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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia on Sunday said the federal government and the Somali people donated over $4.8 million to earthquake victims in Türkiye. Speaking in the capital Mogadishu, Somali Interior Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi announced the donation and thanked the Somali business community, women associations and others for the con...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Sunday said a skirmish near the Karabakh region with Armenian forces had resulted in deaths of military personnel. A statement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said it received information about the transportation of military equipment, ammunition, and personnel from Armenia to the Karabakh region through...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq has banned imports of alcoholic beverages amid criticism from Christian lawmakers. In a statement, the Iraqi General Authority of Customs said all customs points were ordered to ban the entry of all kinds of alcoholic beverages. It cited the 2023 Municipal Imports Law, which bans the import, production and sale of […...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Hundreds of Tunisians defied a protest ban on Sunday to demand the release of political detainees amid a deep political crisis in the North African country. The protest was organized in the capital Tunis by the National Salvation Front (NSF), a major opposition bloc, despite a ban by the Tunisian authorities. […]
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): The head of one of Lebanon’s top security agencies has retired without a replacement, a casualty of the political and institutional paralysis which is stoking fears of a broader breakdown. “The country is in a state of almost total disintegration,” said analyst Karim Bitar. “We are seeing the coll...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): A line of cars and motorcycles cuts across the arid West African landscape, kicking up clouds of dust on the unpaved road. Their destination: Toeghin Peulh, a village 30 kilometres south of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou that has become a magnet for the sick and the desperate. Thousands of people have...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigeria Supreme Court has ruled that N200, N500 and N1,000 naira notes will remain in circulation until the end of 2023. The ruling came in a suit against the federal government on the naira redesign policy. The suit was filed by 16 states to challenge the legality of the policy. […]
Conakry, Guinea (AFP): Through sobs and sighs, visibly exhausted Ibrahima Barry and Dame Mariama Barry recount their journey home to Guinea from Tunisia after President Kais Saied triggered a storm, accusing sub-Saharan migrants of “crime.” The Guineans, who are not related, returned to their home country on the first repatriation ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A delegation of European ambassadors and consuls visited Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank that were subjected to violence by Israeli settlers. EU representative Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff headed the delegation comprising about 20 ambassadors and consuls. The delegations visited the towns of Huwara, Zat...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has vowed to stop giving money to the “countries that hate America.” Haley, who announced her 2024 presidential bid last month, said she named the 128 countries that condemned the US when it decided to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2017. “So, I […]...
