KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore spoke out Thursday on a recent attempted coup against his government, confirming that some elements of the army wanted to seize power, according to local media reports. Last weekend, there was speculation after rumors circulated on social media networks of a coup...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 40 al-Shabaab members were killed and several others wounded in a fresh operation in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Thursday, authorities said. The operation in the rural area of the Mahaday town was conducted by the Somali army, intelligence and security agency, and supported by the international ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Widespread inequalities are fueling the spread of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, a top UN official has warned. “An inequality that really breaks my heart is the inequality against children living with HIV,” UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said at the launch of a new report in Tanzania. “With the science w...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s president highlighted Monday that the global economic downturn has deeply affected the economies of West African countries and resulted in dire economic hardships for the region’s residents. Muhammadu Buhari was speaking at the opening of the 2022 Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja. B...
Moroni, Comoros (AFP): A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, who was convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf. Sambi, 64, an arch rival of President Azali Assoumani, was sentenced by the State Security Court, a special judicial […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian judicial authorities on Monday questioned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi over terror links accusations, according to his lawyer. “Ghannouchi was questioned Monday morning,” Mukhtar al-Jamai told Anadolu Agency. He said the questioning session had originally been scheduled for Sept. 21, but was postponed until N...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab killed eight civilians, including two UK-Somali dual citizens, at a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Monday, said police officials and relatives of the victims. One soldier was also killed in efforts to retake the Villa Rays Hotel, Somali Federal Police spokesman Sadik Dodishe ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Police in Somalia on Sunday said that 20 foreigners are being interrogated after they said that they had been in al-Shabaab’s captivity for years. Sadik Adan Ali, a police spokesman, said in a statement that the foreigners, including 14 Iranians and six Pakistanis, were apprehended by police in the country’s coa...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s opposition National Salvation Front has called for the formation of a national salvation government to address the country’s economic and social problems. “Economic and social crises are aggravating day by day and for the past year and a half, there were no signs that these problems are coming to an [&hell...
KONYA, Türkiye (AA) – Just as relations between Türkiye and Egypt take shape, ties with Syria can follow the same path, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “There is no room for hard feelings in politics,” Erdogan said at an event in the central Konya province. Referring to his recent meeting with his Egyptian counterpart [&hell...
