TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s Presidency Council Mohamed al-Menfi on Sunday met British Ambassador Caroline Hurndall to discuss the stalled Libyan elections. They discussed political developments in Libya and issues of common interest, al-Menfi’s office said in a statement. According to the statement, al-Menfi underlined keenness...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Casualties have been feared in a bomb explosion and heavy gunfire targeting a busy and popular hotel near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. The Villa Rose Hotel, located near Somalia’s heavily fortified presidential palace, is used by Somali officials. Casualties are yet unknown but local m...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s political parties, with the exception of the ruling Socialist Party, have demanded more explanation about the Melilla migrant tragedy after watching police videos. The videos were screened behind closed doors, but a select group of politicians could see what occurred the day when at least 23 migrants died while try...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali military said Friday it thwarted an al-Shabab attack on a base in the recently liberated village of Qayib in Galmudug state. A security officer in Galmudug, who spoke to Anadolu Agency over phone on condition of anonymity, said heavily armed fighters from the al-Qaeda-affiliated group tried to overtur...
Moroni, Comoros (AFP): Prosecutors in the Comoros have sought a life sentence for former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi who was tried in absentia for high treason. Sambi, 64, the arch opponent to current president Azali Assoumani, faces charges related to the alleged sale of Comorian passports to stateless people living in Gulf nations. “...
Tripoli, Libya (AFP): Libya on Thursday sent more than 200 illegal migrants back across its land borders, in a rare display of cooperation from the country’s divided political institutions. The migrants, dressed in differing tracksuits to identify their nationalities, were handed biscuits, milk and bottles of water by police in Tripoli, ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death Thursday over the brutal killing last year of Jamal Ben Ismail, who they accused of starting forest fires in the Kabylie region. The Casablanca Court in Algiers said that the 49 defendants were sentenced to death on charges of premeditated murder, arson, torture [&hel...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): A brawl broke out in Sierra Leone’s parliament Wednesday as MPs debated a proposed change to the electoral system to allow for proportional representation in next year’s election, local media reported. In video footage, representatives from the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the op...
Windhoek, Namibia (AFP): Authorities in Namibia’s capital Windhoek have taken down and relocated a statue of a controversial German colonial officer following pressure from local activists. The monument commemorated Curt von Francois, a German army commissioner who has been historically credited with “founding Windhoek” ̵...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egyptian authorities had asked 11 Israeli pilots to leave its territory after they landed without visas, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Israeli daily Maariv said the pilots landed in Egypt in small planes but the Egyptian authorities asked them to leave, citing “reasons of national security.” The Israeli Forei...
