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DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The head of the Burkinabe junta Capt. Ibrahim Traore was sworn in before the Constitutional Council Friday as the new president of the transition around one month after a coup. During the official swearing-in ceremony broadcast on Burkina Faso’s national television, Traore, 34, swore before the members of th...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria on Friday condemned “the use of lethal force” against demonstrators in Chad, demanding a quicker transition to democratic rule. Algeria “strongly condemns the use of lethal force against the demonstrators, which caused the loss of many lives and serious injuries to others in several citie...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese authorities on Friday declared a state of emergency in the state of Blue Nile in the wake of killings of more than 200 people as a result of a tribal conflict. Ahmed Al-Omda, the state’s governor, said that the emergency will remain in effect throughout the Blue Nile region […]
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Uganda’s Finance Trust Bank has launched the country’s first Islamic Sharia-compliant account called Halal. Prominent Muslim personalities attended the launch event held in the country’s capital Kampala. Percy Lubega, head of business development at the bank, said: “We have today launched th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt has demanded an immediate stop to Israeli attacks on Palestinian territories and encouraged the international community to help ease tensions. “Egypt is following with great concern the developments of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories in a number of cities in the West Bank and the vicinity of Al...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has announced a state of emergency following the human and material damage caused by massive flooding in the country. Heavy floods in the Central African country are affecting 636 localities in 18 of its 23 regions, or more than a million people, causing tens of thousands [&hel...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least 15 people were drowned when a passenger vessel carrying them to a religious event capsized in a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said on Thursday. Aliyu Dantani, the head of Shagari Local Government in Sokoto State, told Anadolu Agency that the vessel was transporting some people to […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 150 people have been killed over the past two days in a tribal conflict in southeastern Sudan, according to local media reports. Dozens of others were injured in the clashes which took place between tribes on Wednesday and Thursday in Blue Nile state. “The UN is alarmed by violence […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Several people were killed on Thursday as security forces in Chad cracked down on protesters demanding a quicker transition to democratic rule. News website Alwihda Info reported at least 30 fatalities in the capital N’Djamena, where hundreds of people defied a ban on protests to take to the streets. Authorities, howeve...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria and Russia kicked off a four-day joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, the Algerian Defense Ministry said Wednesday. A group of warships belonging to the Russian fleet docked in the port of Algiers on Tuesday to conduct the 2022 joint naval exercise, the ministry said in a written statement. [&...
