WASHINGTON (AA) – The top American and Senegalese diplomats vowed on Friday to deepen bilateral cooperation, discussing a range of issues that included the COVID-19 pandemic and the ramifications of Russia’s war on Ukraine for Africa. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted Senegalese Foreign Minister Aïssata Tall Sall at the Stat...
JUBA, South Sudan (AA) – South Sudan endorsed two protocols Friday that will boost economic growth, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mayiik Ayii Deng. “The free movement of persons and livestock will help our economy to grow,” Deng told reporters during a signing ceremony for the Inter-Governmental A...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali forces backed by Galmudug regional forces on Friday repulsed an attack by al-Shabaab on a major military base in central Somalia. A total of 47 terrorists were killed in the operation, Somali military radio said quoting officials. Al-Qaeda-backed al-Shabaab launched the attack in Bahdo, a small town locat...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan King Mohammed VI has contracted coronavirus, according to the king’s private physician on Thursday. The monarch “contracted an asymptomatic form of the COVID-19,” Professor Lahcen Belyamani said in a statement carried by the official Maghreb Agency. On Nov. 9, the Moroccan government decided to lift a night...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The World Bank has announced that it will give Somalia $100 million in the next 12 months to address the government’s priorities. The announcement comes after the bank’s country director Kristina Svensson met Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu. They discussed strengthening the cooperation ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, on Thursday discussed recent political developments with the country’s parliament speaker in a meeting in Cairo. Presidential Council spokesperson Najwa Wahiba said in a statement that Menfi and legislative chief Aguila Saleh reviewed the effor...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – At least 10 people were killed in a terrorist attack in north-central Burkina Faso, the Burkina Information Agency (AIB) reported Thursday. The attack was carried out Wednesday by unidentified armed individuals in Namentenga province, the report said. The victims included six members of the Volunteers for the Defens...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia has accused Kenya of violating its sovereignty after its southwestern neighbor invited a representative of the breakaway Somaliland region for a diplomatic briefing in the capital Nairobi. Somalia’s ambassador to Kenya, Mohamoud Ahmed Nur, protested the presence of the Somaliland flag and represent...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s president has appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as the nation’s new prime minister with a mandate to form the next government. Hamza got the job as premier from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud who made the announcement in a televised speech from the State House in the capital Mogadishu, flanked by...
ANKARA (AA) – Annual consumer inflation in Nigeria rose to 17.71% in May, highest in 11 months, according to figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. While the market expectation for the figure was 17.4%, annual consumer inflation stood at 16.82% in April. On a monthly basis, consumer inflation increased to 1.7...
