OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish politicians continue reacting to a newly published map on the Moroccan Embassy’s website in Spain, which shows the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla as parts of Morocco. According to the controversial map, the entire disputed territory of Western Sahara also belongs to Rabat. On Tuesday, Spain’s Foreign Affairs...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – At least two people were killed and as many others wounded in a suicide car bombing in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said. The attack took place near Mogadishu stadium that is currently housing Somali military police. Ibrahim Ali, a police officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu over the phone that [&he...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Monday that they killed 260 soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The RSF said in a statement that it also captured part of an SAF tank unit in southern Khartoum and seized tanks and military vehicles. “Our forces have made a great breakthrough in […]
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libyan authorities on Monday repatriated 161 Nigerians, officials said, part of a UN-backed voluntary return scheme as some North African countries see a spike in irregular migration. The group, including 75 women and six children, received food and drinks from International Organization for Migration staff at Mitiga...
Niamey, Niger – AFP A convoy of around 300 supply trucks arrived in Niger’s capital Niamey on Monday as Burkina Faso came to the aid of its sanctions-hit neighbour. The West African bloc ECOWAS imposed sanctions on Niger after army officers toppled president Mohamed Bazoum in a coup last month. Benin and Nigeria closed their [&hell...
ATHENS (AA) – Belgium evacuated another 130 people from coup-hit Niger, Hajda Lahbib, the country’s foreign minister, said on Sunday. “Over the last few days, about 130 Belgians, EU citizens and entitled persons have been brought back from Niger,” Lahbib said in a statement. “I’d like to thank the Defense and Asyl...
TRIPOLI (AA) – Libya’s central bank on Sunday announced its reunification after being split into two for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil war. The bank in a statement said it has become a “unified sovereign institution” after a meeting in the capital Tripoli between central bank governor Saddek El Kaber and [...
KAMPALA, Uganda, (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Niger’s military coup gathered in the capital Niamey on Sunday in support of its leaders. Jubilation filled the air at the 30,000-seat General Seyni Kountche Stadium as members of the ruling National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country (CNSP) arrived. Slogans hostile to France an...
Niamey, Niger – AFP Niger’s new military ruler said Saturday a transition of power would not go beyond three years, and warned that any attack on the country would not be easy for those involved. “Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power &...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in the country’s 2011 uprising who has spent the past decade behind bars, walked free from prison Saturday following a presidential pardon. Douma, now 37, was a leading activist in the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak. He was arrested in t...
