Libyan authorities have deported 400 irregular migrants to Niger by land, marking the first such operation in 12 years. The deportation, conducted Wednesday, is part of intensified efforts to curb illegal migration. Lieutenant Colonel Mohamed Buredia, deputy head of security at the Anti-Illegal Migration Unit, said the agency has ramped up op...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – Many civilians are feared dead and several others have been injured after Nigerian Air Force fighter jets bombed two communities during an operation targeting militants. The airstrikes affected residents of Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in the Silame local government area of the northwestern Sokoto State. Local...
Kenya is taking bold steps to save the critically endangered white rhino from extinction through advanced reproductive technologies. With only two female white rhinos left in the world, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has partnered with the BioRescue Consortium to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques. Isaac Lekolool, head of veterinary an...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – A stampede at a food distribution killed at least 20 people in southeastern Anambra State of Nigeria, according to local media reports. The incident took place in the Okija town of the Ihiala Local Government Area. The stampede occurred during rice distribution at the residence of Ernest Obiejesi, a businessman. Vic...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco hosted a consultative meeting between representatives of the Libyan Parliament and the Tripoli-based High Council of State, which acts as a senate. “The meeting (in the northern city of Bouznika) aims to reach elections to end the duality of Libyan institutions,” Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourit...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon announced Tuesday the repatriation of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu from Guantanamo Bay to Kenya. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin notified Congress of his intent to repatriate Bajabu last month. “On Dec. 27, 2021, the Periodic Review Board (PRB) process determined that continued law of war detention of Moha...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution renewing the sanctions against the al-Shabaab in Somalia until February 28, 2025. The resolution, submitted by the UK, was unanimously adopted by the 15-member Security Council. It allows authorization for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Thousands of Moroccans staged solidarity protests in support of Gaza which has been enduring genocide and ethnic cleansing by Israel for over a year. The demonstrations, organized by the Moroccan Commission for Advocating the Nation’s Causes, a non-governmental group, were held after Friday prayers in multiple...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt says it has conveyed to the US its rejection of Israel’s seizure of the buffer zone in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty received a phone call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken during which they agreed on the importance of adopting “an inclusive political processR...
BAMAKO, Mali (AA) – Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo was appointed prime minister of Burkina Faso on Saturday. Ouedraogo succeeds Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, who was dismissed Friday by President Capt. Ibrahim Traore in a presidential decree. Matias Traore, general secretary of the government and Cabinet, who delivered the dec...
