Kano, Nigeria (AFP): Armed men killed 30 people in weekend raids on six villages in Nigeria’s north, a region regularly hit by criminal violence and clashes between communities, local police have said. Attackers on motorcycles “killed eight people in Raka, seven in Bilingawa, six in Jaba, four in Dabagi, three in Raka Dutse and two...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Hundreds of people have been arrested across Senegal since deadly protests broke out against the sentencing of an opposition leader, an official said Sunday. Violence erupted in Senegal’s capital Dakar and some towns on Thursday after Ousmane Sonko, president of the PASTEF-Patriots party was sentenced to two years in priso...
ANKARA (AA): With the “Century of Türkiye” started, the path to the rise of Türkiye is now before us, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “Türkiye entered a new path after the casting of votes ended and the results were announced. The Century of Türkiye has begun, and the doors of our country’s growth […]...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN Security Council on Friday urged Sudan’s warring parties to immediately cease hostilities and establish a permanent ceasefire. The 15-member council expressed deep concern over the continued clashes between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Council strongly condemned all attacks on the civi...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sudanese army forces blasted paramilitary bases with artillery in Khartoum on Wednesday after pulling out of US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire talks, accusing their foes of failing to honour their commitments. Mediators have blamed both sides for violating the truce which was supposed to enable secure corridors for deliver...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): At least 11 babies have died in an orphanage in Sudan as a result of the ongoing clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to local medics. Medics blame malnutrition and frequent power cuts for the deaths at the Mygoma Orphanage in the capital Khartoum. The violence has […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to reach besieged civilians. US and Saudi mediators said late Monday that the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed to extend by five days the [&helli...
Burqah, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israelis started reviving a flashpoint outpost settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP journalists said, constructing a building at the site which has drawn international attention. Using a truck, diggers and an earth roller, work got underway to erect a portable building at the northern West ...
ANKARA (AA): World leaders took to social media and public platforms to congratulate Türkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won a historic reelection Sunday as the nation’s president. US President Joe Biden congratulated Turkish President Erdogan on his reelection, saying he looks forward to continuing to working together on bilateral issues and ...
ANKARA (AA) – Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected Türkiye’s president in runoff elections, the chairman of the country’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in the capital Ankara, YSK head Ahmet Yener said that Erdogan won Türkiye’s presidency over opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the...
