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TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Leaders of French-speaking countries — who have a history of colonization by France — gathered in Tunisia on Saturday to attend the 18th Francophonie summit. The two-day summit, held on the island of Djerba in southeastern Tunisia, brings together 31 heads of states and governments to discuss a host of issues...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The government in Somalia said Friday that the UN Security Council’s army embargo extension impedes the nation’s efforts to rebuild its national army and security forces to counter terror threats. Mogadishu urged the UN to “seriously consider” the Africa Union Peace & Security Communique in July that called for th...
Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP): Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in their country’s elections in 2019. Now the 41-year-old and 27-year-old are at odds over who should succeed their champion in next February’s ballot. Their disagreeme...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Several hundred journalists, civil society members and political party representatives demonstrated Friday in Senegal’s capital to demand the release of a journalist and government critic detained earlier this month. Journalist union representatives marched along a boulevard near the Dakar city centre, chanting R...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was “near” death behind bars, his family told AFP after their first visit since he ended a seven-month long hunger strike. “When we saw him today, he was exhausted, weak and vulnerable,” the activist’s aunt novelist Ahdaf Soueif said. “He...
DAKAR (AA) – France halted development assistance to Mali on Thursday, citing the presence of Wagner mercenaries, according to French media reports and Foreign Ministry officials. Humanitarian aid to Mali and support for select non-governmental groups will be maintained, said the reports. Media reports said the decision was made two to t...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ivory Coast to the UN will gradually withdraw military and police personnel engaged in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), according to a letter from Ivorian authorities. “The handover of the Protection Company based...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s president has announced that his administration is focusing on uprooting the al-Shabaab from the country. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud praised lawmakers for standing with the national army in the fight against al-Shabaab. “Today we’re at a time where defeat and retreat are not an option and we’re ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN said Tuesday that Libya has been at risk of dismemberment since elections which were scheduled for Dec. 24 last year were postponed. Abdoulaye Bathily, the UN envoy for Libya, said some institutional players are actively hindering progress toward elections. ”The genuine political will of these actors ne...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Gunmen suspected to be members of a separatist group killed a senior tribal leader and two of his aides in southeast Nigeria, police said on Tuesday. A police spokesman, Michael Abattam, said gunmen in four vehicles and on two motorcycles, entered Obudi Agwa, Oguta area in Imo State on Monday afternoon […...
