MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali military on Tuesday said that it had killed 25 al-Shabaab fighters during an operation in the country’s central Hiiraan region, according to Somali military radio. The military operation was conducted on the outskirts of the Mahas district, said Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Bakaay, a military commander. The...
PARIS (AA) – A French court on Tuesday sentenced a former Rwandan official to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of complicity in the 1994 genocide in the African country. The Paris Assize Court held Laurent Bucyibaruta, 78, the former prefect of Gikongoro province, guilty of acts of genocide and complicity in genocide […...
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – (AFP): Ivory Coast has called on Mali to release 49 of its soldiers “unjustly” detained at Bamako airport and accused by officials there of being mercenaries. None of the Ivorian soldiers detained were carrying weapons of war, said a statement from the Ivorian president’s office after an emergency...
Bamako, Mali – (AFP): Mali has said that the 49 Ivory Coast troops whom it detained were “mercenaries”. “It has been established that the 49 Ivorian soldiers were illegally on the national territory of Mali,” government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga said in a statement read on state TV, calling the men “mercenar...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Tripoli-based government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has appointed a new chairman of Libya’s state oil company. “Farhat Omar Bengdara was appointed chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), replacing Mustafa Sanalla,” Oil Ministry spokesman Ahmad Jumaa announced. He added that four new board members of...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 12 soldiers were killed and several others wounded when a gun battle erupted Monday between units of security forces in Somalia’s Puntland state in the port city of Bosaso, said an official. The firefight took place at the entrance of Bosaso International Airport. Puntland Security Minister Abdisamad Ga...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian authorities have said that Israel will examine reports of the mass burial of Egyptian soldiers during the 1967 Middle East war. Last week, Israeli media published accounts of people involved in the burial of dozens of Egyptian soldiers during the 1967 war in an unmarked mass grave west of Jerusalem. The […]
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP A Tunisian opposition alliance has renewed calls for a boycott of the referendum due to be held on July 25 for a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied. The draft constitution is the centrepiece of Saied’s programme to overhaul Tunisia’s political system, but rivals say the text confirms fears ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement said Thursday it will boycott the referendum this month on a new version of the country’s constitution. Ennahda spokesman Emad al-Houmairi termed the July 25 referendum on the new constitution “illegitimate.” “Ennahda calls for boycotting the constitutional referendum and considers it ille...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel has signed arms deals worth more than $3 billion with countries in the region since the signing of the ‘Abraham Accords’ for the normalization of ties in 2020 with Arab countries. Gantz said Israeli Defense Ministry personnel held about 150 meetings with ...
