JOHANNESBURG (AA) — South Africa has welcomed provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the genocide case against Israel in the Hague, calling it a “decisive victory” for the international rule of law. “Today marks a decisive victory for the international rule of law and a significant milesto...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Uganda distanced itself Friday from Julia Sebutinde, a judge who voted against all provisional measures that a UN court ordered Israel to undertake in a case brought by South Africa concerning the war in the Gaza Strip. “Justice Sebutinde ruling at the ICJ (the International Court of Justice) does not represent [&h...
Bamako, Mali-AFP More than 70 people have been killed after a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, local sources told AFP Wednesday, the latest disaster in a region prone to mining accidents. Mali, which is among the world’s poorest countries, is one of Africa’s leading gold producers. Gold mining sites are [&he...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) — Casualties were feared in northern Somalia after al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab launched attacks Wednesday against an army base, according to local officials. Heavy gunfire was exchanged during the multi-pronged strike on an army camp in northern Mudug province, a military official in the central state of Galmud...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt is a key partner in efforts for a two-state solution in the Middle East, EU foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi held a joint news conference following a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. “We appreciate the crucial ...
CAIRO, Egypt (AA) – Egypt on Tuesday launched the construction of the fourth and final reactor in the country’s first nuclear power plant. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin virtually attended the launching ceremony of the new reactor in the Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (DNPP), the state-run A...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the country’s government broke the law in 2021 when it returned around 1,500 underage migrants to Morocco. The court reviewed how Spain dealt with minors in the aftermath of a mass border crossing in May, when some 12,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Senegalese Constitutional Council has approved the final list of 20 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25, but two opposition leaders, Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, son of former President Abdoulaye Wade, have been excluded. According to the final list released late Saturday, which left out th...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt said Sunday that it will not allow any threats to Somalia’s security amid tension with Ethiopia over a recent maritime deal between Addis Ababa and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. “No external actor will be permitted to threaten the Somali people or jeopardize their safety,” Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 13,000 people have been killed and 26,000 others injured in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, the United Nations humanitarian office said Sunday. Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces [&hel...
