Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): The first group of several thousand Nigerians stranded in Sudan arrived in Abuja on Wednesday, after days of trying to escape persistent fighting. According to Nigerian authorities, the evacuation plan covers more than 3,500 nationals, but their total number could be greater. More than 5,000 Nigerians are believed to resi...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso’s defence minister on Wednesday denounced what he said was an “international coalition” lined up against his country and alleged there had been violations of the country’s air space. And the country’s intelligence agency said an April massacre of civilians — whic...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): A senior UN official in Khartoum on Wednesday demanded security guarantees for the delivery of aid as persistent fighting between Sudan’s rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce. The visit by top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths comes one day after neighbouring South Sudan announced that the w...
TORONTO (AA) – President Joe Biden hosted a reception for Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, at the White House on Monday. Biden thanked those in attendance and greeted them, saying “Welcome home.” “Thank all of you for joining us at the White House. It is the […]
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): The UN on Monday warned that more than 800,000 people could flee fighting in Sudan, where gun battles and explosions again shook the capital in violation of the latest truce agreed between warring generals. The chaos and bloodshed, now in their third week, have already sparked an exodus of tens of thousands of […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdelaziz was released after being held for almost four years in pre-trial detention in Egypt, the Doha-based news network announced on Monday. Abdelaziz, an Egyptian journalist who works for Al Jazeera’s Mubasher channel, was released early Monday. Abdelaziz was arrested in June 2019 while traveling ...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday slammed the United States’ presence in the Middle East, as he hosted his counterpart from neighbouring Iraq for wide-ranging talks. Decades-old arch enemies the United States and Iran have vied for influence in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus “in the near future”, on the first such trip to Syria since the country’s civil war began, Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday. Syria’s pro-government Al-Watan newspaper reported that Raisi would visit Damascus on Wednesday. “We ha...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday for the first space walk by an Arab astronaut, a moment touted by the UAE as a “milestone”. Alneyadi, 41, dubbed the “Sultan of Space” by his alma mater, became the first Arab astronaut to emb...
KAYSERI, Ankara (AA) – A Turkish military plane evacuating citizens from Sudan landed safely at an airport despite gunfire, Türkiye’s national defense minister confirmed. “As part of plans to evacuate our citizens, one of our C-130 aircraft landed at Wadi Seidna Airport, north of (the capital) Khartoum. There was gunfire from...
