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Kano, Nigeria (AFP): Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria’s north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities, local police have said. Attackers on motorcycles “killed eight people in Raka, seven in Bilingawa, six in Jaba, four in Dabagi, three in Raka Dutse and two...
ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday called on Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary forces to agree on a new cease-fire. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America are keen to continue talks with the Sudanese negotiating delegations,” reads a statement issued by the […]...
ISTANBUL (AA): President of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Ali al-Qaradaghi has called for dialogue between regional rivals Algeria and Morocco to ease their tension. “We feel pain due to sedition between Algeria and Morocco,” al-Qaradaghi said on Twitter. “This sedition is meant to eliminate what is left of strength of the...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Hundreds of people have been arrested across Senegal since deadly protests broke out against the sentencing of an opposition leader, an official said Sunday. Violence erupted in Senegal’s capital Dakar and some towns on Thursday after Ousmane Sonko, president of the PASTEF-Patriots party was sentenced to two years in priso...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Amnesty International condemned Senegalese authorities Friday for restricting social media networks following protests against the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to a two-year jail term. Police used tear gas late Thursday to disperse deadly protests that erupted in the national capital of Dakar and other tow...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): The United Nations and African Union called for calm in Senegal Friday after an outbreak of deadly violence that prompted authorities to deploy the army. Nine people were killed on Thursday after popular opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, was sentenced to two years in jail, which may take him out of the running [&helli...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN Security Council on Friday urged Sudan’s warring parties to immediately cease hostilities and establish a permanent ceasefire. The 15-member council expressed deep concern over the continued clashes between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Council strongly condemned all attacks on the civi...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire around the state television building in the capital’s sister city of Omdurman, just across t...
OVEIDO, Spain (AA): Spain lodged a formal complaint this week against Morocco after the latter referred to Ceuta and Melilla as “Moroccan cities.” Prominent Spanish news outlets including Efe and El Pais reported that Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it “categorically rejects” any Moroccan claims to the North African cities. “...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): The price of petrol in Nigeria tripled at government-run stations on Wednesday, two days after newly-elected President Bola Tinubu announced he would scrap fuel subsidies in his first move after taking office. His announcement was followed by confusion as to when the measure would take place. The previous government of Mu...
