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Nations Mission of Support in Libya (Manul) expressed its concern on Monday at the arbitrary detention of migrants and asylum seekers, calling on the Libyan authorities to treat them with "dignity". The UN is "concerned about the massive…

Kenya’s President William Ruto has expressed his country's commitment to a “face-to-face” meeting with the warring generals in Sudan in order to resolve the crisis there. He said Kenya - as the chair of the regional “quartet” of…

The Ethiopian army on Wednesday "thwarted" an attack by Somali Islamist Shebab fighters against a border town between the two countries, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said. "Ethiopia today successfully thwarted an attempted attack by…

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the Moroccan parliament lately to protest against the visit of Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. The protesters were clearly against the recent normalization ties between…

Police have fired tear gas to disperse Kenyan protesters demonstrating in the capital against some of the government’s proposed measures to impose new or higher taxes on items including fuel. One of the key contested measures in the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it would have been "physically impossible" for the Kakhovka dam to have been blown up from outside its immediate area. It's not yet been established what caused the dam to be destroyed. He says…

People walk over a footbridge in Dakar, on June 5, 2023, as protest calmed down four days after a court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko - Normalcy is finally settling in Senegal after deadly confrontations between…

A Senegalese Koranic master suspected of raping 27 of his schoolgirls in Touba was arrested on Monday in the central Senegalese town after several weeks on the run, a police official reports. The alleged rapist "was arrested today after…

US secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin arrives for the opening dinner for the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, on June 2. — A war over Taiwan would be “devastating” and affect the global…

Benin Petrol Prices Soar As Nigeria Moves To End Subsidy Petrol prices have almost doubled in Benin after it was announced that fuel subsidies would be scrapped in next-door Nigeria. Nigeria is one of Africa's oil giants and…