Africa
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Somalia: Car bomb blast targets Turkish contractors
Jan 18, 2020 15:17A car bomb targeting a group of Turkish contractors exploded on Saturday 18 January in Afgoye, northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said.
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Libyan rivals to meet in Moscow to sign ceasefire deal
Jan 13, 2020 08:56The leaders of the warring sides in Libya will meet in Moscow on Monday in order to sign a ceasefire agreement, a Libyan official said.
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ICC investigating massacre of Nigerian Shia Muslims: IHRC
Jan 12, 2020 06:41The International Criminal Court is continuing to investigate the massacre of over 1000 Shia civilians by Nigerian army in the city of Zaria in 2005 as The Hague-based body is concerned about evidence tampering, an Islamic rights NGO said.
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Ailing Nigerian Shia leader denied of medical treatment: Office
Jan 11, 2020 04:02The office of Nigeria's top Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky announced that despite his deteriorating health, prison officials have denied him access to doctors.
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Nigerian People Condemn assassination of Lieutenant General Soleimani
Jan 04, 2020 07:40Popular demonstrations have been held in Nigeria condemning the assassination of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, who was martyred in a US terror strike in the early hours of Friday morning.
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Military plane crashes in Sudan, 18 killed
Jan 03, 2020 00:51A military transport plane has crashed in Sudan’s West Darfur with 18 casualties, including children.
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Algerian PM forms new government
Jan 02, 2020 23:09Algeria's Prime Minister Djerad has formed a new cabinet, according to state television.
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Tunisian parliament to vote on Habib Jemli's cabinet
Jan 02, 2020 19:39Tunisian President Kais Saied has approved a new government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli.
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Nigeria government deprived Sheikh Zakzaky from medical care
Jan 02, 2020 19:05Daughter of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, expressed deep concern about her father's health conditions after authorities deprived him of treatment in hospital and transferred him to the prison ward.
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Three civilians killed in Libya's capital
Jan 02, 2020 08:21The media office of Volcano of Rage Operation of the Presidential Council's government said that three people had been killed in airstrikes by Khalifa Haftar's warplanes on a workshop and a store in Al-Sawani in southern Tripoli.
