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LONDON (AA): The British government’s controversial steps to tackle immigration show how British politicians use the immigration issue to win elections, according to interdisciplinary researchers. The UK government’s two latest attempts to stop small boat crossings via the English Channel – Illegal Migration Bill and the Rwanda Pla...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): Seven countries and a UN official called on Sunday for finalizing the path of the 6+6 committee responsible for overseeing the electoral process in Libya to set a clear road map for the country’s elections. The statement was made during a meeting between the chairman of the Tripoli-based High Council of State, […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 19 members of the al-Shabaab group were killed on Sunday in an operation led by Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) in the country’s Lower Shabelle region, officials said. The operation, which took place in Bula-Mohamed-Abdalla village on the outskirts Awdheegle, was conducted with the s...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): The European Union is ready to offer Tunisia a package that includes up to 900 million euros in financial assistance, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday. Von der Leyen told a news conference in Tunis the aid was part of a five-point programme, which includes support in the fight […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Vital archives containing thousands of students and staff documents were destroyed in a fire set by protesters last week at Senegal’s Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) of Dakar, an academic official said Saturday. Violent protests erupted in Dakar and other towns after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes resumed on Sunday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in the capital Khartoum as a one-day cease-fire ended. Clashes with heavy and light weapons were reported in the vicinity of the Halfaya Bridge, which connects the city of Omdurman to Bahri, north of Khartoum. Militar...
ANKARA (AA): Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Al-Asoomi urged further engagement Saturday for Arab countries to solve the crisis in Sudan. “The Sudanese crisis must not be left for regional and international interventions,” Al-Asoomi said at the opening session of the Arab Parliament in Cairo. “Arabs are to unite for finding a Su...
ANKARA (AA): The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced Saturday that a new visa entry system has been initiated for Sudanese. The decision came as the number of Sudanese fleeing fighting in Sudan reached more than 200,000 since mid-April. “These measures aim to set an organisational framework for that process after more than 50 days since ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AA): Nigeria has announced the suspension of its central bank head. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has been directed by the president to hand over his office immediately “to the Deputy Governor (Operations Directorate), who will act as the Central Bank Governor pending the conclusion of an investigation ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Mali’s sole passenger train service, linking the capital Bamako with the west of the country, resumed commercial operations on Friday after a five-year break, the transport ministry said. “Locomotive CC2207 of SOPAFER-Mali left Kayes this morning at 8:00 a.m., heading for Bamako,” it announced on Faceboo...
