KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A group affiliated with al-Qaeda and ISIS claimed responsibility Saturday for two recent attacks in Mali, purportedly in response to Mali’s collaboration with mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group. An attack on a military base near Mali’s capital Bamako left a soldier dead on Friday. Seven attackers were shot dead ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The multimillion-dollar khat trade between Somalia and Kenya resumed on Sunday after a break of over two years, a sign of thawing tensions between the East African neighbors. Cargo planes carrying tons of khat (locally known as miraa) landed at the Aden Adde airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The khat […]...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea-Bissau’s president and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Sunday called on the Burkinabe to support the country’s transition government. Umaro Sissoco Embalo made the call after meeting with Burkina Faso leaders, including transition President Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra is in the Syrian capital Damascus to meet top officials of the Syrian regime. According to a statement by the Algerian Foreign Ministry, the visit is scheduled for two days as part of Algeria’s preparations for the Arab League summit in November this year. Early this...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia will receive $470 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help in efforts to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the drought-stricken country. The commitment was made by USAID chief Samantha Powers during a meeting with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Somalia on...
Tunis, Tunisia – (AFP): Tunisians are voting today on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers. This is a key moment in his plan to overhaul the political system in the country which was the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The referendum is taking place a year to the day after […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A soldier was among eight people killed in a violent attack on a military base near Mali’s capital Bamako, according to military sources. Seven militants were shot dead as Malian forces “vigorously repelled” the attack by Katiba Macina, a group affiliated with the al-Qaeda and ISIS, according to a military statement. [&he...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Myanmar’s preliminary objections in a Rohingya genocide case brought by Gambia. In its judgment, which is final and without appeal, the ICJ unanimously rejected the first, second, and third preliminary objections raised and the fourth objection with one dissenting ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The main Syrian opposition group has urged Algeria to stop supporting Bashar al-Assad, stressing that the regime lacks legitimacy with Syrians. The request came in a letter to Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra by Salem al-Meslet, president of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. The letter was published on the group&#...
Tripoli, Libya – (AFP): At least 13 people have been killed in fighting that flared overnight between armed groups in Tripoli, emergency services said Friday, the latest violence to hit the Libyan capital in months of rising political tensions. The fighting had broken out after midnight in an area of parkland, sowing terror among Tripoli...