JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A top commander of al-Shabaab has been killed in a joint operation by the Somali military and international partner forces, Somali authorities said late Sunday. “Abdullahi Nadir, a top leader of #Alshabab terrorists, wanted by Somali government for long time has been killed in an operation,” the Information Ministry s...
ANKARA (AA) – Regional rivals Algeria and Morocco are going to bid for the rights to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after Guinea was stripped of the right to organize the football tournament. Algerian Minister of Youth and Sports, Abderrazak Sebgag, said the North African country will apply to host the prestigious […]
ANKARA/DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Protesters attacked the French embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital after supporters of the country’s new coup leader accused France of giving refuge to the deposed interim president at a military camp. A video shared on social media shows that the demonstrators attacked the embassy building and fire also brok...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The former president of Burkina Faso has offered to resign under certain conditions, the West African nation’s religious and customary communities announced in a joint statement on Sunday. “Following the mediation actions carried out by the said communities, President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has him...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Thousands of supporters for Nigeria’s Labour party candidate Peter Obi rallied in Lagos and other cities on Saturday, in the first major campaign march for the 2023 presidential election. Obi, a former state governor, is challenging the long dominance of ruling APC and main opposition PDP to succeed President Muhamm...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Three top Nigerian presidential candidates signed a “peace” deal meant to ease tensions during campaigning for the 2023 election, though the ruling party flag-bearer was absent from the ceremony. Past presidential ballots in Africa’s most populous country have been marred by violence, fraud, court challe...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Military officers announced the removal from office of Burkina Faso’s junta leader on Friday. The dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who himself came to power in a coup last January, was announced in a statement read out on national television. The rebelling military also announce...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A court in South Africa has convicted a white supremacist leader and pastor to two life sentences for plotting attacks against Black people in the country. The high court in the eastern Mpumalanga province sentenced Harry Johannes Knoesen, 63. He was accused of planning biological weapons attacks between December 2018...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s Tripoli-based unity government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh met with a top British defense adviser on Thursday to discuss technical military cooperation between the two countries. Talks between Dbeibeh and ministry adviser Martin Sampson also touched on defense cooperation, the activation of bilateral training ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – French Ambassador to Morocco Helen Le Gall said Thursday she was ending her tenure in the North African nation. The diplomat said her 3-year tenure in Morocco was full of “fruitful cooperation and rich meetings.” The envoy’s departure comes amid ongoing tension between Rabat and Paris, fueled by the tightening of [&hellip...
