KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo said it will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 20, 2023, kicking off a year of complex preparations in the vast Central African country, large parts of which are overrun by militia violence.An…
West African leaders met in Accra Tuesday to discuss terrorism and worsening security in the region. The Accra Initiative members, which include Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo, are discussing preventing spillover of terrorism from the Sahel….
ANKARA— Impoverished nations in Africa will be given priority regarding new grain shipments from Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.Russian President Vladimir Putin had suggested prioritizing countries including Somalia, Djibouti and …
ALGIERS— The 31st session of the Arab League (AL) summit kicked off on Tuesday evening in the Algerian capital of Algiers with regional food security and Palestinian issue being on top of agenda.Tunisian President Kais Saied, whose country hosted the l…
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday said its troops had made a strategic withdrawal from the eastern military base of Rumangabo, ceding ground in the battle against the M23 rebel group.U.N. troops have bee…
KUALA LUMPUR— The strengthening of joint Arab action to face current challenges on the regional and international scenes, the Palestine issue, food security and political and economic cooperation are among the important agenda for deliberation at the 3…
ALGIERS, Oct 31 (NNN-APS) – A senior Arab League official, said yesterday that, regional foreign ministers have approved main topics for discussion, at the bloc’s upcoming summit scheduled for tomorrow in the Algerian capital.“There has been a consensu…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given Rwandan ambassador Vincent Karenga 48-hours to leave the country in retaliation for Rwanda’s alleged support of the M23 rebels in the Congo’s eastern provinces.”This is, in part, due to the persistence o…