KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese protesters on Tuesday blocked main roads in the capital Khartoum, demanding full civilian rule. “Khartoum witnessed an almost complete closure of roads with cement barriers, tree trunks, and burning tires,” an eyewitness told Anadolu Agency. Sudanese authorities deployed extra forces in the capital i...
ANKARA – The US ambassador to Libya visited the Turkish capital “to consult with allies” like Turkiye as the North African nation gears up for elections amid the Russia-Ukraine war. “It is an opportune time to consult with allies like Turkey (Turkiye). These talks, as with my meetings in Cairo last week, will help infor...
TRIPOLI, Libya– Libyan authorities have arrested five people on charges of promoting atheism and insulting Islamic religion, according to the country’s public prosecutor. In a statement, Public Prosecutor Al-Siddiq Al-Sour said his office carried out an investigation into the activity of a secret group known as the Enlightenment Movement, sayi...
ANKARA (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday condemned Houthi rebel attacks on Saudi Arabia, ahead of a planned visit to the Middle East region. Houthi rebels in Yemen on Friday claimed drone and missile attacks on Saudi energy facilities. One of the attacks targeted an oil storage of Saudi oil company […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – As Egypt on Saturday observed the 44th anniversary of its peace treaty with Israel, the first with any Arab country, Palestinian political analyst Bilal Shobaki said the treaty was a step to remove Egypt from the Arab-Israeli conflict. After years of conflict starting in 1948, Egypt was the first Arab nation [&hellip...
KIGALI, Rwanda/ACCRA, Ghana (AA) – West African leaders met Friday to examine the political situation in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, issuing warnings for failure to restore constitutional order following recent coups in the three countries. At an extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional b...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Some 1,300 mercenaries of the Russian private contractor Wagner Group have been moved from Libya to Ukraine to fight alongside Russian forces, according to a Libyan security analyst. “There were 2,200 Wagner militants in Libya. Russia has withdrawn 1,300 and left just 900 here,” Adel Abdel-Kafi, a military and security expert ...
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 […]