KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the country’s parliament on Monday, accusing lawmakers of corruption. According to a presidential decree, the decision was made considering the “existence of persistent and insurmountable differences between the National People’s Assembly and other...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali lawmakers from both houses of parliament who gathered in a hangar inside heavily fortified Mogadishu International Airport elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president Sunday, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo. Mohamud, who was Mohamed’s immediate predecessor as ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 43 people were killed over the weekend in separate attacks attributed to terrorists in Burkina Faso. The first attack occurred between Salmossi and Markoye in the province of Oudalan in the Sahel region, leaving six people dead, including five army auxiliaries and one civilian. Eight other volunteer militia...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta announced Sunday that it has decided to withdraw from the West African multi-national military force G5 Sahel, citing a lack of progress in uprooting an insurgency. The G5 Sahel, which comprises Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, was created in 2014 and its anti-insurgent force launched ...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian opposition leader Ghazi Chaouachi, who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current, has announced on social media that he will appear before court after a judicial investigation was opened against him on charges of “disturbing public order.” “I was informed a while ago by the Bar Association of a de...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s minister of water resources warned Thursday that most regions of the country are at high risk of flooding. Suleiman Adamu in a statement said that 32 out of 36 provinces in the country may face severe storms and floods, noting there may be food shortages in these regions. Adamu also […]
ALGIERS, Algeria – Algeria has named a new chief of the country’s foreign intelligence service. Major General Jamal Kahal was appointed as the Director General of the Documents and External Security (Foreign Intelligence), replacing Maj. Gen. Noureddine Makri. According to a statement by the Defense Ministry, army chief Lt. Gen. Said Chanegrih...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to help South Sudan to end insurgency, and restore cohesion in the country. A statement issued by the presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina said that President Buhari had met Albino Mathom Ayuel, special envoy of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit. “We will study y...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Ten of the 43 ministers in Nigeria’s Federal Cabinet on Friday resigned from office ahead of this month’s pre-election exercise by political parties before next year’s general elections. Nigerian Information Minister Lai Mohammed said President Muhammadu Buhari held a valedictory session with t...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Citing security reasons, police in Somalia on Saturday announced a curfew in the capital Mogadishu ahead of the country’s long-delayed presidential election scheduled for Sunday. Abdifitah Aden Hassan, a police spokesman, said movement of the people and traffic will not be allowed, adding the curfew will last un...
