TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has called on US authorities to listen to their counterparts in Tunisia to know the facts about “the real situation” in his country. Saied’s remarks came during his meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf in the capital Tunis. “The meetin...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – At least 49 Boko Haram and Islamic State members were killed in airstrikes by Nigerian forces in the country’s restive northeast, local media reported on Thursday. Hideouts of Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) were targeted in the northeastern Borno State, news outlets PRNigeria and Daily Post [...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and more than 11 wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, according to police. “We heard several explosions early morning on Thursday. When we investigated, we found out the explosions were mortar attacks,” police...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least nine people were wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, police said. Abdi Hassan, a police officer in Mogadishu who spoke to Anadolu Agency over the phone, said that several shells landed in the neighborhoods of Bondhere and Abdiasis. “We [&h...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerians on Wednesday lamented the declaration earlier this week of an indefinite total strike by university lecturers in the country. Taiwo Amodu, a public servant and parent based in the capital Abuja, told Anadolu Agency that the announcement of a total strike will further exacerbate tensions among parents and u...
PARIS (AA) – French authorities announced Wednesday that Hassan Iquioussen, whose deportation to Morocco was greenlighted by the top court, has fled the country. Georges-Francois Leclerc, prefect of the Hauts-de-France region, told a press conference that Iquioussen is likely to have escaped to Belgium. Government spokesman Olivier Veran...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan authorities have announced that 15 bodies have been exhumed from two mass graves in the coastal city of Sirte. In a statement, the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two graves were found in the garden of Ibn Sina Hospital upon a tip-off from the […]
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations has called for elections to break the current impasse in Libya following clashes between two rival militias in the capital Tripoli which claimed dozens of lives. ”The ongoing stalemate and continued delays in implementing the electoral process pose a growing threat to security in and around ...
LONDON (AA) – A Swedish-Somali politician has left the ruling Social Democrats party in protest over recent remarks by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, saying the party has become too xenophobic. Saida Hussein Moge criticized Andersson over comments she made last week where she said Sweden should not have any “Somalitowns.” The Social...
PARIS (AA) – France’s top court has green-lighted the expulsion of prominent imam Hassan Iquioussen, the country’s interior minister has announced. “The Council of State validates the expulsion of Mr. Iquioussen who holds and propagates in particular anti-Semitic remarks and contrary to equality between women and men,” Gerald...
