TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan House of Representatives-appointed government has dismissed all members of the municipal council of the Derna city. The decision was taken by Osama Hamad, the head of Libya’s eastern government, as demonstrations in Derna demanded accountability after floods killed thousands in the city. Derna was h...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Five Malian soldiers were killed and 20 others wounded in clashes with rebels in the north, the military said on Tuesday. The clashes between the Malian armed forces and northern Tuareg rebels broke out Sunday in the town of Lere, in Timbuktu region near the Mauritanian border. According to initial reports […...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The European Union (EU) has suspended funding for the World Food Program (WFP) in Somalia after a UN investigation that discovered “widespread theft” and misuse of aid meant to avert famine in the country. “In Somalia, WFP has been forced to end life-saving aid for 2.6 million people. This is what [&...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide Morocco with a $1.3 billion loan following the Sept. 8 earthquake that killed thousands in the North African country. “The IMF concluded a staff-level agreement with Morocco to provide $1.3 billion in financing over the long term,” IMF Managing Director Krista...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) — The UK on Tuesday announced the equivalent of $6.2 million in funding to support Somali security forces as they combat terrorism and work to restore stability in areas liberated from the al-Shabaab group. “The UK Government has announced a further £5 million in funding for the UN Support Office in Somalia [&hell...
Derna, Libya – AFP Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya’s disaster-hit Derna on Monday, accusing the authorities of neglect after a huge flash flood devastated the coastal city and swept thousands to their deaths. Demonstrators gathered outside the city’s grand mosque and chanted slogans against the parliament in east Liby...
New York, United States – AFP The European Union’s top diplomat on Monday voiced solidarity with France’s ambassador to Niger, who has faced intense pressure after refusing expulsion orders from military leaders. After sacking the elected government in late July, the military said it was expelling Ambassador Sylvain Itte, but...
Derna, Libya – AFP The UN has warned that disease outbreaks could bring “a second devastating crisis” to Libya a week after a massive flash flood devastated the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization “are concerned about the risk of dise...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) announced Sunday that it has begun the second phase of a drawdown of its peacekeeping troops from Somalia. ATMIS said the second phase of its withdrawal started with the handover of the Biyo Cadde Forward Operating Base to the Somali National Armed Forces. ...
Derna, Libya – AFP It was long past midnight when Abdel Moneim Awad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in the Libyan city of Derna, only to find his building engulfed by surging flood waters. “I took nothing but my glasses and phone and fled as the waters shook the iron doors […]
