DAKAR, Senegal (AA): Mali and Burkina Faso on Sunday declared the head of the African Union (AU) persona non grata due to a controversy over a family photo taken during last month’s Russia-Africa Summit. Azali Assoumani, the president of Comoros and current AU chairperson, refused to appear in the photo with the leaders of Burkina […]
TRIPOLI (AA): Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh urged Algeria on Sunday to open the Ghadames border crossing for human traffic. Dbeibeh met with officials from Libya’s Customs Administration and security forces in the city of Ghadames, according to a statement from the Customs Administration. During the meeting, he expressed the need f...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA): A deadline given by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s president passed with no sign of military intervention by troops of the West African bloc. A few hours before the deadline expired, the ruling National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The Sudanese Armed Forces on Sunday conducted their first aerial bombardment of positions of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the presidential palace, which has been controlled by the paramilitary group since April. The army subjected RSF forces positioned near the Armored Units Command in the capital Khartoum to intense...
TRIPOLI (AA): The Libyan Supreme Council of State elected a new leader on Sunday, with Mohamed Takala replacing Khaled el-Meshri. Voting was broadcast live by Libyan media. In the first round, in which 129 out of the 145 members of the Supreme Council of State took part, el-Meshri received 49 votes and Takala 39. As […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Senegal’s jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has reportedly been on a hunger strike to protest charges against him, has been hospitalized, his party said Sunday. In a statement, the Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (PASTEF) party said Sonko has been admitted to the emergency room at a hospital [...
Demnate, Morocco (AFP): A minibus plunged into a ravine in Morocco on Sunday, killing all 24 people on board in one of the North African country’s worst-ever road accidents, officials said. The passengers were travelling a mountainous route to a weekly market in the town of Demnate, in the central province of Azilal, when the […]
Niamey, Niger (AFP): Thousands of supporters of the military coup in Niger gathered at a Niamey stadium Sunday, according to AFP journalists. A delegation of members of the now-ruling National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) arrived at the 30,000-seat stadium to cheers from supporters, many of whom carried in Russian flags and...
On the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya (AFP): Pato looks at the picture on his phone. It shows him with his wife and daughter, all carefree smiles. “That’s the last time we were happy,” he says, completely traumatized. A few months after the photograph was taken, his life was shattered. A friend showed Pato, who is […]
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): West African military chiefs have agreed a plan for a possible intervention in Niger as a deadline nears for the country’s junta to restore civilian rule, an official from regional bloc ECOWAS said Friday. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday gave the junta that toppled elected president ...
