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A film with a powerful anti-extremist message has been internationally honored. The film Timbuktu was nominated for an American Academy Award and won top honors at France’s César Awards. The film tells the story of northern Mali under…

An arts charity based in Kenya has produced its third film, about the lives and relationships of people from different walks of life in Mombasa. Its goal is to shed light on what prompts young people to turn toward extremism. Watatu is a…

THE CITIZEN, TANZANIA There’s a glimmer of hope at last for Dar es Salaam drivers: The Japanese government has donated $13 million in a bid to reduce the city’s traffic gridlocks. The money will be spent to build overpasses at key road…

Morocco has agreed to provide military, operational and intelligence support to the United Arab Emirates to help fight terrorism. The announcement came during a visit by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,…

SEYCHELLES NEWS AGENCY When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Seychelles in March 2015, the two countries affirmed a partnership regarding maritime security and creating a “blue economy” where the ocean can be used to drive…

ADF STAFF The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) inaugurated a new multinational maritime coordination center designed to monitor and prevent illicit activity at sea. The program known as Pilot Zone E will coordinate…

The former U.S. Coast Guard cutter Gallatin was transferred to the Nigerian Navy during a ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, in the United States. The cutter was renamed the NNS Okpabana and commissioned in a ceremony in Nigeria.…

DEFENCEWEB Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are flying hundreds of missions over South Africa’s Kruger National Park as part of a yearlong project to gauge their effectiveness in combating rhino poaching. The results so far have been…

VOICE OF AMERICA For the first time in decades, young basketball players in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are holding tournaments at night thanks to improved security. For years, warlords and terrorist groups denied young Somalis the…

VOICE OF AMERICA At the height of the Ebola crisis in late 2014, social life in Liberia was at a standstill as people tried to avoid contact to keep themselves from catching the deadly virus. But in March 2015, with the infection rate…