ISTANBUL (AA): Malik Shiraz is frantically searching for his brothers in Kalamata, a small town on the southern Greek coast engulfed in a frenzy since last week’s deadly migrant shipwreck. “It was such a small boat. Why did the agents put so many people on it?” he asked, desperation palpable in his voice. By “agents” […]
Sewekhaye, Senegal (AFP): An outbreak of violence in Senegal is having a ricochet effect on the country’s sheep herders ahead of the Muslim festival of sacrifice- the Eid al Adha. The deadliest clashes in years broke out in the capital Dakar on June 1 after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced to two years’ jail, […...
ANKARA (AA): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the warring parties in Sudan to lay down their arms in a cease-fire ahead of the Muslim religious festival of Eid Al-Adha. In a statement, Hissein Brahim Taha, secretary-general of the Muslim bloc, “appealed to all warring parties in Sudan to work towards a comprehensiv...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Clashes resumed on Wednesday between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group after the expiry of a 3-day cease-fire, according to witnesses. Sounds of artillery shelling were heard in Bahri, north of the capital Khartoum, with billows of smoke seen rising from the area. Jet fighters were al...
DOHA, Qatar (AA): Qatar has said it is working to reopen its embassy in Bahrain and appoint an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On Monday, Qatar and the UAE agreed to restore their diplomatic representation and reopen embassies. “The next step is to appoint ambassadors,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari told...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): The head of the UN’s refugee agency on Tuesday urged Sudan’s neighbours to keep their borders open despite security worries. Filippo Grandi warned in an interview with AFP that the two-month-old war threatened to spread insecurity in the “fragile” nations that border Sudan. “My appeal to all ...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): The head of the UN’s refugee agency Filippo Grandi said on Tuesday that more than 500,000 people have fled the fighting in Sudan. “Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan following the beginning of the conflict,” he said at a press conference in Nairobi. “Two million people [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA): The World Food Program (WFP) and Egypt on Tuesday launched a safe humanitarian corridor to support thousands of Sudanese trapped by the conflict that has been raging in the country for more than two months. In a statement, WFP said the humanitarian corridor was opened between Aswan in southern Egypt and Wadi Halfa […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): France announced on Monday nearly 26 million euros (around $28 million) in aid to Tunisia to help curb the flow of irregular migrants across the Mediterranean. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the “bilateral aid of 25.8 million dedicated to migration issues” during a visit to Tunis. It would ...
GENEVA (AA): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that essential services are at a breaking point in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict. “Two months into the conflict, hostilities in densely populated urban areas have taken a disastrous toll on civilian infrastructure, especially in locations in and around the capital ...
