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Rabat, Morocco (AFP): The European Union and Morocco have signed a “green partnership” deal they hope will bolster cooperation on renewable energy. The sun-baked North African country is seeking to offer alternatives for European nations trying to wean themselves off fossil fuels, whose prices have soared following Russia’s i...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Gunmen have abducted at least 20 people and killed two in an attack on a hospital in Nigeria. Bandits attacked the Abdulsalam Abubakar General Hospital in Gulu, a town in Nigeria’s Niger state, in the early hours of Tuesday. Among those abducted were a doctor, nurses and other staff members, as […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Drought-ravaged Somalia could soon see “the death of children on a scale not seen in half a century,” the UN has warned, calling for greater action and funding from the international community. “Today in Somalia, every single minute of every single day, a child is admitted to a health facility for […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s parliament-appointed government of Fathi Bashagha on Tuesday asked the country’s tax authority to transfer revenues to it instead of the Tripoli-based administration. The request was made in a letter sent by Finance Minister Osama Hammad to the tax authority to transfer revenues to the Benghazi-based Centra...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Iran sent Ethiopia armed drones in the summer of 2021 in violation of a standing UN Security Council resolution, the US State Department said on Tuesday. Spokesman Vedant Patel said the US informed the UN about the transfer, noting it was in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed the […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The number of peacekeepers killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Mali rose to four on Tuesday, with two seriously injured, reported the UN mission in the West African nation, condemning the act. This came a day after the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) anno...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and four injured in northern Mali on Monday by a highway bomb, the UN mission said on Twitter. “Two MINUSMA #peacekeepers were killed today, 17 October, when their vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device during a #mine search and detection patrol in #Tessalit, Kidal regio...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The secretary-general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) has been released on bail after being arrested six days earlier on security-related charges. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin appeared before a court in the capital Mogadishu after the country’s attorney general’s office charged him with disobeying the law and “...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The US on Monday announced that it had imposed sanctions on al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab’s financial facilitators. The individuals who were sanctioned include Khalif Adale, Abdullahi Jeeri and Abdikarim Hussein Gagaal while others were designated for working as al-Shabaab weapons traffickers, accor...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia has struck a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.9 billion loan to shore up its economy. “IMF staff and the Tunisian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support Tunisia’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement,” the IMF said in a statem...
