Wed 29 January 2020: Leading Turkish firms have undertaken significant infrastructure projects to contribute to the economic development of the West African nation of Senegal. These projects will not only further invigorate Turkey’s long-standing rapport with Senegal but will also clinch ties with the African continent, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remarked Tuesday. In a joint […]
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Sun 26 January 2020: South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed has spoken for the first time since returning home and has thanked South Africans for supporting him and his family while he was in captivity in Syria for almost three years. In a video, affectionately holding his mother’s hand, Mohamed said there were too many people […]
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Sat 25 January 2020: A Sudanese man has called on the country’s transitional government to intervene after his brother was allegedly lured to the United Arab Emirates and forced into a military training camp, local media reported. The accusations, which have gone viral on Sudanese social media, have highlighted the controversial role of Sudanese militiamen in Yemen and Libya. Abdullah al-Tayeb Yusuf told Al-Jazeera Mubasher that […]
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Thu 23 January 2020: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday called on the United States to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, in a meeting with a visiting envoy. The US last month lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations, but Khartoum awaits the bigger prize of removal from the terror list. The designation has severely impeded […]
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Wed 22 January 2020: Dozens of members of Union of African Muslims Scholars or ulemas take part in a conference that kicked off Tuesday in Nouakchott, on the importance of tolerance and moderation in the behavior of Muslims.This meeting, the first of its kind, is initiated by the International Forum for the strengthening of peace […]
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Wed 22 January 2020: (REUTERS) South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled more than 20 domestic flights between its Johannesburg hub and Cape Town and Durban this week, and 10 international flights to and from Munich, the airline said on Tuesday, as it fights for its survival. SAA is running short of cash after the government […]
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FACEBOOK IMAGE Sun 19 January 2019: Vernon Kruger has been sitting in a barrel suspended 25 metres above ground for more than two months. Overlooking the South African town of Dullstroom, the 52-year old is about to break a Guinness world record … set by himself in 1997. “Sleeping in this barrel is not very easy,” said […]
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Thu 16 January 2020: Turkey will attach more importance in 2020 to Africa, which possesses important potential, said Turkey’s trade minister. Market diversification is important for Turkey because the world faces trade wars and protectionism, Ruhsar Pekcan told Anadolu Agency. Noting that Turkey’s exports rose yearly by 10% to North Africa and 12% to other […]
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People hold signs reading in French “down with France” “Mali is one and indivisible’ and “no to the misappropriation of our funds” during a protest against France Nov. 15, 2019, (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed) Tue 14 January 2020: Amid a security summit with the leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania, known as the G5 […]
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Sun 12 January 2020: (Reuters) – The death toll from Thursday’s attack by suspected jihadists on a Niger army base has risen to at least 89, four security sources said, surpassing a raid last month that killed 71 soldiers as the deadliest against Nigerien forces in years. The government said on Thursday that 25 soldiers […]
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