ISTANBUL (AA): An Egyptian criminal court sentenced 10 convicts from the Muslim Brotherhood group to death Tuesday for carrying out attacks against police and facilities in the case known as the Helwan Brigades. The court was headed by Mohammed Shireen Fahmy and included a sentence in absentia for Yahya Moussa, a leader in the Muslim […...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A coalition of five Tunisian parties has condemned attacks on their supporters during a protest against a planned constitutional referendum amid a deep political crisis in the North African country. Tunisian President Kais Saied plans to hold a national referendum on an amended version of the country’s constitution on Jul...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain continues to blame human trafficking mafias for the deaths of dozens of migrants who tried to cross the land border from Morocco into Spain. In a press conference, Isabel Rodriguez, spokesperson of the Spanish government, lamented the loss of life but applauded the collaboration of Spanish and Moroccan authorit...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan said Monday the military will not tolerate the killing of its soldiers by Ethiopian forces. Addressing his forces in the disputed al-Fashaga border area, Al-Burhan said the Sudanese army will fully protect the Sudanese territories and people. “We don’t have a lot to sa...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 30 people, including five Nigerians, were killed and several houses were torched in an ethnic attack in western Cameroon, multiple sources said on Monday. The attack took place between Friday and Sunday in the village of Mesaka in the Akwaya commune bordering Nigeria, according to a local church and [&hel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Three Somali soldiers were killed and several others injured on Monday after their convoy ran over a landmine planted along the roadside in the country’s central region of Hiiraan, police said. The incident took place in Mataban, a town located 405 kilometers (251 miles) from the capital Mogadishu. Two journalis...
Al Mansurah, Egypt – (AFP) A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public street after she rejected his advances — a case that has sparked widespread outrage. A video went viral last week appearing to show the victim, identified as student Nayera Ashraf, being stabbed […]
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Hundreds took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to protest the lack of an investigation into the deaths of up to 37 migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence on Friday and […]
ORAN, Algeria (AA) – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck areas of Algeria’s northwestern Oran province Sunday. The quake occurred at 8.17 p.m. local time (1917GMT), according to a statement by Algeria’s Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG). Oran’s Civil Defense Directorate in a statement said teams imm...
ANKARA (AA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat called late Sunday for an “immediate investigation” after the deaths of dozens migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. Around 2,000 migrants, many from Sudan, tried to cross the militarized border fence Friday and w...
