ANKARA (AA) – The World Health Organization has issued a medical product alert for four contaminated medicines detected in Gambia which have been potentially linked with acute kidney injuries and 66 child deaths. “The four medicines are cough and cold syrups produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited in India. WHO is conducting further i...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s military has secured the release of the remaining 23 passengers who were abducted by Boko Haram during an attack in March on a train in northwestern Nigeria, an official announced Wednesday. Usman Yusuf, Secretary of the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee, said the captives were released around 4 p.m. ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Three members of Bangladesh’s armed forces engaged in the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic were killed Tuesday and another was injured when their vehicle hit an explosive device. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Bangladesh army, in a statement identified the...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A military aircraft crashed Tuesday in northern Mali, killing two people and injuring 10 others, the army announced. The accident occurred at Gao airport and involved a Sukhoi SU-25 fighter jet belonging to the Malian Armed Forces, the Malian army announced in a statement. At least two people were killed, the [&hell...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Calm has prevailed in Burkina Faso since Monday morning after three tense days following a coup, witnesses told Anadolu Agency. Several people confirmed that there was a lull across the country. “Everything is calm in the city center. I haven’t seen any soldiers on the streets since the morning. The ne...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday underscored its commitment to respect for migrants by deploring the expulsion from Algeria of nationals of the organization’s member countries. ECOWAS citizens have been stranded in Niger while on their way to Europe via Maghreb countries such as Alg...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US forces carried out an airstrike targeting and killing a leader within the al-Shabab militant group, US Africa Command announced on Monday. The strike targeted an “al-Shabaab militant network” about 370 kilometers (230 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, the command said in a statement. The military said its &#...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Multiple bombings hit the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Monday, killing several people, the state-run news agency reported. Four people, including Dr. Zakariye Mohamed Ahmed Hurre, the health minister for Hirshabelle state, were killed in the explosions, according to the Somali National News Agency (SONNA). Acc...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan authorities have discovered 42 unknown bodies in a mass grave in the northern coastal city of Sirte. The General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said in a statement that it received a notification from the office of the local prosecutor about a mass grave found in Ibn […]
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): The African Union has condemned the “unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso, days after the second coup this year in the impoverished restive West African country. Junior officers toppled a junta leader on September 30, saying he had failed to fight violent groups in the country. Mor...
