MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday warned that the sea access deal between Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland could revive the al-Shabaab group with dangerous regional ramifications. Addressing an emergency meeting held by Somalia’s bicameral parliament in the capital Mogadishu, Moham...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli officials are on edge as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) faces mounting pressure to charge Israel with genocide in the Gaza Strip following a petition by South Africa, reported the Israeli media. “A senior legal expert has warned IDF (Israeli army) brass, including Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi, that there ...
Bamako, Mali – AFP The UN mission in Mali ended a decade of deployment in the crisis-wracked country on Sunday, meeting a December 31 deadline agreed after Mali’s military leaders ordered it to leave. The UN stabilisation mission (MINUSMA) had been in place since 2013, and its withdrawal is igniting fears that fighting will intensi...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – AFP Russia on Thursday reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso after a gap of nearly 32 years after the West African nation fell out with former colonial ruler France. The Burkinabe foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that “Russia formally reopened its embassy this Thursday in Ouagadougou.” Russ...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt on Wednesday called on its citizens to leave Sudan quickly and refrain from traveling to it “under any circumstances.” In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced the evacuation of several Egyptian students stranded in the city of Wad Madani in Al-Jazirah state in Sudan which is experiencing military conflicts. I...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South African citizens joining the Israeli army amid its war on Gaza could face prosecution back home, the Foreign Ministry has warned. “The South African Government is gravely concerned by reports that some South African citizens and permanent residents have joined or are considering joining the Israeli Defence Force...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt’s incumbent President Retired General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was reelected to a third, six-year term in office till 2023, the country’s electoral commission announced on Monday. Commission chief Hazem Badawy said 44.7 million Egyptians cast ballots during last week’s presidential elections, out of 67.3 million elig...
RABAT – AFP If Israel loses the war of communication, it is seriously jeopardising its future, said former French president Nicolas Sarkozy at a conference in Rabat on Wednesday. “I’m trying to be honest in what I say. . . . Israel will win every military war. But if it loses the war of communication, […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Nigerien army has announced that all French soldiers will have left Niger by December 22nd. In a statement, the military said 1,346 French personnel and 80% of their logistics equipment have so far been disengaged from the country. “To date, only 157 French soldiers are left on our territory, including […]
LONDON (AA) – The European Union’s border agency, Frontex, and Malta are “systematically sharing the coordinates of refugee boats” trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia group, a report has said. The report, published by Lighthouse Reports, said Frontex and the Maltese government are sharing the informatio...
