The embattled leader of ‘jihadist’ group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online Sunday, rejecting assertions by the Nigerian army that he had been seriously wounded. “You have been spreading in the social media that you injured or killed me,” Shekau said in the 40-minute video released ...
Morocco on Friday made an official request to return to the African Union, 32 years after quitting the bloc in protest at its decision to accept Western Sahara as a member. “The Kingdom of Morocco has officially submitted a request to accede to the African Union (AU) Constitutive Act, and ...