TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Five people were killed in clashes between rival militias in Libya’s western city of Zawiya, according to the Health Ministry on Monday. “Two children were among the victims, while more than 16 people were injured,” Osama Ali, a spokesman for the ministry’s Emergency and Ambulance Service, told Anadolu Agency. Local sourc...
Casablanca, Morocco (AFP): A Moroccan prisoner of war released as part of an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv said he wanted to draw attention to the “struggle” of Ukraine as he returned home Saturday. “I want to draw attention to the difficult situation in Ukraine and the struggle of its people in this painful time,” [...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): What was a trip of a lifetime for some and a day out for others ended in one of the world’s worst maritime disasters, with victims’ families still seeking justice 20 years on. Nadine Verschatse’s eyes mist over when she recalls the capsizing of Le Joola on the night of September 26, […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 14 people, including nine from one family, were killed by armed insurgents in Burkina Faso’s Bam province, media reports said Saturday. The attack occurred Wednesday between the villages of Bayen Foulgo and Komsilga in Zimtanga commune, the Burkina Information Agency public news service reported, citing sec...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 18 people were killed in a mosque attack in Zamfara state in Nigeria, media reports said Saturday. Armed perpetrators opened fire on worshippers who had gathered for Friday prayers in the Ruwan Jema region, according to national media. Many injuries were also reported. Zamfara police spokesman Muhammad Sheh...
ANKARA (AA) – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said Sudan is in need of a “civilian-led political transition” in order to realize the aspirations of the Sudanese people. Guterres made the remarks during his meeting with the head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, late Friday in Ne...
ANKARA (AA) – The United States and four European countries have reiterated support to inclusive presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya “in the shortest time possible.” This came in a joint statement issued by the representatives of the US, UK, France, Italy and Germany in Libya following their closed meeting in New York...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A Moroccan court sentenced 12 Sudanese migrants to three years in prison for attempting to scale a border fence separating the North African country from Spanish territory, a local NGO said Saturday. In a statement, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) said a court of appeals in the northern city […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 14 people are feared dead after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s central Benue State, authorities said Friday. The boat carrying passengers returning from the market in Fada village in the Guma local government area, capsized in the Benue River, said the chairman of Guma local government Michael Uba, acco...
ALGERIA (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has invited his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev to be the guest of honor at the Arab League summit in November. Tebboune invited Aliyev, whose country holds the presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement, to attend the summit in the capital Algiers, according to a statement Thursday ...
