Turkey’s economy shrinks by almost 10% in 2Q20F

  Istanbul, Aug 31, 2020 – Turkey’s economy shrank by 9.9 percent between April and June compared to the same period last year, the first reading since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic showed Monday. The drop was smaller than the 10.7 percent...
Libya: Covid-19 kills Moustafa Karwad, mayor of MisrataF

Libya: Covid-19 kills Moustafa Karwad, mayor of MisrataF

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Mali: Uncertainty looms about Mali’s political futureF

Mali: Uncertainty looms about Mali’s political futureF

Bamako, Aug 31, 2020 – Conflict-riven Mali is at a crucial crossroads two weeks after a military junta took power in a coup, with calls for a thorough spring cleaning to rid the poor West African country of corruption,  nepotism and misrule. The August 18 putsch...

Boko Haram kill two, kidnap two in northeast NigeriaF

Kano, Nigeria, Aug 29, 2020 – Boko Haram jihadists on horseback killed two men and seized two others when they attacked farmers outside Maiduguri city in northeast Nigeria, anti-jihadist militia told AFP Saturday.  The insurgents rode into fields in Alau village...
The Algerian regime now sends poets to prisonF

The Algerian regime now sends poets to prisonF

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Niger: Death toll in Niamey’s floods reaches 45F

Niger: Death toll in Niamey’s floods reaches 45F

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EU and Turkey in a dispute over steel tarrifsF

Geneva, Aug 28, 2020 – The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to establish a panel to help settle a row between Turkey and the EU over tariffs which the bloc has slapped on certain steel products. The European Union first imposed the so-called safeguard...
Mali: Four soldiers killed near MoptiF

Mali: Four soldiers killed near MoptiF

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Turkey says it is keen on negotiating with GreeceF

Istanbul, Aug 25, 2020 – Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern Mediterranean natural gas without any preconditions. But the olive branch came as the two uneasy NATO allies’ navies conducted separate...
Health: No more polio in AfricaF

Health: No more polio in AfricaF

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Students kidnapped in KadunaF

Kano, Nigeria, Aug 25, 2020 – Gunmen have kidnapped seven students along with their female teacher from a secondary school in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, killing a vigilante and vandalising a church, residents said Tuesday. The attackers on 20...