Category: North Africa

Rescue ship’s captain accuses European states of abandoning migrants

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The captain of rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 said on Thursday European states...

Ethiopia’s ethnic militias in the spotlight after failed coup

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A foiled coup in the Ethiopian state of Amhara that left five...

China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat...

Ethiopia’s army chief, three others killed in failed regional coup

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">4</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the head of the northern state...

Field Masrshal Haftar Says Tripoli Operation Will Not Stop

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar vowed on Thursday that the...

Amnesty International urges fair Egyptian inquiry into Mursi’s death

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Amnesty International urged Egyptian authorities on Monday to investigate the death...

Former Egyptian president Mursi buried in Cairo, son says

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span>  Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has been buried alongside other senior...

Sudan protest witnesses saw ‘death in all its forms’

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudan’s military rulers have admitted that they ordered the security operation...

U.N. says it confirms 17 deaths in Sudan’s Darfur

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The United Nations said on Thursday it had confirmed the killing of...

Ethiopian woman gives birth and sits exams 30 minutes later

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A woman in Ethiopia has taken her exams in a hospital...

Sudan crisis: Government propaganda trip exposes schisms

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Since Sudan’s president of 30 years was toppled in April, the ruling...

Commander Hafter forces attack Tripoli airport for second night

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The Libyan National Army (LNA) of renegade commander Khalifa Haftar which controls eastern Libya...

Death toll at 113:Two Sudan rebel leaders arrested after meeting Ethiopia

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Two Sudanese rebel leaders were arrested early on Saturday, opposition sources said,...

U.N. chief condemns violence against civilians in Sudan

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns violence and reports of excessive...

Sudan crisis: 13 dead as Security forces ‘move against protesters’

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudanese security forces have attacked a pro-democracy protest outside the military headquarters...

Valentine’s Day! The most unifying scheme of the catholic church

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The American will celebrate the life of Rudolph Valentino who immigrated to...

Sudan Security Forces Disperse Hundreds in Al-Qadarif

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters in...

Sudan’s Bashir scoffs at opposition as more demonstrations take place

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, facing the most persistent protests since he...

Sudan arrests 800 rioters

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> More than 800 detained in Sudan protests over gen Bashir By...

Sudanese opposition groups demand Bashir must go

<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The Sudanese Professional Association, and the opposition groups including the National Consensus...