ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Members of the Boko Haram group killed 13 people in two separate attacks in northeast Nigeria, local media reported Sunday. The organization carried out a predawn attack on Saturday on a military base in the village of Wulari in Borno state, killing three soldiers in a fierce gun battle. Late on […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Niger’s military junta vowed Sunday to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining the country’s “internal and external security.” “The Nigerien government has so far gathered…evidence to prosecute the deposed president and his local and foreign accomplices before t...
Niamey, Niger (AFP): Niger’s detained president was seen by his doctor on Saturday, his entourage said amid mounting concern for his condition, while Nigerian religious leaders met the officers who seized power last month to try to defuse the crisis. The Muslim leaders visited the capital Niamey with the blessing of Nigerian President Bo...
TUNISIA (AA) – At least two migrants died and five others went missing on Saturday when their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, according to local authorities. The coast guard teams rescued 13 people from the sinking boat off the coast of Gabes city in Gulf of Gabes, said the Tunisian National Guard in a statement. […]
RAMALLAH (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Jordanian King Abdullah II are scheduled to meet on Sunday in order to discuss regional and international issues. Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Diab Allouh said in a statement that the leaders will discuss regional, international and Arab world ...
ISTANBUL (AA): Russia on Friday expressed its support for the mediation efforts of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) in Niger, where President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted from power on July 26. “Russia supports the mediation efforts of ECOWAS aimed at finding ways out of the current crisis,” the Foreign Minist...
KIGALI, Rwanda / MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): Thousands of coup supporters yelling anti-French slogans on Friday marched near the French military base on the outskirts of Niger’s capital Niamey to denounce the continued presence of French troops in the country. Social media videos showed protestors raising Russian flags – something seen in e...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month. The migrants, primarily from sub-Saharan African countries, had been driven to the desert area of Ras Jedir by Tunisian authorities and left t...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Ivory Coast is ready to provide troops to the regional force to be deployed in Niger in case of military intervention to restore constitutional order, President Alassane Ouattara announced Thursday. Ouattara spoke in the city of Abidjan after returning from a summit in Nigeria, where leaders of the Economic Community of We...
CAIRO, Egypt – The civil war has devastated health and sanitation infrastructure in the war-torn country of Sudan, according to Save the Children, an international non-government organization. The organization has warned that Sudan is at risk of major disease outbreaks. Residents report that the capital, Khartoum, is littered with bodie...
