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KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 10 soldiers were killed and around 50 others wounded when suspected terrorists attacked an army base in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region on Monday, the army said. The attack targeted the 14th Inter-Arms Regiment in Djibo. A provisional assessment showed that 10 soldiers were killed in the fighting and about [&he...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The US and the UK have warned their citizens against traveling to Nigeria, saying there is an elevated risk of terror attacks in the West African country’s capital Abuja. “Avoid all non-essential travel or movement,” the US embassy in Abuja said in a security alert. Nigeria has been battling terrorist groups. Th...
ALGIERS (AA) – The Algerian presidency has announced that for health reasons, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will not attend the Nov. 1-2 Arab summit in Algiers. The Arab League, formally known as the League of Arab States, is holding its first annual summit in three years. “The President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid [&...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – More than 40,000 African migrants have arrived in war-torn Yemen since the start of this year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “More than 40,000 migrants have landed on Yemen’s shores so far in 2022 according to displacement tracking matrix (DTM) estimates,” the IOM said in a statement. The ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and eight others wounded when al-Shabaab attacked a popular hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo on Sunday, police said. Mahad Abdi, a regional police officer in Kismayo, said the attack started with bombing followed by gunfire after al-Shabaab men stormed Tawakal Hotel, a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A prominent Pakistani journalist and TV host, Arshad Sharif, was shot dead by police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, his family and media reported on Monday. Sharif was shot in the head and killed by police after his driver and he allegedly breached a roadblock that had been set up to check […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea’s military government has agreed on a shorter timeline for a transition to elections of 24 months, down from 36, a West African bloc said Saturday. In a statement, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it agreed with the junta leaders on a 24-month timeline after discussions with [&helli...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Prime Minister of Libya’s Tripoli-based unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has rejected an agreement with East Libya-based parliament on changing heads of the country’s sovereign positions. On Friday, Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh and Khaled al-Mishri, head of the Tripoli-based High Council of State, which acts as a...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The junta leader in Burkina Faso has appointed Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, a lawyer, as prime minister by presidential decree. Capt. Ibrahim Traore’s decision came late Friday after his own swearing-in as transitional president in the West African country after a coup late last month – the second in less than [&hel...
PARIS (AA) – Tears of the Seine, an animated short film, has received attention in France and globally. The film has won a bronze medal at the Student Oscars in Los Angeles. It sheds light on the bloody police crackdown on the demonstration by Algerians in Paris on Oct. 17, 1961, in which hundreds of […]
