Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigerians will vote for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners battling to govern Africa’s most populous democracy. After eight years under Buhari, Nigeria still faces huge challenges, from attacks by militants and separatists, a sluggish economy and...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire during a military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement said 97 others were injured, including six in critical condition. The Palestinian Red Crescent said its medics treated some 250 peop...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 112 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded in fierce fighting in the town of Lasanod in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland over the last three weeks, a medical official said Tuesday. Abdimajid Hussein Sugulle, the director-general of a public hospital in Lasanod, provided the latest fig...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Al-Shabaab fighters attacked a house in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing ten civilians, the government said. The raid took place around 1200 GMT in the northern district of Abdiaziz, the government said, adding that three civilians had been wounded. “The security forces rescued and extracted...
KAHRAMANMARAS, Türkiye (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday said the impact of the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes in Türkiye “cannot be explained in words,” as she along with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser visited the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras to gain a first-hand impression of the situation on the gro...
Paris, France (AFP): An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial. The Tehran Revolutionary Court convicted Jamshid Sharmahd in connection with the deadly bombing of a mosque in 2008, the judiciary’s M...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Like millions of fellow Nigerians, Rotimi Bankole says he wants to use Saturday’s presidential elections to push for a better life in his oil-rich but crisis-ridden country. Double-digit inflation, weak economic growth and mounting insecurity are major issues for voters on February 25 when they choose a successor to...
LONDON (AA) – Many humanitarian organizations have launched aid campaigns for quake-hit people regardless of faith, because “it is an issue of humanity,” said a UK-based Muslim charity group. When two powerful earthquakes hit southern Türkiye on February 6, many international rescue and relief groups, as well as dozens of cou...
ADANA, Türkiye (AA) – Winters are usually dim for hotels in Adana, one of the 11 southern provinces hit by the twin earthquakes that rocked Türkiye on February 6. However, the city center has witnessed an uneven rush at the peak of the wintry cold. “Our business normally sees a rush during the spring, particularly […]
Beijing, China (AFP): Beijing has lashed out against US claims that China was considering sending arms to Russia to assist in its war in Ukraine. “It is the United States and not China that is endlessly shipping weapons to the battlefield,” China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said when asked about the US claims. &#...
