KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s government said late Monday that the eighth and last body of a group of miners who were reported missing in April had been found, bringing to an end more than two months of searching in a zinc mine. The miners were reported missing on April 16 in the Perkoa […]
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria applauded the Supreme Court judgment on female Muslim students wearing hijab in public schools in the country’s largest city, Lagos. Group national coordinator Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi called the court’s ruling a landmark judgment that would restore sanity, peace and progress in the education system. Ibr...
Bamako, Mali – (AFP): Militants massacred more than 130 civilians over the weekend in central Mali towns, the latest mass killings in the troubled Sahel region. Local officials reported scenes of systematic killings by armed men in Diallassagou and two surrounding towns in the Bankass circle, a longtime hotbed of Sahelian violence. ̶...
Tunis, Tunisia – (AFP) Hundreds demonstrated on Sunday in Tunisia’s capital against a planned referendum on constitutional changes and President Kais Saied’s recent firing of dozens of judges. The new constitution is the centrepiece of reform plans by Saied and is set to go to referendum on July 25, exactly one year after he ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s crude oil production has dropped to less than 200,000 barrels per day amid a continued shutdown of ports and facilities, the country’s oil ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry of Oil and Gas said the closure has affected almost all Libya’s oil fields and ports. “There are […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – A UN peacekeeper was killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northern Mali on Sunday. The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeeper was conducting a mine search and detection operation in the Kidal region, the mission said in a statement. He was seriousl...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – At least three people were killed and dozens went missing as terrorists opened fire on worshippers in two churches and some communities in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna State, an official said on Sunday. Samuel Atuwa, Kaduna State commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the terrorists on mot...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): Clashes between youth and police left one dead in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Friday as officers blocked off access to the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Three opposition figures — Dethie Fall, Ahmet Aidara and Mame Diarra Fame — were also arrested, spokesman for Sonko’s PASTEF par...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The UN refugee agency has called for urgent support for about 16,000 people — mostly women and children — in Burkina Faso, who have been driven out of their homes by a recent insurgent attack that left dozens dead in the country’s Sahel region. Since June 12, almost 16,000 Burkinabe have […]
Tangiers, Morocco – (AFP): Four women have pressed charges in Morocco against French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier, currently under arrest in Paris on charges of raping a minor, a rights group said Friday. Bouthier is accused of various acts of “people trafficking, sexual harassment and verbal and moral violence,” between...
