Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Category Archives: Africa
Libya MPs postpone vote on new unity government
Libya’s internationally recognized parliament decided Tuesday to postpone for seven days a vote on a government of national unity despite growing international concern over militant expansion. “One hundred and eighteen members of parliament met today and decided to give the
Cameroon forces kill 162 Boko Haram extremists, retake town
Cameroon’s special forces have killed 162 Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Goshi, destroying bomb factories and weapons to retake the extremist stronghold, the government said. The town is now under the control of Nigerian forces after the
Sudan rebels, troops clash in restive South Kordofan
Sudanese troops and rebels have clashed around an army base in the restive South Kordofan state, both sides said on Monday, but giving conflicting accounts of the fighting. The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North has been battling President Omar al-Bashir’s troops
Nigeria seeks talks with Gulf producers
The mood inside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is shifting from mistrust to a growing consensus that a decision must be reached on how to end the global oil price rout, Nigeria’s oil minister told Reuters. Oil
Mali Islamist group Ansar Dine claims attack on U.N. base
Malian Islamist militant group Ansar Dine said it carried out a suicide and rocket attack on a U.N. base in Kidal, north Mali on Friday that killed six peacekeepers, the SITE Intelligence Group said. Ansar Dine, led by Tuareg commander
Libyan naval forces in Tripoli say have seized foreign tanker
Libyan naval forces have seized a Sierra Leone-flagged oil tanker on suspicion of illegally entering Libyan waters in an attempt to smuggle gasoline, authorities said on Saturday. The vessel, the Captain Khayyam, was stopped in Libyan waters on Friday night
Two U.N. soldiers killed in Mali attack
Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and some 30 wounded Friday when suspected Islamists attacked their base at Kidal in restive northeastern Mali, U.N. sources said. “Our camp at Kidal was attacked by terrorists early Friday morning. We fought back
Two female bombers kill 56 in northeast Nigerian refugee camp
Health and rescue officials say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northeast Nigerian refugee camp, killing at least 56 people. They say a further 78 people are being treated for wounds in the twin explosions Tuesday morning
Tunisia prepares for impact of possible intervention in Libya
Tunisia said Friday that it was asking its regional authorities to work on a plan to cope with the fallout of a possible foreign military intervention in neighboring war-torn Libya. In 2011, hundreds of thousands of people fled from Libya
Mandela’s grandson Mandla under pressure over embracing Islam
Traditional leaders in South Africa have expressed “disquiet” over chief Mandla Mandela’s conversion to Islam. The Congress of Traditional Leaders in South Africa (Contralesa) told the BBC that being Muslim could affect his ability to uphold Xhosa traditions. Mandla, the
Two female bombers kill 56 in northeast Nigerian refugee camp
Health and rescue officials say two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a northeast Nigerian refugee camp, killing at least 56 people. They say a further 78 people are being treated for wounds in the twin explosions Tuesday morning
‘ISIS recruiter’ arrested in northern Nigeria
Nigeria’s intelligence agency on Tuesday said it had arrested a recruiter for the ISIS group, as well as seven alleged members of the Boko Haram offshoot Ansaru. The announcement came nearly a year after the leader of Boko Haram in
France to probe new child rape allegations in C. Africa
French investigators will probe new allegations by young children of sexual abuse by French soldiers in the Central African Republic, a judicial source said Monday. The allegations were made to U.N. investigators last month by a sister and brother, now
Somalia plane bomber was meant to be on Turkish flight: airline executive
A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, the Daallo chief
U.N.: Civilians fleeing Darfur clashes in ‘dire’ conditions
Tens of thousands of civilians fleeing weeks of clashes between troops and rebels in Darfur’s Jebel Marra area face “dire” humanitarian circumstances, the United Nations said on Sunday. Fighting in the Jebel Marra has flared between forces loyal to President
Algerian lawmakers pass reforms boosting parliament powers
Algerian lawmakers passed constitutional reforms on Sunday proposed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after the 2011 “Arab Spring” uprisings, including reinstating a two-term limit for the presidency and boosting parliamentary powers. Government officials said the amendments fulfilled Bouteflika’s promises to strengthen
Tunisia unveils anti-militants fence on Libyan border
Tunisia’s defense minister has visited an anti-militants fence that’s being built on the country’s border with Libya to stop Islamist militants from entering Tunisian territory. Defense Minister Farhat Horchani inspected the first completed part of the 196-kilometer (122-mile) fence Saturday,
Pilot after emergency: Somali airport security is ‘zero’
The Serb pilot who landed a jetliner in Somalia with a large hole in its fuselage says he has never doubted that it was caused by a bomb and describes the security at Mogadishu Airport as “zero.” After initially saying
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