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 »
Tag Archives: Africa
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
3 dead, 56 wounded in suicide bombings near Lake Chad
Three people were killed and dozens wounded in two suicide bombings in the Lake Chad area on Sunday, a region frequently targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists, a security official said. In the first attack in Guie, a bomber on
U.N. says more child sex abuse cases by European troops in Africa
The U.N. human rights office says it has turned up six more cases of alleged sexual abuse against children by European troops in Central African Republic, including a 7-year-old girl who said she had to perform sexual acts on soldiers
Libya asks to be labelled top health emergency by WHO
Libya on Wednesday asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise the emergency level in the country to the highest category, saying it would help mobilise resources for people in need. There are currently five crises that WHO has classified
Haiti edges toward interim govt after election collapse
President Michel Martelly is determined to leave office on the first day of Haiti’s carnival in two weeks even though he has no replacement, the prime minister said late Monday, making it likely an interim government will guide the country
U.S. man charged with supporting African terror group
A Maryland man has been indicted on federal charges he provided material support to an al-Qaeda offshoot that has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks in East Africa. Authorities on Monday said 31-year-old Maalik Alim Jones traveled to
Central African Republic votes in election to restore democracy
Thousands lined up in Central African Republic’s capital have started voting with hope that a new president will lead to a more stability after years of violence. Voters are choosing a president from a list of 30 candidates to replace
Guinea declared free of Ebola virus that killed over 2,500
Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic.
Immigrant death sparks riot in Spanish beach city
African migrants rioted in a southern Spanish beach city on Friday, setting fire to garbage bins and cars, after a man from Guinea-Bissau was stabbed to death, local officials said. Manolo Garcia, a city councilor in Roquetas del Mar in
U.N.’s Ban appoints new head of Mali mission
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named a new special representative in Mali where the peacekeeping mission has struggled to help implement a peace deal amid a surge in violence by militants. Ban named Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the former foreign
Rwandan president calls claims of refugee recruitment ‘childish’
Rwandan President Paul Kagame dismissed accusations on Tuesday that he was supporting efforts by a rebel group to recruit Burundian refugees, calling the charges “childish.” The accusations, which emerged earlier this month, highlighted tensions between the central African neighbors, which
How should we deal with ISIS in Western media?
By : Dr. Azeem Ibrahim We live in a world where it seems like things are increasingly breaking down. The environment is degrading, and we are already beginning to notice this all around us. Extreme weather events keep breaking records.
Perils of ignoring Africa
By : Harun Yahya In the months of October and November, terrorists struck major world cities such as Ankara and Paris leaving the whole world in a state of shock over their barbarity and their growing reach. Human tragedy that
Resist ‘fear of others,’ pope says in strife-torn Central African Republic
Pope Francis on Sunday called for unity in the strife-torn Central African Republic, urging people not to give in to the “fear of others” in a country plagued by sectarian violence. In an address at the presidential palace shortly after
Rocket attack on UN base in Mali kills 3, injures 20
Two UN peacekeepers and a civilian contractor were killed in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel claimed by jihadists. “Our camp in Kidal was attacked
Nigeria Muslim march suicide attack kills at least 15
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated himself in the middle of a procession of hundreds of moderate Shiite Muslims, and organizers say he killed at least 15 people. Aliyu Yusuf Kakaki, spokesman for the Shiite community in Kano, told
China in talks with Djibouti on establishing logistics base
China says it is holding discussions with Djibouti on setting up a naval logistics center in the Horn of Africa nation to service Chinese anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden and other regional missions. China has no military bases
Nearly 2 million children in Sudan malnourished: UNICEF
Some two million Sudanese children under five suffer from malnutrition every year, UNICEF’s representative said on Sunday, urging the international community to boost funding to tackle the problem. Of those two million, nearly 550,000 children have life-threatening severe acute malnutrition,
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