KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslims in Uganda from all segments of society protested Monday against the arbitrary arrests of Muslim leaders during raids on mosques. Muslim clerics, parliamentarians, businessmen and community members came out to condemn the arrests, which they say are illegal and uncalled for. “It’s discriminatory for th...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s ruling military council and political forces on Monday signed a framework agreement meant to resolve the country’s months-long crisis. The deal was signed by army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and a number of rebel movemen...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Thousands of residents in northeastern Nigeria who took shelter in neighboring countries following attacks by the Boko Haram have returned to their homes, an official said on Sunday. Air Vice Marshall (retd) Lawal Alao, vice chairman of the Victims Support Fund (VSF), said in a statement that 5,704 people who fled [&helli...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): West African leaders on Sunday told Mali’s ruling junta to release 46 Ivorian troops taken prisoner in July or face sanctions, officials said. “We ask the Malian authorities to release the Ivorian soldiers by January 1, 2023 at the latest,” Omar Alieu Touray, president of the Economic Community of West A...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Thousands of Islamists in Sudan rallied Saturday against efforts by the United Nations to solve the political crisis sparked by last year’s coup, AFP journalists said. The demonstrations, the latest by Islamist factions in recent weeks, came one day after military leaders and a key civilian bloc announced plans to ...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union chief took aim Saturday at legislative elections due later this month, claiming they serve no purpose in light of constitutional reforms that neutered political parties. President Kais Saied last year sacked the government and suspended parliament, then this year extended his powe...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese civilian and military rivals will sign a political framework agreement Monday, the Sudanese Sovereign Council said Friday. The agreement will include the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), the Popular Congress Party (PCP), Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the rebel coalition of the Sudanese Revolution...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Even after centuries, traces remain in Africa of the slave trade maintained by Westerners up until the 1800s. While West Africa was used for years as the main slave hub, many countries expanded their colonies and transported slaves to the New World from ports in the eastern and southern parts of […]
Salé, Morocco (AFP): Ecstatic Moroccans celebrated on Thursday after their team qualified for the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time since 1986. “We’ve waited 36 years,” one fan cried after the Atlas Lions beat Canada 2-1 to storm into the round of 16 as winners of their group. In 1986, the […]
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Lawmakers exchanged blows and hurled a chair in Senegal’s parliament on Thursday over a perceived insult towards an influential pro-opposition religious leader. An opposition MP slapped legislator Amy Ndiaye over her remarks, according to images on television and social media that were authenticated by AFP. She resp...
