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ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has affirmed the centrality of the Palestinian cause in the Arab world. Tebboune called for granting Palestine full membership in the United Nations during his address at the opening of the Arab Summit. “Algeria is more than willing to convey this vital demand to the Un...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The League of Arab States Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has called for ending the “crisis” in Syria. “The developments in Syria still require a pioneering Arab effort,” Aboul Gheit said during the 31st Arab Summit on Tuesday. “It is necessary to show flexibility from all parties so th...
Ouallam, Niger (AFP): Hundreds of schoolchildren have begun attending school in the town of Ouallam in southwestern Niger, a region that for five years was plagued by attacks unleashed by the ISIS and groups linked with Al-Qaeda. The pupils come from 18 villages near Mali whose inhabitants fled to the relative safety of Ouallam in […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Developing ties between Moscow and Arab countries is in the interest of all sides, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “The world is witnessing serious political and economic change. The formation of a multipolar system of international relations is gaining momentum, which is based on the rules of equality, jus...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Algeria’s president called Tuesday for Arab unity to face escalating “tensions and crises” as he opened the first Arab League summit since a string of normalisation deals with Israel divided the region. Abdelmadjid Tebboune told the meeting’s inaugural session that “our central and primary ...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Arab leaders gathered in the Algerian capital on Tuesday for their first summit since a string of normalisation deals with Israel that have divided the region. Since the last Arab League summit in 2019, several members of the 22-member bloc — for decades a forum for strident declarations of support for the [&helli...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Somalia’s president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of 100 people. Bulldozers were still clearing the blast site in the capital Mogadishu on Monday. Saturday’s attack, which also wounded more than 300 peo...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s Tripoli-based unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, on Monday announced the reopening of border with Sudan. Addressing an economic forum in the Libyan capital, Dbeibeh said the move will help resume the movement of goods and people between the two countries. “The closure of the border between Libya ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of the capital Khartoum on Sunday to call for the restoration of civilian rule. Protesters raised slogans demanding civilian rule amid chants against the military and an imminent agreement between the army and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, according to ...
N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): A French-Australian hostage kidnapped in eastern Chad has been released and is in “good health”, the Chadian Prime Minister announced in a tweet. “The kidnapped Franco-Australian hostage… has just been found and taken to safety in good health,” said Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, congra...
