KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has said that the signing of an agreement to resume the country’s democratic transition was delayed with the intention of “laying solid framework that maintains the momentum and vigor of the revolution.” On Wednesday, the opposition Forces of Freedom and Change coalit...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Hundreds of Chadian rebels who were jailed in connection with the death of former President Idriss Deby Itno walked free Wednesday after two years in prison. The 380 members of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel group were pardoned by transition President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno last […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraq will reopen its embassy in Libya nine years after the mission was closed for security reasons, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday evening. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahhaf stated that “Iraq decided to reopen its embassy in Libya and resume diplomatic work to strengthen bilateral relations between th...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – More than 15 million square meters are still contaminated with explosive ordnances across war-torn Libya, the United Nations has said. “The indiscriminate use of weapons in civilian areas during the recent conflicts means even urban areas are littered with explosive remnants of war,” the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMI...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – More than 1,200 Somali civilians were killed or injured due to explosive ordnance, including landmines, and improvised explosive devices in 2022, according to latest UN figures. “Whether measured in the number of casualties or the scope of economic impediment, the toll being paid by ordinary Somalis because of t...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied appeared in a video posted Monday on his official Facebook page, dismissing “mad” reports over his health following almost two weeks with no public engagements. The North African country’s main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier to explain Saied’s ...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Sierra Leone has banned political street rallies, a tradition that has for decades characterised electoral campaigns, less than three months before the presidential election, the government said Monday. Election periods are “no time for dancing and merriment”, but rather “times for deep reflectio...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s main opposition coalition has pressed the government to explain a days-long public “absence” of President Kais Saied, saying it had information that he was sick. Saied, 65, has not appeared in public or held any meetings since March 22, according to posts on his Facebook page — the presid...
ANKARA (AA) — France has voiced displeasure over a recent decision by Burkina Faso to expel correspondents of French newspapers from the West African nation. “France reaffirms its constant and determined engagement in favor of the press freedom and the protection of journalists everywhere in the world,” the French Foreign Ministry ...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Embassy in Libya on Monday voiced deep concern over alleged abuses against migrants in Libya and vowed to use its powers to hold perpetrators accountable. A report by a UN fact-finding mission cited evidence on crimes against humanity committed against migrants in Libya, including women being forced into sex slavery. [&hel...
