10 shot dead in crackdown on Sudan anti-coup protests
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces shot dead at least 10 anti-coup protesters and wounded dozens more yesterday, medics said, in the bloodiest day since the...
Blinken warns on democracy at start of Africa tour
NAIROBI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged Africans to watch out for rising threats to democracy as he began a three-nation tour...
Libya strongman Haftar enters presidential race
BENGHAZI: War-scarred Libya's eastern military chief Khalifa Haftar registered yesterday to run for president in a Dec 24 election also contested by a son...
Ugandan capital hit by twin explosions
KAMPALA: Two explosions hit Uganda's capital Kampala yesterday, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest...
Over-pumping cuts Morocco river link to sea
SAIDIA, Morocco: Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river - but after years of...
Gaddafi son files to run for president
TRIPOLI: Wanted Libyan war crimes suspect Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi and once seen as his heir apparent, registered to...
Thousands stage protest against Tunisia ‘coup’
TUNIS: Thousands of Tunisians gathered near the country's parliament yesterday to protest a presidential power grab they have deemed a "coup". It was the...
Egypt leader looks to ‘New Capital’ to cement his legacy
NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL, Egypt: An opulent presidential palace, a brand new parliament, a regal opera house and spacious parks are all part of the...
Al Jazeera TV chief in Sudan held, after 6 killed in protests
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces have arrested the bureau chief of Qatari-based Al Jazeera TV, the network said yesterday, a day after the latest crackdown...
Cheetahs fast running to extinction as cub trade thrives
Tiny, weeks-old cheetah cubs suckled from baby bottles and purred weakly, their condition still dangerously precarious after their rescue from the Horn of Africa’s...
Peace is a tall order in massacre-hit Mali village
OGOSSAGOU: In Ogossagou, where ethnic Fulani suffered two massacres in two years, traces of the recent horrors abound in this village of central Mali....
Broken dreams: Burkina Faso’s orphans schooled in Castro’s Cuba
OUAGADOUGOU: Thirty-five years ago, Burkina Faso’s radical leader Thomas Sankara sent 600 youngsters, most of them orphans, to train in Cuba-a scheme, he declared,...
