ANKARA (AA) – Muslim countries in the Middle East have shown solidarity with Morocco following a powerful earthquake that killed hundreds. More than a thousand people were killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the North African country late Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the earthquake, which h...
ANKARA (AA) – Algeria on Saturday decided to open its airspace for humanitarian and medical flights to and from Morocco following the earthquake. At least 1,037 people were killed and 721 others injured when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted Morocco late Friday, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. “Algeria extends its deepest condole...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Friday accused the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson’s office of following a policy of double standards and serving an agenda that does not “serve the interests of Africa.” The ministry slammed remarks made by AUC spokesman Mohamed Lebatt on Thursday in which he...
ANKARA/RABAT, Morocco (AA) – At least 2000 people were killed and more than 2400 others injured following a powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, the country’s Interior Ministry said Saturday. Fatalities from the magnitude 7.0 quake occurred in various regions, including Al Haouz and Marrakesh provinces, as well as the cities of Ouarz...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon said on Thursday it is repositioning some of its personnel and assets in Niger but the move is being made “out of an abundance of caution.” Deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh, speaking at a briefing, said that personnel and assets are being relocated from Air Base 101 in Niamey to Air […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Mali on Thursday, authorities said. The first attack targeted a passenger boat along the Niger River at around 11:00 a.m. local time (1100GMT), while the second attack targeted an army position, a government statement said. “This Thursday [...
KAMPALA, Uganda / JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Ugandan armed forces have killed 567 members of the ISIS-affiliated rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo since December 2021, President Yoweri Museveni said in an address on Thursday night. The ISIS-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, which has been fighting to ove...
DOHA, Qatar (AA/AFP) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed developments in war-torn Sudan on Thursday with Sudanese de facto ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to the Qatari state news agency QNA. In a meeting in Doha, Sheikh Tamim reiterated Qatar’s call for warring rivals to stop “the fighting in Sud...
NIAMEY, NIGER – Hundreds of protestors gathered in Niger’s capital Niamey on Thursday in the latest protests against the presence of French troops in the West African country, where the military ousted the elected yet unpopular president more than a month ago. Along with hundreds of protesters, Nigerien singer Aichatou Ali Soumaila also ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – A court in Nigeria has rejected a request by the country’s main opposition parties to nullify the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February’s presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court in a judgement announced Wednesday in the capital Abuja said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Par...
