KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 50 civilians have been killed by unidentified gunmen in the town of Madjoari in eastern Burkina Faso, an official said Thursday. Residents from Madjoari in Kompienga province bordering Benin were heading to Nadiagou in the town of Pama, fleeing violence, when they were targeted Wednesday by unidentified arm...
JERUSALEM/DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an armor-piercing projectile fired directly at her head by an Israeli sniper, Palestinian attorney general Akram Al-Khatib has said. Al-Khatib shared the details based on the Public Prosecution’s report about the killing of the Al Jazeera journali...
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Human rights defenders in Tanzania have said that they feel relieved by the measures taken by the first female President Samia Suluhu Hassan like lifting the ban on 30 media outlets, and beginning a review of repressive laws. Hassan, who took over last year in March after the death of […]
ANKARA – The US has imposed sanctions on an international network accused of oil smuggling and money laundering that it said was led by officials of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and supported by Russia. The network has “facilitated the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian oil” for the […...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s National Drought Relief Committee has said 6.9 million people in the country are facing severe water shortages and food insecurity as the worst droughts in decades have escalated in the region. The drought has affected 90% of the country’s landmass and 66 districts across the county. Abdirahman ...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Bakers in Burkina Faso downed their shutters nationwide on Thursday in protest against the government’s refusal to let them increase the price of bread to match the rising wheat prices. The strike came after weeks of discussions between the umbrella federation of owners of bakeries and confectioneries and the Trade Ministry ov...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new secretary for the executive committee of the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Hussein al-Sheikh was named Secretary of the PLO Executive Committee. Al-Sheikh, who is also a member of the PLO’s Central Committee and Fatah group, was born in the West B...
WASHINGTON – The prospects for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal that world powers struck with Iran are exceedingly dim, President Joe Biden’s chief envoy for the talks has said amid an ongoing diplomatic impasse. “Of course, as I speak to you, we do not have a deal and prospects for reaching one are tenuous, at […]
ANKARA (AA) – Israel reportedly told the US that it was behind the killing of an officer of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the capital Tehran this week, according to The New York Times. Col. Hassan Sayyad Khodayee was shot dead outside his Tehran home on Sunday by two gunmen on a motorcycle. […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday evening issued a decree to hold a referendum on a new constitution on July 25. The official gazette said that polling will start at 6 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. on July 25. For Tunisians living abroad, voting will be held between July 23 […]
