ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian security forces rescued 35 people Sunday who had been taken hostage by armed gangs in Kaduna state. Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Internal Affairs Samuel Aruwan said operations against gunmen were carried out in the Sabon Gero region of the state. Aruwan said 35 children and women were rescu...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Hundreds of Sudanese rallied on Sunday in support of a political initiative backed by army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan who led last year’s military coup, AFP correspondents said. The initiative, known as “The Call of Sudan’s People”, was launched last month by renowned Sufi religious leader Al-Ta...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A US airstrike in central Somalia has killed 13 al-Shabaab fighters, Somali officials and state media said on Sunday. The airstrike destroyed hideouts in the Hiran region, military officials told Anadolu Agency, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media. The operation was conducted in coor...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least 50 people have been killed in floods triggered by torrential rains in northern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday. Parts of Jigawa state have been lashed by heavy rainfall almost continuously since late July. Thousands of homes have been damaged across Jigawa, according to Sani Yusuf, executive secretary of the [...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 41 people were killed and 14 others injured in a fire that erupted at a church west of Cairo early Sunday, the Coptic Church said. The fire broke out in Abu Sefein Church in the Greater Cairo district of Imbaba as a service was underway, the state news agency MENA […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Egyptian Parliament on Saturday agreed to a Cabinet reshuffle that involved 13 ministers. The move came one day after General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called the assembly to convene in an extraordinary session to approve the changes. The reshuffle included the ministers of tourism, higher education, trade and industry, water an...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Controversy is heating up in Tunisia after local authorities suspended a Muslim preacher for reciting verses from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, regarding “coup”. Muhammed Zain al-Din, 60, a preacher in the eastern Nabeul province, told local media that he recited the verses during prayer last week in the presence of [&hel...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – A joint Sudanese-Libyan patrol found 20 bodies and rescued eight irregular migrants in the desert between the two countries, according to an official statement issued on Friday. According to the Sudanese-Libyan Joint Forces statement, which was cited by the Sudanese official news agency, the bodies were found on the bord...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Two soldiers were killed and another injured in Burkina Faso on Friday after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, according to media reports. The attack occurred between the Dori and Sebba areas in the Sahel region. “The vehicle was carrying a group of defense and security forces belonging to the ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has suspended its military mission in Mali after diplomatic tensions with the West African country. Defense Ministry spokesman Arne Collatz told a news conference in Berlin that Malian authorities denied clearance to a German transport plane, and once again hindered troop rotation plans. “Therefore, we must take mea...
