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ANKARA – The foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have endorsed the appointment of a special envoy for Africa. Meeting on March 22-23 in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers passed a resolution endorsing the bloc’s appointing Nassirou Bako Arifari as special envoy, the 57-nation Musli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Women foreign ministers from 18 countries on Friday expressed their concern over the suspension of schooling for girls beyond the sixth grade in Afghanistan. “As women and as foreign ministers, we are deeply disappointed and concerned that girls in Afghanistan are being denied access to secondary schools this spring,” for...
DOUALA, Cameroon – The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has ordered the lifting of sanctions imposed on Mali by the eight-nation body. The UEMOA slapped sanctions on Mali in January after the military junta, which first seized power in August 2020 and then again in May 2021, delayed elections that […]
LONDON (AA) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has told Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate that his country wants to be “independent.” William, second in line to the British throne, and his wife are currently on a weeklong tour of the Caribbean, a trip dogged by public protests calling for reparations for slavery […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese police used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters from in front of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on Thursday. Nationwide protests erupted in Khartoum as well as the cities of Atbara, Medani, Sennar, and others. Thousands of protesters in Khartoum approached the presidential palace ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart for a five-day tour of the Middle East and North Africa beginning this weekend, the State Department said Thursday. During his travels to Israel, Palestine, Morocco and Algeria, Blinken will “consult with partners on a range of regional and global priorities, includ...
La Goulette, Tunisia – AFP A cruise ship docked in a Tunisian port on Wednesday for the first time since 2019, carrying over 700 passengers and rare good news for tourism operators battered by the Covid pandemic. The Spirit of Discovery, run by UK operator Saga, landed at La Goulette port on the edge of […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Around half of Sudan’s population will face acute hunger this year amid an economic crisis and poor harvests, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) warned on Wednesday. The two agencies blamed the country’s economic crisis, poor harvests and rising food prices for worsening the [...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Two al Shabaab fighters were killed and at least three police officers wounded in an al-Shabaab attack on the international airport in the capital Mogadishu. The attackers used small weapons and hand grenades as they tried to infiltrate the Aden Adde International Airport. “They tried to force their way into the airp...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya has reopened airspace to domestic flights between the country’s east and west after a 3-week suspension due to political differences. In a statement, the Mitiga airport said flights were resumed to the airports of Tobruk, Labraq and Baninah in eastern Libya. The Misrata airport also announced the resumption of flights to...
