ANKARA (AA) – Amnesty International has criticized Morocco for imprisoning migrants trying to cross into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. The Moroccan Association for Human Rights had said on Tuesday that a Moroccan appellate court sentenced 13 migrants to three years in prison for storming the border fence of the Spanish-controlled city ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Djibouti has signed a $1 billion deal with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group to set up a rocket and satellite launch site in the country. The project “also includes the construction of a port and highway of international standing in the northern region of Obock for the transport of materials necessary […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Head of the UN mission in Sudan Volker Peretz has said that the country needs to reach a final political agreement “as soon as possible.” “Time is important. We must accelerate the process to reach a final political solution as soon as possible,” Peretz said. The final stage of Sudan’s political […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 61 al-Shabaab fighters were killed and dozens others wounded in Somalia in an operation by the country’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Information Ministry said on Monday. The operation against al-Qaeda-affiliated group was backed by Somalia’s international partners in the country’s ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A Mozambican national, accused of orchestrating kidnappings for ransom in his home country, has been arrested in South Africa, according to police sources. Esmael Malude Ramos Nangy, 50, who was wanted for kidnapping cases in Mozambique was arrested by a multidisciplinary security team, including Interpol, over the we...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian police in the Zamfara state on Sunday said its tactical operatives had intercepted rocket shells, anti-aircraft ammunition, and explosives. Police spokesman Muhammad Shehu told Anadolu Agency that the gunrunners in Saturday’s incident were suspected to be behind all the recovered weapons, including thr...
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (AA) – The Suez Canal Authority on Monday successfully refloated a vessel after it ran aground near the al-Qantara city in the waterway, a shipping company said. “M/V GLORY has been refloated by the Suez Canal Authority tugs. 21 vessels going southbound will commence/resume their transits,” the shipping company Leth Agencies sa...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July arrived home late Saturday, according to an AFP reporter at the airport, a day after they were pardoned by the neighbouring country’s junta. The troops, whose detention triggered a bitter diplomatic row between the countries, were arrested on July 10, 2022, after ...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – A collision of two buses in Senegal early Sunday claimed the lives of 38 people and injured 87 others, the fire brigade said. The accident occurred near the town of Kaffrine on the No. 1 national road at 3.15 am local time (0315 GMT), according to Col. Cheikh Fall, in charge […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The final stage of Sudan’s political process is set to kick off on Sunday, according to the country’s trilateral mechanism body. In a statement, the Trilateral Mechanism said the final stage of the political process aims to reach “a final and just political agreement”. The Trilateral Mechanism comprises the African Union...
