OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The European Union on Friday said that Algeria appears to be violating the EU-Algeria Association Agreement by blocking trade and stopping financial transactions with Spain. “Trade policy is an exclusive EU competence, and the EU is ready to stand up against any type of coercive measures applied against an EU Member ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigeria’s ruling party elected former Lagos State Governor Ahmed Tinubu as its presidential candidate ahead of the general election early next year. Tinubu emerged the winner of the All Progressive Congress (APC) party’s electoral college after securing 1,271 votes from 2,322 party delegates in the nation’...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was officially inaugurated on Thursday. The inauguration ceremony was attended by regional leaders, including Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Egyptian Prime Minister Kama...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Three members of Libya’s western forces were killed during a military training in Tarhuna city, according to local media. The fatalities occurred during a live-fire exercise by the Tripoli-based Rada Forces, also known as the Special Deterrent Forces. There was no comment yet from Libyan authorities on the report. Rada ac...
GENEVA – Unless the world immediately shifts its total focus away from the war in Ukraine, there will be an explosion of child deaths in the Horn of Africa, a UN official has warned, urging the international community to act immediately. Rania Dagash, UNICEF’s deputy regional director for Eastern and Southern Africa, spoke at a […...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian judges continued their strike for the second day on Tuesday to protest President Kais Saied’s decision to sack dozens of their colleagues. In a statement, the Association of Judges said 99% of the judges and judicial staff suspended their work as part of the strike. Tunisian judges started a week-long [&hel...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military government will lead the country for a two-year transition period before returning to democratic rule, junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita announced late Monday in a decree. The junta had initially promised to hold elections in February this year, but later changed its mind, saying they would be held in [&he...
Algiers, Algeria – (AFP): The son of a French anti-imperialist tortured and killed by the French army during Algeria’s war of independence has said he cannot forgive and that the “truth” is more important than apologies offered by Paris. Maurice Audin, a mathematician and communist who supported Algeria’s struggle...
N’Djamena, Chad – (AFP): Six opposition leaders arrested after violent anti-French protests in N’Djamena were on Monday handed one-year suspended sentences for disturbing public order. They were also fined 10 million CFA francs, or about 15,000 euros. Those charged included Max Loalngar, coordinator for Wakit Tamma, Chad̵...
ANKARA – The Russian Embassy in Libya will resume work soon, according to the Russian presidential envoy for the Middle East and Africa. Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters that the opening of the Russian Embassy in Libya will be “very soon.” Russia relocated its embassy in Libya to neighboring Tunisia in 2014 for security reasons. The […]...
