Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents said on Monday, after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed forces tackle armed gangs of kidnappers terrorizing the area. Two residents …

The military leaders who seized power and dissolved Guinea’s National Assembly said Monday they would set up a transitional government. The details of the promised transition were not immediately clear, but they followed widespread condemnation of the…

A Guinean army unit seized control of the country Sunday and announced it had deposed President Alpha Conde. The soldiers expressed frustration over widespread poverty and corruption in Guinea.After Conde’s first win in 2010, citizens hoped he would b…

Opposition and rights activists in Tanzania have condemned the arrest of several members of the country’s main opposition Chadema party, who were to hold a forum to discuss constitutional reforms. The action happened while Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe…

The Kingdom of Bahrain expressed regret for the outcome of the bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, which led to the severing of diplomatic ties between the two countries. The Foreign Mini…

His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today issued Edict (42) of 2021, appointing Mazoon Abdulaziz Al-Majid as Director of the ‘Human and Financial Resources’ directorate at the National Bureau for …