Librarian el-Habot, one of the last few in Chinguetti [Shola Lawal/Al Jazeera] Sun 26 April 2026: Chinguetti was once a popular desert library town attracting scholars from the Muslim world with its rare books. Chinguetti, Mauritania – Bookkeeper Muhammad Gholam el-Habot gently pulled a pair of white gloves onto his slender hands and set about […]
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Mon 27 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ SA draws line on summit ‘summoning’ culture: President Cyril Ramaphosa will not attend the Africa Forward Summit hosted by France in Kenya. Diplomats said that there is growing discontent over how individual European nations can call on African leaders at short notice. This […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: First trials of transitional justice in Syria involve Atef Najib and other fugitives, including ousted regime leader Bashar Assad and his brother Maher Atef Najib, a cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad and former political security chief in Syria’s Daraa city, appeared on Sunday before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: Ipsos survey shows declining confidence in Labour leadership and doubts over election prospects amid ongoing political scandal Half of Britons believe Prime Minister Keir Starmer should step down, according to an Ipsos UK Political Pulse survey released on Sunday, which also found widespread doubt about Labour’s chances at the next general […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: Suspect arrested as the US president evacuated from the stage after firing at the White House correspondents’ dinner. Police in the United States have arrested a suspected gunman who stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner, attended by US President Donald Trump, at a hotel in Washington, […]
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Sun 26 April 2026: Death of key figure seen as big blow for Mali’s military government as fighting with armed groups continues. Mali’s Defence Minister, General Sadio Camara. has been killed during coordinated attacks on military sites nationwide, sources told Al Jazeera. The news on Sunday came the day after his residence in the garrison […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: Fighting was ongoing near the Senou military camp, close to the Bamako-Senou International Airport in the capital, after coordinated attacks struck multiple locations across Mali early Saturday at around 5.20 am. The assaults targeted areas in Bamako, including Senou and Kati, as well as Sevare, Mopti, Gao and Kidal, indicating a […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: China on Saturday warned against a recently introduced package of export control legislation in the US House of Representatives that seeks to impose stricter export controls on the equipment used to manufacture cutting-edge chips, state news agency Xinhua reported. The US House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the Multilateral Alignment of Technology […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: As tensions ramp up amid fragile truce, US military says it ‘redirected’ 34 vessels as part of blockade on Iran’s ports. The United States has three aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in 23 years with the arrival of the USS George HW Bush, the US military […]
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Sat 25 April 2026: Thousands of amputees cannot access care and are struggling with basic mobility. The number of amputees in Gaza, already at a record high, could rise as Israel continues to restrict medical aid into the devastated strip, a humanitarian group has warned. Humanity & Inclusion UK, which works with people living with […]
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