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Four Egyptian soldiers killed by explosion in Sinai

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2017

Four Egyptian soldiers were killed in an explosion that hit their armored vehicle on Saturday in the northern Sinai peninsula, where the government is battling an Islamic State-led insurgency, security sources said. The incident occurred about 20 km (12 miles) south of the Mediterranean town of

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President Sacks Information Minister

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has fired his Information Minister, Culture, Arts and Sports, Nape Nnauye. Magufuli sacked Nnauye just days after the Minister ordered a probe into an alleged raid on a private television station by a senior government official on March 17. The President, who immediately replaced Nnauye with Harrison Mwakyembe has […]

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Hosni Mubarak: Egypt’s former dictator freed after six years in custody

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

Egypt’s former dictator Hosni Mubarak has left the Cairo military hospital where he had been held in custody for much of the past six years, and returned to his home in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis, his lawyer said. Mubarak, 88, was acquitted by Egypt’s highest appeals court on 2 March of conspiring to kill […]

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London Attack: ISIS Claimed Responsibility

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2017

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack in London that killed three people, the Amaq propaganda agency linked to the jihadist organisation said on Thursday. “The perpetrator of yesterday’s attack in front of the British parliament was a soldier of the Islamic State and the operation was carried out in response to […]

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London Terror Attack: Seven Persons Arrested

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2017

Britain’s most senior counter terror police officer, Mark Rowley, has said seven persons have been arrested in connection with the Westminster terror attack that brought bloodshed to the heart of London. He disclosed this while briefing the media on the latest developments about the deadliest terror attack in central London in 12 years. Rowley said six addresses […]

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Merkel ally says Turkey’s Erdogan ‘not welcome’ in Germany

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2017

    TURKISH President Tayyip Erdogan has crossed a line by comparing Germany’s government to the Nazis and is no longer welcome in the country, a major ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel said. The rebuke from Volker Bouffier, premier of Hesse state, reflected growing exasperation over Erdogan’s assertions that Germany and other European powers were […]