MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when the modified auto-rickshaw they were travelling in struck a landmine, said local officials. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle state. Ibrahim Abdi Ali, a security official, who spoke to Anado...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) decided Sunday to lift its suspension of Mali. Mali can now rejoin the bodies and institutions of UEMOA, the monetary bloc said at the end of a summit held in Guinea-Bissau. “Concerning Mali, the conference decided to lift its suspension from the organs and [&hel...
Libreville, Gabon (AFP): Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said on Sunday that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation’s head of state. “I officially announce today that I am a candidate,” he told a crowd of supporters in a speech broadcast live on his Facebook page. Bongo, 64, took over from [&helli...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Italy has lifted its air embargo on Libya, head of the Tripoli-based government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said on Sunday. “The Italian government informed us of its decision to lift its air embargo that was imposed on Libya 10 years ago,” Dbeibeh said in a statement. “Flights will resume next September,” he added. [&hellip...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The Sudanese army on Sunday denied reports about launching airstrikes in Omdurman, west of the capital Khartoum. On Saturday, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group had accused the army of killing 31 civilians in an airstrike in Omdurman. But the army said in a statement that “it did not carry out […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): One migrant died and 10 others went missing on Sunday when their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, according to local authorities. “A boat carrying 22 migrants sank off the coast of the city of Sfax,” Fawzi Al-Masmoudi, a spokesman for the Court of First Instance in Tunisia’s southern city, told Anadolu. He […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Over 40 al-Shabaab members were killed in an aerial and ground operation conducted by the Somali National Army’s elite Danab unit on Sunday, the country’s Information Ministry said. According to the ministry, the operation was carried out with support from international security partners and targeted a gath...
Sfax, Tunisia (AFP): Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the “collective expulsions” of black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been left stranded in dire conditions in the south of Tunisia since being driven out [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA): Last week’s fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Muslim of Algerian descent Nahel M. has shed light on the wider issue of systemic racism in French society. According to a researcher, the malaise is deeply rooted in the country’s colonial past and continues to permeate its institutions. Police and other law enforcers have system...
Sfax, Tunisia (AFP): Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia after being expelled from the port city of Sfax, witnesses reported. Racial tensions flared this week into violence as migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were targeted, with dozens fleeing the city or being forcibly ...
