Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): The trial of four people accused of fatally stabbing a senior police officer during anti-coup protests in Sudan opened in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. The judge ordered an investigation into allegations the four had been tortured in custody and adjourned the court until June 12. General Ali Bareema was killed ...
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 […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday gave a six-day deadline to the government to announce early elections. Khan arrived in Islamabad late on Wednesday night after an hours-long journey, and facing huge resistance from police. His supporters reached D-Chowk near parliament ahead of Khan’s a...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Wednesday suggested holding parliamentary elections at the end of 2022 and to start preparations for polls in June. “After the parliamentary elections are held and the new government is formed, I will not stay in office even for a minute,” said Dbeibeh in a […]
Banjul, Gambia – (AFP): The Gambian government said Wednesday it will prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh for murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed under his more than 20-year rule. The Ministry of Justice said it accepted all but two of the 265 recommendations made by a commission that probed alleged crimes committ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a telephone conversation Wednesday with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and thanked Washington for its “continued” support, according to a statement by the Somali president’s office. “He also reiterated his government’s commitment to furthe...
Among Ruwa Romman’s goals for her first elected office run is showing Muslims “we have a place in this world.” The 29-year-old community organizer is nearly six months into a grassroots effort to represent Georgia’s 97th House district as a Democrat. If elected, she would be the first Muslim woman elected to the Georgia State […]...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Clashes were reported in many cities of Pakistan as authorities ordered security agencies to take action against followers of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan who is asking the government to announce a date for fresh elections. Khan, who was removed after a parliamentary no-trust motion last month, announced a ...
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s chief of staff has resigned. This is the second resignation in Bennett’s inner circle in just two weeks. A statement by Bennett’s office did not provide a reason for the resignation of Tal Gan-Zvi. Gan-Zvi was a close aide to Bennett for over 10 years and was considered […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has assumed the office of the country’s presidency a week after he was elected by both houses of the parliament. In a ceremony at the country’s presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu, former President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo han...
