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TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha announced late Tuesday that he will base his government in the city of Sirte as of Wednesday. In a statement from Sirte on clashes that erupted between armed groups after he attempted to enter the capital Tripoli, Bashagha said they believe in the democratic...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Tuesday met with his predecessor Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo for the first time since his weekend election in the Horn of African country. Mohamud, who was sworn in after Sunday’s presidential election, is also the first ex-president Somalia has ever returned...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, while giving his first interview to the international media, has said that Somalia is facing a security challenge and the country has been struggling to provide security for its citizens. “The most important challenging issue that exists today in Somalia is the s...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algerian lawmakers have submitted a bill criminalizing normalization with Israel, including articles prohibiting travel or any direct or indirect contact with Tel Aviv. Youssef Ajesa, a lawmaker from the Movement of Society for Peace, introduced the bill to the parliament. The bill includes seven articles that aim to “...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalised thousands — a phenomenon experts say could worsen as climate change warps regional weather patterns. Saudi Arabia became the latest country blanketed with dust that slowed traffic and made iconic towers in the capital diff...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), alongside the Somali national army (SNA), recaptured a strategic town Tuesday in southern Somalia, according to an official. Burundian peacekeepers serving under the AU mission, backed by Somali soldiers, retook El-Baraf in the Middle Shabelle province, ac...
Fnideq, Morocco – AFP Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and a major diplomatic row. The enclaves on the Mediterranean coast in northern Morocco have the European Union’s only land ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah and its allies lost majority in the 128-seat parliament following this weekend’s general elections, according to official results announced by the interior minister on Tuesday. The final election results announced by Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi showed that no party secured the 64 seats neces...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt on Tuesday called for restraint in Libya amid clashes between rival armed groups in the capital Tripoli. Clashes erupted in Tripoli between armed groups loyal to Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and rival leader Fathi Bashagha, who was recently appointed as premier by the Tobruk-based parliament. Bashagha reached the ca...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libya’s capital was rocked early Tuesday by gunfights between backers of two rival administrations, threatening another escalation in the war-torn North African country. Supporters of a government endorsed by Libya’s parliament and by an eastern-based military strongman had tried to move into the western ...
