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Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s military rulers have received more warplanes and helicopters from Russia, the latest in a series of deliveries from its new top military and political ally. The shipment consists of eight planes and two helicopters which were displayed at a ceremony attended by Russian ambassador Igor Gromyko and the head of Ma...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Two attacks killed at least 18 people, including 16 auxiliaries supporting the army, in Burkina Faso, security sources said on Friday. Thursday’s attacks in the north and northwest of the country were the latest to hit a civilian auxiliary force that supports the military in a seven-year fight against mil...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Around 145 people have been missing since a motorized boat capsized earlier this week on a river in the northwestern Congo’s Equateur province, an official said Thursday. The boat was headed to Lilanga in the neighboring Republic of Congo when it sank on the Lulonga River overnight Tuesday near the town […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Conflict-wracked Libya has donated several dozen trucks of food supplies to neighbouring Tunisia, the Libyan embassy said, months into an economic crisis that has seen repeated shortages of basic goods. A convoy of 96 trucks carrying sugar, oil, flour and rice from Tripoli passed the Ras Jedir crossing on Tuesday morning,...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): Al-Shabaab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a “historic victory” with the capture of a strategic coastal town. There were conflicting reports about the death toll after the Al-Shabaab fighters stormed the camp in the town of Hawadley north o...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The leaders of Egypt, Palestine and Jordan held summit talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Tuesday to discuss Palestinian developments. An Egyptian presidential spokesman said the talks between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II tackled challenges in the Palestinian cause. The spok...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Libya’s Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh has said the country’s stalled elections will be held before November after an agreement between the rival legislative chambers. On January 5, Saleh met in Egypt with Khaled al-Mishri, chairman of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS), which acts as a senate, where they agreed to ...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigerians are rushing to pick up their voting cards for next month’s presidential election, where three major candidates are vying to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. Nearly 10 million new voters have been registered for the February 25 ballot, of whom 84 percent are young people aged under 34. For the first time...
LOUGA, SENEGAL (AA): At least 19 people were killed and 24 injured on Monday when a bus rammed into a truck while trying to avoid hitting a donkey in Senegal’s north-west Louga region, authorities said. The head-on collision occurred at around 5 a.m. local time in Sakal. “It also seems that the bus tried to […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s 5+5 joint military committee convened for the first time in seven months on Sunday and discussed several issues, including the current cease-fire. The committee includes five members from the Tripoli-based national unity government and five from Khalifa Haftar’s forces. Maj. Gen. Khaled Mahjub, a leader in t...
