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ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday visited Syrian capital Damascus to express solidarity to the earthquake victims. The Syrian regime’s news agency SANA said Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad received his Egyptian counterpart at Damascus International Airport. On Sunday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry sai...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Tensions were rising in Nigeria as authorities slowly counted more votes on Monday after a tightly contested election in Africa’s largest democracy. Results released so far show the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has an early lead, but the two main opposition forces – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and [&...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three officers were killed when a helicopter of the Somali army crashed, the African Union said in a statement. “. . . , three of the eleven passengers on board lost their lives. Eight officers have been evacuated to Mogadishu for urgent medical attention,” said a statement issued by […]
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria will reopen its embassy in Ukraine within a week after a one-year closure, according to the country’s president. President Abdelmajid Tebboune told the state television that he has tasked Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra with overseeing the reopening of the embassy. The North African nation closed its embassy in...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): A steady flow of taxis has rolled up outside the Ivorian embassy in Tunis in recent days, depositing dozens of migrants who say they no longer feel safe amid an officially sanctioned climate of fear. After a wave of arrests in recent weeks, President Kais Saied gave a speech that critics said […]
Bamako, Mali (AFP): An attack by insurgents on a village in central Mali killed 13 civilians, local officials told AFP on Friday. A local politician said “terrorists” had killed at least 13 civilians and burned homes in the village of Kani-Bonzon on Thursday, adding that the death toll could be as high as 20. Insurgents […]
Awka, Nigeria (AFP): Ashes and charred metal are what mostly remain of the electoral office in Ojoto in southeastern Nigeria. Holes gape in the walls that are still standing, its roof blown away. Early this month, armed men scaled the walls and passed the barbed wire before throwing Molotov cocktails through the windows. A gas […]
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian authorities on Friday ordered the closure of the country’s land borders, a day ahead of presidential and general elections. Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service Isah Jere issued the directive to halt crossings with the West African nation’s neighbors Niger, Chad, Cameroon, and B...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied called Thursday for his government to take care of “legal” migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while doubling down on controversial remarks that illegal immigration was causing “demographic” change. “People who are legally in Tunisia should be reassured,” Saie...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is stepping down after eight years at the helm of Africa’s largest economy. Candidates for the federal parliament — the House of Representatives and Senate — will also be on the ballot sheet. Here’s election day...
