RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Israel has said that it has signed a contract to build the headquarters of the Israeli Embassy in Morocco. “I am pleased to share this photo of this historical moment of signing the contract of establishing a permanent embassy in Morocco,” Israeli Ambassador David Govrin said on Twitter. The Israeli diplomat [&helli...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has announced his Cabinet members after lengthy discussions. He announced this at a news conference held in the capital Mogadishu. He appointed Mukhtar Robow Ali Abu Mansur — a former al-Shabaab deputy leader who had defected from the group and renounced violence R...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition claimed victory in Senegal’s legislative elections but the opposition rejected the assertion as a “prefabricated majority.” “We won 30 departments” out of the 46 in the west African country and overseas constituencies, Aminata Toure, head ...
Sabha, Libya – (AFP): At least six people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a fuel truck exploded in southwestern Libya, medics said. The precise causes of the blast were not clear. It happened when a crowd flocked around the tanker as it headed to resupply a petrol station in the Bent Bayyah […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The UNICEF and the WHO on Monday called for concerted efforts to ensure breastfeeding-friendly environments in all health facilities and workplaces to help improve breastfeeding in the country to boost nutrition and health of Somali children. Wafaa Saeed, a UNICEF representative in Somalia, said breastfeeding provides...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Türkiye is among the biggest investors in Algeria, Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has said. “Algeria’s strive for developing ties with Türkiye is normal given the long history between the two countries,” Tebboune said in a TV interview. He noted that Turkish investments in Algeria are estimated at around $4 bill...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan has confirmed its first monkeypox case. The Sudanese Health Ministry said the patient is a 16-year-old student from West Darfur state in the western part of the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared a global health emergency over the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. The virus has affected over ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s High Council of State on Monday re-elected Khaled Al-Mishri as its head for a fifth term. Al-Mishri obtained 65 votes out of 118, while his rival, Al-Ajili Abu Sedil, came second with 50 votes in a second round of voting, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Three council members abstained […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A fighter plane believed to belong to the Ethiopian military on Saturday carried out an airstrike in a Somali border region reportedly controlled by al-Shabaab, local media reported. The airstrikes took place in the southwestern town of Garaswayne, located on the outskirts of Hudur, capital of the Bakol region. ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has called for establishing normal relations with regional rival Algeria. “We aspire to work with the Algerian presidency so that Morocco and Algeria can work hand in hand to establish normal relations between two brotherly peoples,” the monarch said in a speech marking t...
