KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 170 civilians have been killed in renewed tribal clashes in Sudan’s western Darfur province, said a local aid group on Monday. Adam Rigal, a spokesman for the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur, said nine people were killed when the violence first erupted on Friday in West […]
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s newly appointed government of Fathi Bashagha has dismissed reports about having been asked by Tunisia to leave the country where he had been residing. In a statement, the Libyan Foreign Ministry termed the reports as “fake” and “malicious rumors targeting the bilateral relations between the government and its Tunisian ...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has rejected a presidential decree to amend the laws of the country’s election commission. “President Kais Saied, who put the country on the path of economic and financial collapse, continues to trample on the constitution, of which Chapter 70 prohibits any change to electoral articles by...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Malian army (FAMA) said late Friday it discovered a mass grave near the camp formerly occupied by the French force in Gossi in the north. The French army exited Gossi’s advanced operational base on Tuesday, transferring it to the Malian army. “Remains in a state of advanced putrefaction were discovered [&h...
Over 400 people are dead and about 40,000 displaced after some of the worst flooding in South Africa’s history. Affecting the country’s KwaZulu-Natal province, it has devastated the eastern city of Durban, which has a seaport vital to the country’s economy. On Monday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disas...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger has confirmed the accidental killing of six children by a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet in a local community. The Secretary to the Niger State government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, confirmed the incident to Anadolu Agency on Thursday, adding the children were killed during an...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least seven people died and 19 got seriously injured after an explosive device went off at a bar in Nigeria’s northeastern Taraba state. An eyewitness, Fanen James, said Wednesday that they counted seven bodies before they were transported to a hospital. The police said earlier that three people were dead [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that high food prices could force at least 10 million more people into poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Today, Russia’s destruction of the Ukrainian economy and its infrastructure is a key factor affecting global commodity prices. The war further exacerbates pre-existin...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia is taking “resolute steps” towards dictatorship amid a deep political crisis in the North African nation, three political parties warned on Wednesday. In a joint statement, the Coordination of Social Democratic Forces, which brings together the Democratic Current, the Republican Party, and the Democratic Blo...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the time of the year when Muslims all over the world cherish all that they have been blessed with. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan in order to attain righteousness and learn self-restraint. Fasting in the Holy Month is one of Islam’s five main […]
