Banjul, Gambia – (AFP) A Gambian court on Wednesday sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badj...
Rabat, Morocco – (AFP) At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely “suffocated”, Morocco’s state-backed CNDH rights group said on Wednesday. The death toll after around 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the frontier on June 24 was the worst ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The presidents of Chad and Niger pledged Wednesday to revive the G5 Sahel military grouping after Mali’s exit from the West African force. Niger’s Mohamed Bazoum and his counterpart Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said this at a joint press conference following their meeting in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena. The ann...
PARIS (AA) – The Council of Europe’s Human Rights Commission has called on Spain to ensure that humane border control measures are conducted which do not lead to rights violations after dozens of migrants died last month while trying to scale a border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. In the aftermath […]
Tel Aviv, Israel – (AFP): The US and Israel will hold talks on renewing a “global coalition” against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Wednesday as he welcomed President Joe Biden to the country. “We will discuss the need to renew a strong global coalition that will stop the Iranian nuclear programme,” ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, responding to an earlier request, has finally invited the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to a meeting in Washington. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday told reporters aboard US President Joe Biden’s plane flying to Israel that Blinken had spok...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz held talks over the phone on Wednesday to discuss regional and international developments. The Egyptian Presidency said in a statement that discussions between the two leaders also dwelt on issues of common interest. Last month, Saudi Crown Prince Moham...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority does not pin high hopes on US President Joe Biden’s current visit to the region, a senior official has said. Biden’s visit “aims to enhance US support to Israel at all levels and to provide it with protection against accountability for its crimes,” Wasel Abu Yousef, an Executive [&hell...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Three UN agencies have said that more than 112,400 people had been displaced by drought in Somalia by June 22 — a 231% increase compared to May. The Banadir region, where the nation’s capital of Mogadishu is located, has received 60% of new arrivals. The UN said about 72% of movements […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the international community’s special political mission in Yemen. The authorization was set to expire July 15 but the vote extends the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) for one year. The vote was conducted in an exceptionally rare fashion w...
