JOURNALIST: How do you assess Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s visit to Athens? Are we in the process of normalizing relations between the two countries? Was the visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister a step towards strengthening the communication channels between th…
Continue ReadingThe Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, condemns the despicable terrorist attack perpetrated on Friday night against innocent civilians in Solhan, Yagha province, in the north of the country, which reportedly left about hundred people dead, and several others […]
Continue ReadingStatement by Manenji Mangundu, Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council in Burkina Faso, on the Solhan attack of 5 June. “The slaughter of over a hundred civilians, the highest number of casualties from a single attack in recent years in Burkina Faso, marks a shocking escalation in the violence that has engulfed the country […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. and the European Union voiced concern over Nigeria’s decision to indefinitely ban Twitter after the U.S. social media giant deleted a tweet from the president’s account for violating its rules. International human rights groups have also condemned the move, which followed previous attempts by the government of Africa’s most populous country to regulate […]
Continue ReadingTwo opposition parties in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region won a majority of seats in the region’s first parliamentary election in 16 years, the National Electoral Commission said on Sunday. Out of parliament’s 82 seats, the Somaliland National Party, called WADDANI, won 31 and the Justice and Welfare Party (UCID), won 21 seats. The ruling Unity […]
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