Africa

Burkina Faso Junta Leader Names Lawyer As Prime Minister

The junta leader in Burkina Faso has appointed Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, a lawyer, as prime minister by presidential decree. Capt. Ibrahim Traore's decision came late Friday after his own swearing-in as transitional president in the West African country after a coup late last month – the second in less than a year. Traore decided ...

15:00 Et October 22, 2022

23 People Killed As Herders, Farmers Clash In North-Central Nigeria: Official

Clashes among herders and farmers in Nigeria's north-central Benue State have led to the death of 23 people, an official said Friday. Paul Hembah, a security advisor to ...

15:00 Et October 21, 2022

Kenya issues alert amid cholera outbreak

Kenya has reported an outbreak of cholera in six out of 47 counties after recording 61 cases of the diarrhoeal disease. Thirteen people were admitted to hospitals and ...

18:00 Et October 20, 2022

Dozens of militants killed in Mali air strikes

Malian forces say they killed 50 militants in air strikes conducted in Tessalit area in northern Kidal region, the state broadcaster ORTM reported. The strikes were directed at ...

15:00 Et October 19, 2022

Tunisia police clash with protesters, the second night of protests

Protestors clashed with police in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday, for the second night after a man died from injuries sustained during a police chase in ...

10:45 Et October 17, 2022

French Expert Slams Polisario's Gross Human Rights Violations in Tindouf Camps

André Grimblatt, PhD in Communication Sciences at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, protested on Monday in New York against the gross violations of human rights committed by the armed ...

10:40 Et October 11, 2022

Morocco Expresses Deep Concern Following Events in Burkina Faso

The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its deep concern following the events in Burkina Faso in recent days, said Monday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans ...

10:40 Et October 4, 2022

Libya exhumes 42 bodies from mass grave in Sirte

Libyan authorities have said they have discovered 42 unknown bodies in a mass grave in the northern coastal city of Sirte. The General Authority for Research and Identification ...

10:35 Et October 3, 2022

Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

Burkina Faso’s ousted coup leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba left the country for Togo Sunday two days after he himself was overthrown in a coup, while the new junta urged citizens not to loot or vandalize. Damiba’s departure was confirmed by two diplomats who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity ...

22:32 Et October 2, 2022

AU PSC: Morocco Supports Sudan, South Sudan Efforts for Peaceful Solution to Abyei Dispute

Morocco affirmed Thursday before the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU PSC) in Addis Ababa its support for the efforts of the two brotherly countries ...

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