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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 10 al-Shabaab group members, including three senior commanders, were killed when Somalia’s national intelligence and security agency conducted a new operation in the central province of Hiran, an official said Wednesday. The operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated group was conducted with support from...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) — Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu appealed for unity in the country on Wednesday after hotly contested elections that have been disputed by opposition parties. In his acceptance speech after being declared the winner of the weekend election, Tinubu said the divisions that characterized the poll should not li...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Afghanistan Wednesday resumed issuing passports five months after the process was suspended due to “technical problems.” According to the Passport General Directorate, the technical problems have been resolved and the distribution of passports will resume. Afghans who went to directorate branches formed lo...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has denounced Iraq’s Council of Ministers’ recent decision to limit the use of Turkmen language in the northern Kirkuk province. In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said the decision is “a violation of the fundamental rights of the Turkmens, who are one of the foundation and essential elements o...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has said that Armenia is preventing the signing of a peace agreement and is refusing to participate in a third round of negotiations. “The active phase for the signing of this (peace) agreement is now behind us. The Armenian side is currently preventing the signing of the peace agreement and we […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s Interior Ministry has admitted that a man had been shot and killed by a police officer during a protest near the capital Khartoum against a military ruling. The ministry cited a statement from the police media office as saying that the protester was killed during a march organized by resistance […]
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he was the best man for the job. Tinubu, candidate of Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Part...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s new representative to the UN has stressed the importance of international aid for Türkiye and Syria in the wake of last month’s powerful earthquakes. “The continued international support, including through UN for Türkiye and Syria, will be crucial,” Sedat Onal said at a UN Security Council meeting. Turkish a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Thousands of Israelis rallied against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday over plans to pass controversial judicial reforms. The protesters called the rallies as “national day of disruption.” Protesters demonstrated in Tel Aviv and in West Jerusalem in front of Netanyahu’s office against h...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia on Wednesday called for Arab support amid tension with the African Union (AU) over the flow of irregular migrants into the North African country. Speaking at a meeting of Arab interior ministers in Tunis, Interior Minister Taoufik Charafeddine said Tunisia looks for Arab support amid “an unprecedented and unjustif...
