clashing over grazing and water rights. Most herders are Muslims while farmers are largely Christians.
Bomb kills 27 herders in central Nigeria: police
60% Right coverage: 5 sources
RalliesTanzania's main opposition party held Saturday its first mass rally since the lifting of a ban imposed in 2016. Thousands of Chadema supporters gathered at the Furahisha grounds in the lakeside city of Mwanza. President Samia Suluhu Hassan this month lifted the ban introduced by her hard-line predecessor John Magufuli.
Tanzania Opposition Holds First Rally Since Ban Lifted
57% Center coverage: 7 sources
Islam · MogadishuIslamist fighters from al Shabaab on Tuesday stormed a military base in a part of central Somalia they were forced from last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including the base commander, an officer said.
Al Shabaab kills seven soldiers in attack on military base
44% Right coverage: 16 sources
Crime · IsmailiaSuspected Islamic militants attacked a police checkpoint Friday in Egypt’s Suez Canal city of Ismailia, killing at least four people, including three police officers, officials and state-run media said.
Egypt: Militants attack police in Suez Canal city, 4 killed
38% Center coverage: 16 sources
US & CanadaA tiger was spotted in Edenvale on the East Rand on Monday morning. The Edenvale CPF warned residents to be on the lookout and keep all animals indoors. A video of the tiger has surfaced and shows the wild animal roaming around the yard of an office building. Just more than a week ago, an 8-year-old female tiger, Sheba, escaped from its enclosure on a smallholding in the south of Johannesburg.
Tiger on the loose in South Africa successfully captured
56% Center coverage: 9 sources
Janet Yellen · HammanskraalThe U.S. Treasury Department and South Africa's National Treasury on Wednesday agreed to form a task force to "follow the money" and step up efforts to halt illegal trade in wildlife, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
U.S., South Africa agree to 'follow the money' in wildlife trafficking, Yellen says
53% Center coverage: 34 sources
Politics · YaoundeCameroonian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the shocking abduction and killing of journalist Martinez Zogo. Unidentified attackers abducted Zogo, editor-in-chief of the privately owned radio broadcaster Amplitude FM, on January 17. He had recently reported on alleged public embezzlement involving a prominent businessman.
Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction
43% Right coverage: 14 sources
