MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – More than 32 people were killed and over 63 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. Abdifatah Adan Hassan, Somali police spokesman, told a news conference on Saturday that the attack included a suicide explosion followed by gunfire. [&hel...
Kano, Nigeria — AFP A bombing at a teahouse in a village in northeast Nigeria killed 19 people and wounded two dozen more, in the second major attack in a few weeks, security sources said. The blast in Kawuri village in Borno State was one of the deadliest in recent years in northeast Nigeria, where […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea’s former military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was found guilty of crimes against humanity at a court in the capital Conakry and sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection with massacres that occurred in 2009 in the West African country. The charges are in connection with the September 28, […]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Thousands of protesters marched in major cities in Nigeria to demand “immediate action” on the country’s food crisis and inflation. Protests began early in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, despite a move by the government to stop demonstrations. The crowd, mostly youths and human rights activists, marche...
Kenya has marked a significant milestone by listing its first Islamic bonds, worth $23 million, on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). President William Ruto inaugurated the Shariah-compliant bonds, known as Sukuk, and introduced by Linzi Finco Trust Islamic. The move is part of Ruto’s initiative to enhance affordable housing through ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa has condemned the assassination by Israel of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran on Wednesday. The group’s political bureau chief was in the Iranian capital to attend the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian. Pretoria said it is concerned that the killing of Haniyeh and the ...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP The Malian army on Monday said it had suffered a “large number” of deaths during fighting in the north last week, in a rare admission after rebels claimed to have inflicted major losses. A unit “was encircled by the coalition of terrorist forces” and “fierce fighting began before the arr...
Rabat, Morocco – AFP Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Monday pardoned three journalists detained for years, as hundreds of prisoners saw their sentences commuted to mark the monarch’s 25th anniversary on the throne. Omar Radi, Soulaimane Raissouni and Taoufik Bouachrine, as well as historian and rights advocate Maati Monjib, wer...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa said Saturday it canceled the visas of 95 Libyan nationals who were arrested Friday at a suspected “secret military camp” in White River, a holiday town in the northeastern Mpumalanga province. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said he welcomed the arrests of the Libyans whom he said acquir...
White River, South Africa — AFP South African authorities rounded up 95 Libyans in a raid at a farm that appeared to have been converted into an illegal military training base, the police said. The raid was in a remote area outside the town of White River in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, about 360 […]
