ISTANBUL (AA) – The US plans to to break China’s dominance on Africa’s critical minerals, according to the Economist. Africa is home to around 30% of the world’s mineral resources, according to the UN Environment Program. The International Energy Agency expects that clean energy technologies will need 40 times more lithium, 2...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s newly-elected parliament sat for the first time on Monday. The opening session was chaired by the eldest lawmaker, Saleh Al-Mubaraki, 70, who stressed the significance of “joint work with the executive authority within the framework of the unity of the state.” “Our country is facing serio...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan said Saturday it has brought back five nationals who had joined the ISIS group in Syria. A Foreign Ministry statement said that two women and three children were returned from Syria. “The five are the first group of nationals held in northern Syria,” the statement said, without giving any exact […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has said he plans to restore diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime. “Nothing can justify the absence of a Tunisian ambassador in Damascus and an ambassador from Syria in Tunis,” Saied said during a meeting with Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar that was broadcast by the Tunisian ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily on Saturday unveiled details of his initiative for holding the country’s stalled elections this year. Last month, Bathily announced a new initiative to break the deadlock in Libya by creating a steering committee to hold the polls. Addressing a press conference in the capital Tripoli, [...
Banjul, Gambia (AFP): Hundreds of Gambians marched through the capital Banjul on Friday in what is believed to be the first opposition protest permitted in nearly three decades. “The principle reason for this peaceful protest is to demand greater transparency and accountability from the President Adama Barrow-led government,” Binta...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s ruling junta will postpone a constitutional referendum but maintain a previously agreed timeline to return to civilian rule, a government spokesperson said in a statement read to the press Friday. “The transitional government informs national and international opinion that the date of the referendum sched...
Kano, Nigeria (AFP): Insurgents in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state have killed at least 37 fishermen, militia sources and a local told AFP on Thursday, in the latest violence in the region. Boko Haram insurgents who operate in the area alongside rivals linked to the Islamic State group, ISWAP, often target locals to steal or because [&he...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Discarded containers and bags are an eyesore in many towns, while beaches are covered by debris — Senegal’s notorious problem of plastic pollution is not going away. Fly-tipping is a scourge and landfills like the sprawling Mbeubeuss site near the capital Dakar are overstretched, with several thousand tonnes o...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): The motorcycles that buzz along the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, have a story to tell. Once the preserve of men and a sign of male status in this West African country, today they are used ubiquitously by women — and are a prized tool of emancipation. When […]
