JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The US has said the February 25 election in Nigeria “failed to meet” the expectations of Nigerians. “The people of Nigeria demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians as well as many who are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-ea...
ISTANBUL (AA) – During the last one month, after the devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, the Arab world provided vital support to quake victims with official visits, donation campaigns, rescue teams and relief supplies. At least 45,968 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on February 6. ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco on Monday inaugurated the country’s first laboratory for medical and industrial use of cannabis. In a statement, the Cooperative Bio Cannat said the lab in the northwestern city of Chefchaouen will be used to process cannabis in food and pharmaceutical industries. According to the statement, the lab obtained a per...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s High Council of State (HCS) said Monday the assembly has not rejected a UN initiative for holding elections this year. “HCS is still studying the initiative of UN envoy Abdoulaye Bathily,” Khaled al-Mishri told a press conference in the capital Tripoli. “There is a possibility of mixing […]...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia on Sunday said the federal government and the Somali people donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye. Speaking in the capital Mogadishu, Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi announced the donation and thanked the Somali business community, women associations and others for the con...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Cairo on Sunday for his first visit to Egypt, as part of efforts to enhance relations between the two countries. Al-Sudani held a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi following his arrival, a presidential statement said, without providing any further detail...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Hundreds of Tunisians defied a protest ban on Sunday to demand the release of political detainees amid a deep political crisis in the North African country. The protest was organized in the capital Tunis by the National Salvation Front (NSF), a major opposition bloc, despite a ban by the Tunisian authorities. […]
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): A line of cars and motorcycles cuts across the arid West African landscape, kicking up clouds of dust on the unpaved road. Their destination: Toeghin Peulh, a village 30 kilometres south of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou that has become a magnet for the sick and the desperate. Thousands of people have...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigeria Supreme Court has ruled that N200, N500 and N1,000 naira notes will remain in circulation until the end of 2023. The ruling came in a suit against the federal government on the naira redesign policy. The suit was filed by 16 states to challenge the legality of the policy. […]
Conakry, Guinea (AFP): Through sobs and sighs, visibly exhausted Ibrahima Barry and Dame Mariama Barry recount their journey home to Guinea from Tunisia after President Kais Saied triggered a storm, accusing sub-Saharan migrants of “crime.” The Guineans, who are not related, returned to their home country on the first repatriation ...
