ROME (AA): A European investigation has brought about the arrest of 15 individuals accused of smuggling migrants from Syria into the EU, Europol said Tuesday. According to the probe, the network used an unusually long and expensive route to smuggle migrants into Europe. Starting in Syria, the irregular migrants were taken via Sudan or the [&he...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Three African migrants have been arrested as suspects in the stabbing death of a local man in Tunisia’s coastal city of Sfax, a court spokesman said on Tuesday. Sfax, Tunisia’s second-largest city, is a departure point for many migrants hoping to reach Italy, and tensions have been rising there for months. Pol...
London, United Kingdom (AFP): The family of a jailed British-Egyptian activist on Monday held a vigil outside the foreign ministry in London to highlight a call by 100 British lawmakers for “fresh approaches” to secure his release. The pro-democracy and rights campaigner Alaa Abdel Fattah is serving a five-year prison sentence for ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region. Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Violent clashes have resumed between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) military group in the capital Khartoum, according to witnesses. Clashes were reported near the Armored Corps Basic School in south Khartoum during which army forces used artillery shelling to push back RSF fighters, the witnesses sai...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on the public to “come out en masse” on the eve of a speech in which President Macky Sall is expected to announce on Monday whether he will seek a controversial third term. “We must come out to confront the Macky Sall regime and say […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fierce fighting between the forces of rival generals shook the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday as disease and malnutrition threatened the rising number of displaced. Khartoum residents said they were shaken awake by warplanes and “violent fighting” between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office with more than 56% of the vote, the West African country’s Electoral Commission announced Tuesday. “By virtue of the powers vested in me, I hereby certify that Julius Maada Bio is elected president in the election of June 24, […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): The commander of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced a two-day “unilateral” cease-fire commencing Tuesday for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. “We are declaring a unilateral cease-fire, except for self-defense situations, on the eve of Eid and on the day of Eid al-Adha,” M...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio looked on course for re-election on Monday after the electoral commission said he had a clear lead with 60 percent of the votes counted. Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than the 55 percent required for victory after Saturday’s first round o...
