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Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): A prominent rights group has accused Tunisian President Kais Saied of “racism and hate speech” after he vowed to crack down on sub-Saharan African migrants. Saied, who has seized almost total power since a dramatic July 2021 move against parliament, had urged his national security council to take “urgent...
Kano, Nigeria (AFP): When shoe salesman Haruna Abubakar voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and again in 2019, he was one of more than a million Nigerians backing the former army chief in his stronghold of northern Kano State. Home to Nigeria’s second largest city and the economic heart of the country’s Muslim north, [&hel...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – There have been attacks in Nigeria ahead of the February 25 general elections where a new president, senators and House of Representatives will be chosen. The spate of attacks across the country have created fear among citizens. On Sunday, gunmen attacked a police station in Anambra state, killing three officers. Ano...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigerians will vote for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners battling to govern Africa’s most populous democracy. After eight years under Buhari, Nigeria still faces huge challenges, from attacks by militants and separatists, a sluggish economy and...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 112 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded in fierce fighting in the town of Lasanod in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland over the last three weeks, a medical official said Tuesday. Abdimajid Hussein Sugulle, the director-general of a public hospital in Lasanod, provided the latest fig...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a house in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing ten civilians, the government said. The raid took place around 1200 GMT in the northern district of Abdiaziz, the government said, adding that three civilians had been wounded. “The security forces rescued and extracted...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Like millions of fellow Nigerians, Rotimi Bankole says he wants to use Saturday’s presidential elections to push for a better life in his oil-rich but crisis-ridden country. Double-digit inflation, weak economic growth and mounting insecurity are major issues for voters on February 25 when they choose a successor to...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The bodies of at least 51 soldiers who were killed when their unit was ambushed last week in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso were found Monday during combing operations, said the army. “At the end of the day on Monday 20 February, 43 bodies were found, bringing the provisional toll […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian police have summoned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi for questioning, his movement said on Monday. Ennahda spokesman Imad Al-Hamiri said Ghannouchi will appear before investigators on Tuesday. No information was yet available about the purpose of the investigation. “There is no reason for summoning G...
ANKARA (AA) – An Egyptian ship carrying relief goods arrived at Latakia port in Syria on Monday for the victims of the February 6 earthquake. A statement by the Egyptian Presidency said a ship from the Egyptian Navy loaded with hundreds of tons of relief aid arrived in Latakia for the quake victims in Syria. […]
