Sunday, April 28, 2019
Macomia, Mozambique, April 28, 2019 – Soaking mattresses, bent corrugated iron sheets, some wooden chairs and two slender chickens are about all that Assane Maulana and his wife Maria Mendosa were able salvage from the wreckage of their wood and mud home. They...
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Tripoli, April 27, 2019 – An Iranian registered cargo ship was boarded and searched at Misrata port in western Libya, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord said Saturday. The “Iranian flagged… Shahr E. Kord” is docked at the...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2019 – Turkey is seeking to extradite a businessman from Brazil over his links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, his lawyer and officials said Thursday, in a case that has alarmed Turks living in the Latin American country. Ali...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Ankara, April 26, 2019 – Turkish police on Friday detained 115 soldiers suspected of ties to the group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt, state media reported, the latest arrests in a massive crackdown. The detentions came after the Istanbul public prosecutor...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Lagos, Nigeria, April 26, 2019 – Gunmen have abducted two Chinese nationals from a construction site in southeast Nigeria, police said Friday. The two were abducted by armed men wearing masks in Ohaozara in Ebonyi State on Thursday, police spokeswoman Loveth...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Tripoli, April 25, 2019 – Sudanese migrants who fled fighting and turmoil in Darfur are facing war once again, caught for three weeks in the crossfire as Libyan unity government forces battle strongman Khalifa Haftar. After often brutal journeys, they have been...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Khartoum, April 25, 2019 – Sudanese protesters began gathering for a “million-strong” march Thursday to turn up the heat on the ruling military council after three of its members resigned following talks on handing over power. The rally outside the...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Abuja, April 25, 2019 – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will leave for Britain on Thursday on a private visit, his office said, in a statement set to revive concern about his state of health. The 76-year-old — who has previously been in London for...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Maputo, April 25, 2019 – A powerful cyclone made landfall in northern Mozambique Thursday evening, barely a month after a super-storm slammed into the country’s centre, leaving hundreds dead and causing devastation. Cyclone Kenneth hit the north coast of...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Paris, April 25, 2019 – Eight international NGOs including Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders demanded Thursday that France suspend the delivery of boats to Libya’s coastguard on concerns they would be used to intercept migrants. French...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Lagos, April 25, 2019 – Pirates off Nigeria’s oil-rich south have stormed a small oil tanker, kidnapping six sailors, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Thursday, the latest in a string of such attacks. The Apecus, a Palau-flagged petroleum...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Rabat, April 25, 2019 – Over 70 demonstrators were left wounded Thursday after Moroccan police used water cannon to disperse a rally in the capital by thousands of contract teachers protesting over their employment terms. Teachers chanting “Social...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour, the Chief Executive of Sonatrach has just been fired. Interim president of the Algerian government dimissed him and replaced him with Rachid Hachichi. Ould Kaddour saw his support system completely crumble and has long been in the chopping...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Algiers, April 23, 2019 – Thousands of Algerian students marched Tuesday through the capital calling for the overthrow of the “system” and trials for members of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s inner circle. The rallies came as state...
Monday, April 22, 2019
Bamako, April 22, 2019 (AFP) – Mali’s president on Monday named economy and finance minister Boubou Cisse as the new prime minister tasked with forming a “broad government” to stem bloodshed in the country, an official statement said. Cisse is...
