JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to reconsider their decision to leave it. ECOWAS Commission President Omar Alieu Touray has said in a statement that the bloc needs to remain more unified than ever. “If there is a time for ECOWAS to stay […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor says that she has been receiving threatening messages since her country filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Speaking to reporters in Cape Town, Pandor said she had spoken to Police Minister Bheki Cele about the matter. “I spoke to Mi...
Dakar, Senegal — AFP Senegalese civil society groups have urged mass action after this month’s presidential poll was deferred to December, as President Macky Sall sought to quell public outcry and faced global pressure. The normally stable West African nation has plunged into its worst political upheaval in decades after lawmakers ...
GENEVA (AA) – Bitter fighting in Sudan continues fueling one of the world’s biggest displacement crisis and in response the UN has appealed for a combined $4.1 billion to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs of civilians. The UN said the appeal, also on behalf of its partners, seeks to help cover more than 1.5 […]
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegalese lawmakers voted late Monday to delay this month’s presidential election until December, an unprecedented move that has sparked international concern over a country normally seen as a beacon of stability in West Africa. The bill was passed near unanimously, with 105 votes in favor and one against, aft...
Dakar, Senegal — AFP Access to mobile internet has been cut in Dakar, as Senegal grapples with a political crisis after President Macky Sall announced a postponement of this month’s election. Many users in the capital said they had been unable to access mobile data on their phones since Monday morning. Senegal’s parliament is...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt has called for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and reiterated its rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians from the enclave. The Egyptian call came following talks in Cairo between Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne. “Egypt reiterates its rejection of the forced displacemen...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least four police officers have been killed by ISIS in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in northeastern Nigeria in an attack on a police station, according to media reports. Members of the militant group attacked the station in the Nganzai region in the Borno state where in addition to the slain […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – A total of 91 people, mostly women and children, were killed in a deadly clash in Nigeria’s North Central Plateau State, according to an official. National President of the Mwaghavul Youth Movement, Sunday Dankaka, told journalists his community members buried 91 bodies of those killed in violence that erupted...
Tripoli, Libya – – AFP Libyan authorities began sending more than 320 irregular migrants to their home country Nigeria, an immigration official reported to the media. War-torn Libya has become as a key departure point on North Africa’s Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea ...
