MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the US decision to redeploy troops to Somalia. In a Twitter post, Mohamud’s office said that the president thanked and appreciated his US counterpart Joe Biden for authorizing the deployment of American troops to Somalia. The US is a reliable ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s High Council of State, Khalid al-Mishri, on Wednesday called on parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashaga to resign. His call came one day after Bashagha arrived in the capital Tripoli to take control of the government from Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who has refused to hand over power. [&h...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo commiserated with the victims of a gas explosion near a private secondary school in the Sabon Gari area of northern Kano state, where officials confirmed nine fatalities. The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed that nine bodies have been recovered so far from the rubbl...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Rescue workers in Burkina Faso found no survivors in a flooded zinc mine’s rescue chamber after eight miners became stranded 32 days ago due to heavy rains, the government said Tuesday. The miners were not found in the room. Rescue teams had taken a long time to reach the room due […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha announced late Tuesday that he will base his government in the city of Sirte as of Wednesday. In a statement from Sirte on clashes that erupted between armed groups after he attempted to enter the capital Tripoli, Bashagha said they believe in the democratic...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday met with his predecessor Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo for the first time since his weekend election in the Horn of African country. Mohamud, who was sworn in after Sunday’s presidential election, is also the first ex-president Somalia has ever returned...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, while giving his first interview to the international media, has said that Somalia is facing a security challenge and the country has been struggling to provide security for its citizens. “The most important challenging issue that exists today in Somalia is the s...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algerian lawmakers have submitted a bill criminalizing normalization with Israel, including articles prohibiting travel or any direct or indirect contact with Tel Aviv. Youssef Ajesa, a lawmaker from the Movement of Society for Peace, introduced the bill to the parliament. The bill includes seven articles that aim to “...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), alongside the Somali national army (SNA), recaptured a strategic town Tuesday in southern Somalia, according to an official. Burundian peacekeepers serving under the AU mission, backed by Somali soldiers, retook El-Baraf in the Middle Shabelle province, ac...
Fnideq, Morocco – AFP Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and a major diplomatic row. The enclaves on the Mediterranean coast in northern Morocco have the European Union’s only land ...
