At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister said. Kamel Beldjoud told state television that 24 people lost their lives in fires in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, in addition to two others who […]

  Rescuers and security forces gather at the scene of a bus crash on a motorway in Khouribga province, east of Morocco’s economic capital Casablanca, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by AFP) A bus crash east of Morocco’s economic capital Casablanca on Wednesday left 23 people dead, a health official said, marking one of the […]

  A Saudi student at Leeds University, Salma al-Shebab, 34, who was said to be returning to the United kingdom for a holiday when she was arrested has been sentenced to 34 years for using a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissident activists. The mother of two was accused of using Twitter to […]

  Opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has said he will pursue legal and constitutional options to contest results of the recently concluded presidential election in Kenya. Odinga, the presidential candidate of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, lost to the Deputy President William Ruto. Ruto who was officially declared the winner on […]

  Twenty-three Nigerians with minor medical cases and 151 other Libya returnees, on Tuesday, arrived Nigeria. The returnees arrived the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos, at about 3.35p.m., aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 737-800 with registration number 5A-DMG. This makes it about 2,044 Libya returnees that arrived Nigeria in year 2022. […]

  No fewer than 15 migrants are reported dead in the desert region along the Libyan southeastern border with Sudan. Some reports, according to Infomigrants on Tuesday claimed there could be more victims in the desert. Libya’s Department for Combating Irregular Migration said the migrants were seemingly on their way from Sudan to Libya when […]

  The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women’s rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Islamists captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended 20 years of US-led […]

  “There is no connection between Iran and the perpetrator (of attack on Salman Rushdie),” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, as reported by the Iranian news agency Isna. “Rushdie himself is responsible for the attack,” Kanaani asserted, noting that the author’s work not only offended Iran, but Muslims worldwide. Salman Rushdie was […]

  Kenya was moving closer on Monday to learning the outcome of its closely-fought presidential election after days of anxious waiting. Deputy President William Ruto was leading with slightly more than 51 percent of the vote against 48 per cent for Raila Odinga, based on official results from more than 80 percent of constituencies, according […]