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January 30, 2024
Liberia’s President Declares Drug Abuse a ‘Public Health Emergency’

MONROVIA, LIBERIA — Liberia’s newly elected President Joseph Boakai, on Monday delivered his first state of the nation address where he declared drug abuse a "public health emergency" and announced a steering committee to tackle the "existential threat".
January 30, 2024
Italy Plan For Africa Focuses on Energy, Migration

ROME - Italy hosted a summit of African leaders Monday where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for a "new page" in relations with the continent, focused on energy and stopping migration across the Mediterranean.
January 30, 2024
DRC Self-Defence Group Declares Unilateral 'Peace Accord'

BUNIA, DR Congo -Hundreds of members of a self-styled community self-defence group presented themselves to the Congolese army Monday and signed a unilateral "peace accord" in violence-plagued northeastern DR Congo, an AFP journalist said.
January 30, 2024
US Offers Reward for Aide to Sudan's Former Leader Omar al-Bashir

WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday offered a reward of up to $5 million for the arrest of a former Sudanese official sought over alleged Darfur war crimes who escaped prison, as charges grow of new atrocities.
January 29, 2024
Biden Blames Iran and Its Proxies for Attack on US Base in Jordan

WASHINGTON - A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants for the first US military deaths in the region since the Israel-Hamas war began.
January 29, 2024
EU Warns of West Africa Instability After Mali Scrapped Separatist Peace Deal

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — The European Union said Monday it "regrets" Mali’s military rulers deciding to scrap a 2015 peace deal with separatist groups and warned regional instability could ensue.
January 29, 2024
Seychelles Military Frees Hijacked Sri Lankan Vessel

VICTORIA, Seychelles -Seychelles forces have freed a Sri Lankan vessel "hijacked by armed Somali pirates," President Wavel Ramkalawan's office said Monday, in the latest attack against shipping in the Indian Ocean.
January 29, 2024
Indian Navy Frees Iranian Vessel From Somali Pirates

NEW DELHI — India's navy said Monday it had freed an Iranian fishing vessel that had been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in the latest attack against shipping in the Indian Ocean.
January 29, 2024
Renovation of Egyptian Pyramid Triggers Debate

CAIRO — A video showing renovation work at Egypt's Menkaure pyramid at Giza has triggered social media criticism, with one expert decrying its "absurdity."
January 28, 2024
Biden Vows Response to Drone Attack on US Base

A drone attack on a base in Jordan killed three American troops Sunday, with President Joe Biden blaming Iran-backed militants and vowing to hold the perpetrators to account.
January 28, 2024
Algerian Leader Expresses Support for Visiting Sudan Army Chief

ALGIERS - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expressed Sunday his support for Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who visited the North African country more than nine months into his war against rival paramilitaries.
January 28, 2024
Explosive Device Kills Six in Northeastern Nigeria

KANO, Nigeria, January 28, 2024, Six people, including four children, were killed on Saturday when an explosive device collected by metal scavengers exploded in northeast Nigeria's Borno state where troops are fighting jihadist groups, a local official and two anti-jihadist militia told AFP Sunday.
January 28, 2024
Three Military Regimes Quit ECOWAS Regional Grouping

BAMAKO - The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS.
January 28, 2024
Cameroon Prosecutors Urged to Investigate Threats Against Women

DOUALA --Lawyers in Cameroon have called for prosecutors to launch an inquiry after dozens of women accused a businessman of sexual attacks in anonymous posts on social media.
January 28, 2024
UN Calls for Continued Aid to Gaza, Amid Heavy Fighting

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories -- Heavy fighting raged in Gaza Sunday amid a fierce row over the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees that has called its future into question.
January 28, 2024
Somali Pirates Hijack Sri Lankan Trawler

COLOMBO - Suspected Somali pirates have boarded and hijacked a Sri Lankan fishing trawler with six crew in the latest attack against shipping in the Indian Ocean, Colombo's navy said Sunday.
January 27, 2024
Thousands March Against Gaza 'Genocide' in Spain, Holocaust Remembered in Germany

MADRID/ BERLIN - Around 20,000 people marched in Madrid Saturday in support of Palestinians, a day after the UN's top court said Israel must prevent genocidal acts in its war with Hamas. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Germans turned out across the country on Saturday to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, just days after a string of protests against right-wing extremists.
January 27, 2024
Bosnian Jews and Muslims Call for Peace on Day of Holocaust Remembrance

SREBRENICA, Bosnia and Herzegovina--Jewish and Muslim dignitaries launched a passionate appeal for peace on Saturday from the Bosnian town of Srebrenica on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as deadly fighting rages in the Gaza Strip.
January 27, 2024
Women March Against Femicide in Kenya

NAIROBI - Several hundred people marched in Nairobi on Saturday to protest against femicide in Kenya where over a dozen women have been killed this month in cases that shocked the nation.
January 27, 2024
Lagos Bans Use of 'Non-degradable' Containers

LAGOS - Nigerian authorities in Lagos, Africa’s most populous city, this week announced that they plan to ban the usage of styrofoam boxes and single-use plastics “with immediate effect.”

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