Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Saturday as paramilitaries and the regular army traded attacks on each other’s bases, days after the army warned the country was at a “dangerous” turning point. The paramilitaries said they were in control of the presidential place as well as Khartoum airport, clai...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has warned that it will no longer be able to feed 600,000 refugees in Chad in May unless it receives urgent international funding. The UN’s World Food Program said Chad was hosting the biggest refugee population in west and central Africa, with the numbers rising due to unrest in […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The leaders of the Libyan armed forces in the west and east of the country on Thursday evening announced their readiness to secure upcoming elections. The announcement came during a meeting between Libyan Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Haddad with Abdel Razek al-Nadori, Kahlifa Haftar’s army chief...
KAIROUAN, Tunis (AA) – A Tunisian footballer lost his life a few days after setting himself on fire in front of a police station in the northern Kairouan province, local media reported. Nizar al-Issawi, 35, died at a hospital late Thursday due to third-degree burns he sustained after pouring gasoline on his body and setting […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Different Sudanese political parties and former rebels have been working to contain the ongoing military tension between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the strong paramilitary of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Forces for Freedom and Change on Thursday urged the two sides to stop the escalation. The former reb...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso’s military junta declared Thursday a “general mobilisation” to give the state “all necessary means” to combat a string of attacks by insurgents since the start of this year. The goal is to create a “legal framework for all the actions to be taken” against t...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): Three defendants accused of repeatedly raping a Moroccan girl pleaded not guilty Thursday as the case went to appeal, after their light sentences shocked the country. The victim was only 11 when she was “repeatedly raped” and became pregnant, according to rights groups in the North African kingdom. The legal t...
Medjez El Bab, Tunisia (AFP): A severe drought in North Africa has left Tunisian farmers bracing for a catastrophically poor harvest, imperilling food security in the cash-strapped country. At a time when the global cereals market has been disrupted by the Ukraine war, Tunisia’s domestic grain production has also withered under a lack of...
Casablanca, Morocco (AFP): The lawyer for an 11-year-old Moroccan girl whose rapists received light sentences on Wednesday urged authorities to review laws protecting minors. Mohamed Sebbar made the appeal at a news conference on the eve of an appeal hearing by the victim after a court sentenced one of the girl’s three attackers to two [...
ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will pay an official visit to Türkiye on Thursday, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry. Shoukry will arrive in Türkiye at the invitation of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. “At the meetings during the visit, bilateral relations and regional developments will be discu...
