WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Tuesday there is no evidence to suggest that Egypt is supplying Russia with lethal weapons after a leaked American document claimed Cairo secretly planned to supply rockets to Moscow. Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi planned to manufacture 40,000 rockets for Russia, according to the Washington Post, wh...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for “massive” international support for Somalia as it battles a devastating drought and a grinding insurgency. Guterres, who arrived in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu earlier on Tuesday, described his trip as a visit of “solidarity.&#...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – At least four people died and more than 20 went missing after two boats carrying irregular migrants sank off Tunisia’s southern coast Sunday. In a statement to the local press, Fevzi Mesmudi, a judicial official of the Sfax Court, said the two boats were carrying irregular migrants from sub-Saharan African countries...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Nations has voiced concern over the current tense situation in Sudan following a delay in the signing of a final agreement to resolve the country’s months-long political crisis. In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on Sudan’s rivals to work to overcome obstacles to civilian […...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Forty-four civilians have been killed by armed groups in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said Saturday. The provisional toll of “this despicable and barbaric attack” which targeted the villages of Kourakou and Tondobi in northeast Burkina Faso ov...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The imam was there to lead prayers for the gathered faithful, but to an affectionate cat, he seemed the most attractive target to climb. A video clip of the kitty jumping onto a robed imam as he led Tarawih, a featured prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, went viral […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty to corruption charges when he appeared for questioning Thursday in a court in the capital Nouakchott. Aziz, 66, faces multiple charges including illicit enrichment, abuse of office, influence peddling and money laundering along with nine other d...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Thousands of residents have been displaced after gunmen killed at least 47 mourners in a Nigerian northcentral state, an official said Friday. Paul Hembah, a security adviser to the governor of Bemue State, told Anadolu gunmen opened fire on villagers Wednesday during a burial in Umogidi in Otukpo Local Government. ...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Pro-democracy activists in Sudan marched against the army and paramilitaries Thursday as the civilian opposition marked a key anniversary in the decades-old struggle against military rule with new protests. April 6 is a symbolic date for Sudan’s civilian opposition — the anniversary of uprisings in 1985 and 2...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday rejected “foreign diktats” from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in stalled talks with the heavily indebted country over a bailout package. “Regarding the IMF, foreign diktats that will lead to more poverty are unacceptable,” Saied told repor...
