Algiers (AFP) - Dozens of Syrian refugees remained stranded in no-man's land between Morocco and Algeria on Tuesday, non-governmental groups said, despite an Algerian offer to help. Algiers said last week it would take in the refugees after the United Nations urged both sides to help the Syrians, who include a pregnant woman and have been strand ...
Tunis (AFP) - Tunisian judicial authorities on Tuesday slapped a one-month ban on radical Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, notably for incitement to hatred, the prosecution said. The activities of the party have been suspended for a month from today, said prosecution spokesman Sofiene Sliti. The decision was taken because of the party's inci ...
Fagnano (Italy) (AFP) - The Italian mother of London attacker Youssef Zaghba says she tried to prevent him being radicalised, but he had internet and fell in with the wrong crowd in the British capital. Zaghba, 22, has been identified as the third of the three attackers shot dead by police after their attack in London on Saturday that killed s ...
Rabat (AFP) - Morocco's interior minister on Tuesday in parliament defended a recent crackdown on a protest movement against corruption and employment in the northern Rif region. The state had no choice but to enforce the law, Abdelouafi Laftit said, after more than a week of protests in the northern city of Al-Hoceima and dozens of arrests. ...
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The African Union and the United Nations are proposing major cuts to their joint peacekeeping force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, paring down one of the world's largest and costliest peace operations. A joint report sent to the UN Security Council last month recommends that the ceiling set for military ...
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - France will ask the UN Security Council to authorize an African military force for the Sahel region that will be sent to root out jihadists and drug traffickers, the French ambassador said Tuesday. A French-drafted resolution is expected to be presented this week to the Security Council, which could vote on ...
Maseru (Lesotho) (AFP) - Lesotho's former prime minister Thomas Thabane is poised to form a coalition government after his party won snap elections at the weekend and defeated the ruling alliance, official results released Tuesday showed. Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC) won 48 parliamentary seats and will form a coalition with three other ...
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopians were still unable to surf the web via mobile networks on Tuesday, despite government claims the nationwide internet shutdown, which began a week ago, had been lifted. Africa's second most-populous country turned off its internet access without warning or explanation last week, briefly depriving even diplomatic buil ...
Researchers are still trying to learn why the population of African penguins has dropped precipitously over the last 15 years mdash;some estimates say by 90% mdash;but most agree that climate change is a major factor in the decline of this iconic African species. There may be additional forces at work, including pollution, overfishing, pr ...
Last week in Nairobi, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the world rsquo;s largest organization for mechanical engineers, judged ten social-driven hardware designs in its prestigious 2017 ASME Innovation Showcase ( ISHOW ) competition. Of the ten finalists, three African inventors ndash; one each from Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya ...
London (AFP) - Ivory Coast midfielder Cheick Tiote who died on Monday aged 30 was the 'kind of player everyone wants in their team, said former England manager Steve McClaren who managed him at two clubs. According to his second tier Chinese club Beijing Enterprises, Tiote suddenly fainted during training on Monday and was rushed to hospital, ...
Beijing (AFP) - Ivory Coast international Cheick Tiote suddenly fainted at training and died later in hospital, his Chinese club said on Tuesday, as tributes flooded in for the player. Tiote, 30, who had only moved to China in February from England's Newcastle United, collapsed at training on Monday, second-tier Beijing Enterprises said. He ...
Yaoundà (AFP) - Around 30 Cameroonian soldiers fighting the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram were arrested after a demonstration to demand the payment of bonuses and some leave, the defence ministry said Monday. The soldiers on Sunday set about stopping traffic with barricades on national route number one, the ministry said in a statement b ...
Bamako (AFP) - In Mali, where skin conditions are widespread and skin doctors are scarce, physicians have turned to technology to treat patients remotely. From his Bamako office, Professor Ousmane Faye, one of a small number of dermatologists in Mali, examines photos of an arm and a torso afflicted by a skin pigmentation disorder. The photos ...
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