KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated in the capital Khartoum on Monday to mark the 3rd anniversary of popular protests that led to the ouster of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir. Protesters waved banners calling for civilian rule and an end to last year’s military takeover as they marched towards the presidential pala...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan authorities exhumed two bodies from a mass grave south of the capital Tripoli on Monday. In a statement, the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two unidentified bodies were found in a grave in the town of Sog Al-Khamies, nearly 50 kilometers south of Tripoli. […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia plunged into political uncertainty Sunday as its main opposition alliance called on President Kais Saied to “leave immediately”, a day after voters overwhelming snubbed elections for a neutered parliament. That comes with Saied’s government negotiating a nearly $2-billion package to bail out the ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – A Danish television station apologized on Twitter over the weekend for airing derogatory comments comparing players on Morocco’s national football team and their families to a family of monkeys. TV 2 NEWS host Christian Høgh Andersen attempted to transition from a story featuring images of Moroccan players hugg...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisians on Saturday overwhelmingly boycotted an election for a new parliament which will have virtually no authority following a power grab by President Kais Saied in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Electoral board president Farouk Bouasker said that by close of polls at 6:00 pm (1700 GMT), just 8.8 percent of [&hell...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): A minister in Burkina Faso has called an allegation by Ghana’s president that it has invited Russian mercenaries “very serious”. Burkina had earlier called in Ghana’s ambassador in protest, the foreign ministry said, while recalling its own ambassador to Accra for consultations. Ghana...
Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP): The head of the Russian cultural centre in the Central African Republic was badly wounded after opening a parcel which carried a bomb. Russia alleged that France was behind the blast. France denied the claim by the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that Paris was involved ...
GENEVA (AA) – A “substantial” contingent of German troops will take part in a new EU mission in the West African nation of Niger, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has said. The contribution of German soldiers will be “at least in the double digits,” Lambrecht added in Niamey, at the end of her Sahel trip. Plan...
ANKARA (AA) – The International Monetary Fund has approved a $3 billion loan for Egypt under a 46-month program under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). In a statement, the IMF said the arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) includes the immediate disbursement of $347 million. “The package includes a durable shift to a flexibl...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): France and Morocco announced Friday they were mending fences after months of tensions over visas, and said President Emmanuel Macron would visit the North African kingdom in early 2023. Speaking in Rabat alongside her Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said it was time to “...
