ANKARA (AA) – A demonstration Saturday was held in the Moroccan capital of Rabat in support of Gaza and Palestinian groups fighting Israeli forces. The National Action Group for Palestine organized the rally where speakers stressed support to the Palestinian people. Participants raised banners in support of Palestinian resistance and aga...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco on Friday began disbursing a monthly stipend of 2,500 dirhams, or $250 to families hit by last month’s deadly floods, villagers told Anadolu. As many as 2.8 million people were affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake, which led to the destruction of thousands of villages and houses. The damage was [&hel...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA )- Senegal’s President Macky Sall dissolved members of the government by decree, according to a communique Friday. Sall “terminated, by decree dated October 06, 2023, the functions of the ministers, members of the government,” said a statement from Secretary-General of the Presidency Oumar Samba Ba. The p...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali said Thursday that its forces backed by local militias had killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in central Galmudug state. Information Minister Daud Aweis told reporters that the fighting took place around Wisil and Shabelow districts, where the troops inflicted heavy casualties and “the terrorist bodi...
Average of over 30,000 people fleeing country every day, according to humanitarian coordinator Clementine Nkweta-Salami GENEVA (AA) – The UN resident and humanitarian coordinator in Sudan on Thursday said conflict in the North African nation has led to the world’s “fastest-growing” displacement crisis. Clementine Nkweta...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – France on Thursday said that it will start withdrawing its troops from Niger “this week.” “The disengagement of military personnel and military assets deployed in Niger begins this week. This maneuver is intended to bring back all the military personnel by the end of the year,” the French Armed Forces Ministry [&hel...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – Defense Minister Aden Duale said Wednesday that Kenya troops will completely withdraw from Somalia by December 31, 2024. “The last troops are expected to leave Somalia on 31 December 2024 as per the AU (Africa Union) and UN Security Council resolution and plan,” Duale told the Senate. He said Kenya began...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali government has claimed that it killed 1,650 al-Shabaab militants and injured more than 550 others in the last two months during several military operations in the south-central regions. At least 19 high-ranking militants were among those killed in the recent operations in the Horn of Africa country, a...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Niger’s military authorities have denied that they accepted a six-month transition period that had been proposed by Algeria, according to the Foreign Ministry. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad was surprised to read on social networks and in certain media a communiqué f...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has rejected a financial aid offer from the European Union (EU) to support the country’s efforts to curb the flow of migration from its shores, saying it contradicts the bloc’s previous agreement with the country to secure the border. The Tunisian Presidency said in a statem...
