On Tuesday, Sudan’s Ministry of Culture and Information announced it has suspended the operations of three Arab news channels. The order cited Al Arabiya, Al Hadiath, and Sky News Arabia’s lack of transparency and failure to renew broadcast licenses. According to Lina Yaakoub, director of Al Arabiya in Sudan, the channels were not officially ...
Bassirou Diomaye Faye officially assumed office as Senegal’s fifth president following a closely contested election. The 44-year-old pledged to uphold the constitution, fight corruption, and strengthen democracy in the Muslim-majority country. His inauguration ceremony near the capital Dakar was attended by leaders from across Africa and inter...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museven has inaugurated the national operations of the country’s first interest-free commercial Islamic bank. He highlighted its potential to boost Uganda’s financial sector and attract Muslim investors. Salaam Bank received its license in September, following parliamentary approval and Museveni’s end...
The United Nations children’s fund says at least 45 million children are facing severe food insecurity worsened by climate change in several eastern and southern African countries. UNICEF director for eastern and southern Africa Eva Kadilli said millions of people are living through multiple and often overlapping crises. These have been inte...
Beijing, China — AFP China has congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Senegal’s presidential election, describing the two nations as “good friends and brothers”. “China attaches great importance to the development of China-Senegal relations,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said. Beijin...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Four people were sentenced to death and two given life imprisonment over the assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid in 2013, the deputy public prosecutor of the anti-terrorist judicial division said Wednesday. A total of 23 people had been charged in connection with the murder of leftist Belaid. Se...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP The observation missions deployed to Senegal by the European Union and West Africa’s regional bloc on Tuesday praised the smooth running of the presidential election, won by an anti-establishment opponent after three years of unrest. Around 7.3 million Senegalese were eligible to take part in Sunday’s vot...
Dakar, Senegal – – AFP Anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who is set to become the youngest president ever in Senegal, has said that people chose to “break” with the current political system. Faye’s main rival from the governing coalition, Amadou Ba, has already conceded the race, triggering a pol...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye appeared early Monday to be closing in on victory in a presidential poll that follows several years of unrest and a political crisis, while the governing coalition said it was certain of a second-round vote. Whoever comes out on top will be tasked wit...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria on Sunday said troops had rescued students who were abducted from a school in the town of Kuriga, Kaduna state, earlier this month. Army spokesman Edward Buba, in a statement shared with Anadolu, said the victims were rescued in the early hours by troops with support from local authorities and […]
