KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Two UN peacekeepers were killed and five others injured on Tuesday in a bomb explosion in northern Mali, the UN mission in the West African county said. The incident occurred in the morning when an armored vehicle of a UN Mali mission logistics convoy struck a mine on the Tessalit-Gao axis, […]
PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence from France, marked on Tuesday, that he wants to strengthen relations with the former colony. “The 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence is an opportunity for the President of the Republic to send a letter to Presid...
Algiers, Algeria – (AFP) Algeria marks 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with a huge military parade, but memories of violence during the colonial period continue to overshadow ties between the two. The North African country won its independence following a gruelling eight-year war, which ended with the signing in March 196...
LONDON (AA) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said that trade between Brazil and Arab League nations reached “a record” of more than $24 billion in 2021. “This figure is expected to continue rising. From January to April, Brazil’s exports to the Arab world jumped from $4 billion in 2021 to $5.2 billion in 2...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt’s Suez Canal revenues hit an all-time high, recording $7 billion in the last fiscal year, according to local authorities. Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said in a statement that the international waterway’s revenues rose by 20.7% from $5.8 billion in the fiscal year 2020-2021. Rabie said 22,032 shi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt’s national dialogue called by military ruler Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi started in the capital Cairo on Tuesday. The dialogue is attended by all political groups in the country, except the Muslim Brotherhood movement, blacklisted by the authorities since 2013. The first session of the dialogue discussed priorities of national w...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said that at least 200 children in Somalia have died of malnutrition since January, with the country witnessing “catastrophic food insecurity” for the first time since 2017. Drought conditions have deteriorated follow...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the ruling sovereign council will be dissolved after the formation of a new government. Al-Burhan said in a televised speech that the army will withdraw from the ongoing political talks and allow political and revolutionary groups to sit together to agree on [...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libya’s rival leaders are under growing street pressure since protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. Libyans, many impoverished after a decade of turmoil and sweltering in the soaring summer heat, have been enduring fuel shortages and power c...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia on Monday called on international donors to help Somali people affected by the deadly drought as the funding gap widens. Somalia’s presidential envoy to drought response, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, made the call on Monday afternoon after paying a visit to the drought-stricken town of Bardhere i...
