Fass Boye, Senegal — AFP Under a cloudy sky in the coastal Senegalese village of Fass Boye, the local chief’s voice resounds over a loudspeaker, calling villagers to pray for the souls of their lost loved ones. Dozens of residents from the village of about 20,000 people, around 120 kilometres north of the capital Dakar, […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan government denied reports Thursday that it is leasing a port to a foreign country for military purposes. “The rumors that the Libyan state has renounced the Al-Khums port or that the port will be used as a military base by a foreign country are unfounded,” Libyan National Unity Government [&he...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria on Thursday announced the release of $241 million to tackle a food shortage in the country. Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state said the money will be spent on buying food and distributing it to citizens as the government’s response to inflation and insufficient food supplies following the removal of ...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) — At least 36 Nigerian military personnel were killed in attacks by bandits earlier this week and a helicopter crash, authorities said Thursday. The casualties include three officers and 22 soldiers killed in an ambush Monday in the northern state of Niger, said Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, the director of defense media […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority has reopened airspace in the eastern part of the country. The authority stated that it reopened “Sudanese airspace to air traffic on the eastern routes of the country.” Sudan’s airspace was first closed in mid-April due to clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The death toll from armed clashes in the Libyan capital of Tripoli that erupted late on Monday has risen to 55, officials have said. The Emergency Medicine and Support Center said 146 people were also injured in the fighting between the Special Deterrence Force affiliated with the Presidential Council and the […]
N’Djamena, Chad – AFP Niger’s military-appointed prime minister made a visit on Tuesday to neighbouring Chad, holding talks with his counterpart and President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the Chadian government and Deby’s office said. Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, a civilian appointed following the coup in Niger on July 26, ar...
La Goulette, Tunisia – AFP Hundreds of Tunisians joined an interfaith ceremony outside the capital where the sermons urged tolerance in the face of rising anti-immigrant sentiment. During the Feast of the Assumption ceremony in Tunis’ La Goulette suburb on Tuesday, Catholic and Muslim participants marched behind a Madonna statue as...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Gun battles between two leading armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli have killed 27 people and wounded 106, a toll update from the Emergency Medicine Centre said Wednesday. The centre, which provides emergency services in the west of Tripoli, published the “provisional” toll on its Facebook page ove...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Seventeen Niger soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by suspected militants near the country’s western border with Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said. An army detachment was “the victim of a terrorist ambush near the town of Koutougou”, said a ministry statement late Tuesday. It added th...
