GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has warned that there is a “gaping hole” in effective dialogue towards ending the war in Sudan, where a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since last April has led to thousands of killings, displacement and shortage of food and other essentials. [&...
N’Djamena, Chad – AFP The death of the leading adversary of Chad’s ruling junta in an army assault was an “assassination” by the presidential guard, his opposition party has alleged. Yaya Dillo Djerou, who led the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), died ahead of a May election, in which he was set to face his ...
DAKAR, Senegal/ KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A boat carrying around 300 irregular migrants heading for Spain capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, leaving 26 dead, local media reported Wednesday. The fishing boat, which was destined for the Canary Islands, sank near the beaches of Saint-Louis, about 320 kilometers (198.8 miles) north of t...
Diamniadio, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections. The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential v...
ROME (AA) – The trial of four Egyptian agents accused of kidnapping and murdering Italian researcher Giulio Regeni has resumed in Rome, a high-profile, controversial case which caused years of friction between Italy and Egypt. Regeni, who was murdered in Egypt in 2016, was a postgraduate student at Britain’s Cambridge University and was carryi...
CAIRO (AA) – A senior Yemeni military official was found dead in Cairo, the Yemeni Embassy confirmed on Sunday. A statement by the embassy said Maj. Gen. Hassan bin Jalal al-Obaidi was found murdered in his apartment. The embassy said it is following up investigations with Egyptian security authorities into the killing. According to Yeme...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – AFP The head of the African Union Commission voiced concern on Saturday about the political crisis in Senegal but said he hoped “free and transparent” elections would be held there soon. Moussa Faki Mahamat’s comments at the opening session of the AU summit came after Senegalese President Macky S...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) — Lawmakers in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland have rejected a maritime access deal with Ethiopia. In a joint statement late on Tuesday, members of both houses of Somaliland’s parliament, mainly from the coastal Awdal and Salal provinces, said the Red Sea access deal was “illegal” and ai...
CAIRO (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a historic official visit. Erdogan was welcomed at Cairo International Airport by his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Türkiye’s Ambassador to Egypt Salih Mutlu Sen. This is the Turkish president’s first visit to Egypt since 2012. Accompany...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Defense Ministry announced Sunday that three personnel from its armed forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defense Force were killed with two others wounded in a terror attack in Somalia. The attack at a military camp in the Somali capital of Mogadishu was carried out […]
