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Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan hosted Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, in the first official visit by a top Israeli diplomat to Khartoum, Sudanese authorities said. Sudan in January 2021 formally agreed to normalise relations with Israel in a quid pro quo for the United States removing it from its lis...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Four Somali officials, including from the military, police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), were executed Thursday by firing squad in Mogadishu. “Today, February 02. 2023, the military court executed Bukhari Awil Mohamud of the national intelligence and security agency (NISA), Ali Mohamu...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain and Morocco have signed 20 agreements that, according to Spain’s premier, “consolidate a new era of mutual trust and genuine cooperation like it’s never existed before.” Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and 11 of his ministers met with their Moroccan counterparts on Thursday to “establish the bases for the type [...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – A delegation of Israeli security officials has arrived in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a Sudanese NGO confirmed on Thursday. The delegation arrived on a private Israeli aircraft, Hussein Qamar, head of the Sudanese-Israeli Friendship Society, told Anadolu. The visit is part of ongoing security coordination and exchange of i...
Rabat, Morocco — AFP Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez kicked off a visit to Morocco on Wednesday — a trip aimed at mending ties following a deep diplomatic crisis between the two countries. “The better the relations are between Morocco and Spain, the better it is for Spain, for Morocco, for Europe, for business, and [&hel...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): The leaders of Somalia and neighbouring countries vowed at a summit on Wednesday to “make the final push” against Al-Shabaab as a wide-ranging offensive against the group gathers pace. Kenya’s William Ruto, Djibouti’s Ismail Omar Guelleh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attended the summ...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories (AFP): Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno opened his country’s first embassy in Israel on Thursday, four years after the countries renewed ties following a decades-long rupture, an Israeli statement said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called the embassy’s inaugu...
PARIS (AA) – France on Thursday shot back at Russia for its accusations of “colonial” treatment of Africa. Responding to an Anadolu question at a news conference, French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne-Claire Legendre denounced what she termed Russia’s “neocolonial political involvement” in Africa. Legendre’s remarks were in response to Russ...
Sakoira, Niger (AFP): After fleeing the militants who threatened their remote village, Aichata Hassan had no idea that another mighty challenge lay ahead: proving to the authorities that her 12-year-old daughter existed. Like countless other children in Niger, Nadia has no birth certificate, which meant that when she arrived with the family in...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s main opposition coalition urged a united front against President Kais Saied after just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted Sunday in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament in the politically divided nation. “Almost 90 percent of Tunisian voters ignored this piece of theatre and refused to be invo...
