TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Libya’s UN-backed unity government has discussed the possibility of forming a committee for the fair distribution of oil revenues. Mohamed Menfi, the chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, held a meeting on Wednesday with Tripoli-based unity government’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Central Bank Gover...
BRUSSELS (AA): EU lawmakers have urged Greece and the European Commission to launch an international and independent probe into last month’s deadly migrant shipwreck off the coast of Greece. The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs held a debate dedicated to the tragedy believed to have claimed hun...
SFAX, Tunisia – Clashes broke out between African immigrants and locals in Sfax, Tunisia’s second largest industrial city. Violent incidents were reported between the two communities following an altercation between a Black African and a local that left one person dead. Eyewitnesses saw Black Africans leaving the city to seek safety. Tun...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA): Kenyan police killed 20 al-Shabaab fighters in a gun battle along the porous border with Somalia on Thursday. Al-Shabaab launched the assault, sparking an armed clash with Kenya’s elite Special Operations Group (SOG) that lasted several hours. The Kenyan specialized force’s well-coordinated efforts resulted in ...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, battered by an insurgency and political instability. However, instead of plunging into despair, locals are turning to the safety valve of laughter — making light of some of the country’s many problems. One of the Sahel nation’s best-lo...
ANKARA (AA): Several Arab countries have welcomed the elevation of diplomatic relations between Türkiye and Egypt for the first time in a decade. Ankara and Cairo have upgraded their diplomatic relations to the ambassadorial level. Türkiye nominated Salih Mutlu Sen as its new ambassador to Cairo, while Egypt named Amr El Hamamy as ambassador t...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF), a multi-donor country-based pooled mechanism established to allocate funding for the most urgent interventions in Somalia, has allocated $25 million to provide life-saving assistance to drought-affected communities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) s...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least three people were killed and two others were wounded in an attack on the Somali capital Tuesday with improvised rockets, said an official. “The attack was by rockets. The attackers used an unconventional method to launch the rockets and they were fired from the outskirts of Mogadishu. One of the […]
Wad Madani, Sudan (AFP): Heavy fighting raged Tuesday across the Sudanese capital where witnesses reported a fighter-jet being shot down and artillery and machine gun fire rocking several neighbourhoods. “We saw pilots jumping with parachutes as the plane plunged to the ground,” said a witness in northern Khartoum who, like others,...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Relief swept Senegal and its foreign allies on Tuesday after President Macky Sall said he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of further deadly protests. A flood of reaction at home and abroad welcomed the announcement from Sall that after “long consideration” he had [&he...
