Algiers, Algeria – AFP Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected as president, the country’s electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for “94.65 percent of the vote,” ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters. Tebboune, 78, had been heavily favoured t...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The death toll from floods and rains in Sudan has gone up to 205, while those from cholera reached 185, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Some 268 new cholera cases have been recorded, including 6 deaths in the states of Kassala, Nile River, and Gedarif, the ministry said in a […]
Algiers, Algeria – AFP Less than half of Algeria’s eligible voters cast a ballot in the country’s presidential poll, preliminary figures from electoral authorities showed early Sunday, despite incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s hopes for a high turnout. Tebboune, 78, is heavily favoured to secure a second term, seeing off...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Flagrant rights violations by Sudan’s warring parties require the deployment of an “independent and impartial force” to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes, UN experts have said. An independent fact-finding mission said it had uncovered “harrowing” violations by bo...
Lagos, Nigeria — AFP Weeks of fuel scarcities in Nigeria are compounding a cost-of-living crisis, with the state-run oil company acknowledging “financial strain” was hampering supplies. Olufemi Soneye, a spokesman for government-controlled Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), blamed the lingering scarcity on f...
Algiers, Algeria — AFP Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who assumed Algeria’s presidency during mass pro-democracy protests, is touting his achievements as he seeks another term. Yet, five years after the movement faded, some say real change remains elusive. The Hirak protests, which led to the ousting of longtime autocratic president Abdelaz...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Tunisia’s electoral authority on Monday announced it had approved three presidential candidates for the October 6 election, including incumbent President Kais Saied, dismissing three other would-be candidates despite court rulings allowing them to run. The three dismissed candidates had last week won appeals at...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Unknown assailants killed Abdel-Rahman Milad, also known as “Al-Bidja,” who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya, opening fire on his vehicle in the Janzour suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli. A security source who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case said that M...
Algiers, Algeria – AFP The fraught relations between France and its former colony Algeria had eased a little in recent years, but a new rift over Paris backing Morocco’s autonomy plan for disputed Western Sahara has sent rapprochement efforts into a tailspin. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is seeking a second term in ...
The European Union has voiced grave concern over Burkina Faso’s worsening security crisis. The comments come following a deadly terrorist attack in Barsalogho over the weekend. Nearly 200 people died and three hundred were injured. Local media suspect the attack was carried out by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an ISIS affiliate...
