MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 18 people, including 10 security personnel, were killed and more than 40 others wounded in a suicide bombing in central Somalia, police said late Saturday. Police spokesman Sadik Aden Ali Doodishe told Anadolu a truck full of explosives exploded at a security checkpoint in Beledwayne, killing 18 people,...
Susa, Libya – AFP As much of the world’s attention has been focused on the port city of Derna since flooding in eastern Libya, other cities are mired in the resulting damage. Ahmed Saleh, a 34-year-old civil engineer clad in a traditional white jalabiya, is still in shock at the scale of the destruction in his […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali army has claimed to have killed 27 rebel fighters during a military operation in the central state of Galmudug. “Over 27 Khawarij militants were eliminated in a successful operation by the Somali National Army,” the Defense Ministry said in a brief statement posted on X. The operation took place […]...
Benghazi, Libya – – AFP Libya’s flood-devastated port city of Derna will host an international conference next month to aid reconstruction efforts, authorities in the east of the divided country have announced. There was no immediate reaction from the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. A tsunami-sized flash flo...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea’s military leader Col. Mamadi Doumbouya has called on the international community to “look to and address the deep-rooted causes” of coups in Africa. “I want us all to be well aware of the fact that the putschist is not only the one who takes up arms to overthrow the government. […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The US has reiterated its call for Sudan’s warring rivals to end their “brutal conflict” and allow Sudanese people to live in peace. “The warring parties must end this brutal conflict,”c, assistant State Secretary, told Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during a meeting on the sideli...
Timbuktu, Mali – – AFP When radical elements in Mali announced they would blockade the ancient city of Timbuktu, residents thought it was just another intimidation tactic. However, a month and a half later, the tens of thousands of inhabitants remain almost completely cut off from the world. Half a dozen witnesses have described to...
Malanville, Benin — AFP Lines of hundreds of trucks stretch back many kilometres close to Benin’s northern border with Niger, their cargo wasting and their drivers going broke after weeks stranded at the closed frontier. Almost two months since a coup ousted Niger’s president, the trucks blocked in Malanville at Benin’s...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied late Thursday announced country-wide local, and regional elections on December 24. According to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, a second round of local elections will be held after the announcement of the results of the first round. Analysts believe that local and reg...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Iran on Friday announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Djibouti after a seven-year hiatus caused by the East African country’s backing for Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric in 2016. Iran and Djibouti agreed to restore diplomatic ties late Thursday during a meeting between Ir...
