ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 23 Boko Haram members were killed Saturday in operations against the group in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, director of defense media operations, said in a statement that the army continues operations against the group in Borno. Buba said 23 terrorists were killed but many [&he...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) — Somalia on Saturday said its army had “foiled” an attack by the al-Shabaab group in the central state of Galmudug. The attack by the al Qaeda-affiliated group began with a suicide bombing, followed by heavy fighting as the insurgents sought to recapture Osweine, a village in the Galgadud region that Somali [&...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Niger’s military administration ordered only the French ambassador to leave the country, not the German, US, or Nigerian envoys. In a statement late Friday, it dismissed widely circulated reports indicating that the German, US and Nigerian envoys had been effectively expelled, specifying that “only the French ambassador i...
Port Sudan, Sudan – AFP Fighting in Sudan showed no signs of abating Friday as the United Nations issued a dire warning over the impact of a war it said threatens to “consume” the country. Paramilitaries launched a renewed attack on a key armoured corps base in the capital’s south, witnesses said, which the army [&helli...
Abuja, Nigeria – AFP West Africa’s bloc ECOWAS on Friday told Niger’s coup leaders it was “not too late” to reconsider their position as they wrangle over a return to civilian rule with the option of military force still “very much on the table”. Generals who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a July 2...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP War and hunger threaten to “consume” all of Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of malnourished children are at risk of dying, the UN has warned, decrying a dire lack of aid funding. After four months of a bloody power struggle between Sudan’s army and its former ally the paramilitary Ra...
Somalia sees EAC as gateway to vast market and solution to security concerns NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The East African Community (EAC) initiated discussions Tuesday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with the aim of admitting Somalia into the regional bloc. Speaking at the main campus of the Kenya School of Government in Lower Kabete, Nairobi, [...
New members Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will join the economic bloc from January 2024 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has announced its first expansion, inviting six new countries. The new members Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopi...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP An influential Senegalese religious leader has joined calls for detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to end his hunger strike, an official from his political coalition told AFP. A presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, Sonko has faced a string of legal woes since 2021 that he...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated in the capital Tunis on Thursday demanding the release of politicians arrested on charges of “conspiring against the security of the state.” The National Salvation Front, a coalition of five Tunisian parties opposing President Kais Saied, held a demonstration in front of the Tunis...
