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Residents of the capital Tripoli questioned the timing of the release of Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, and praise the Libyan judiciary for basing its decision on “justice and integrity”. Saadi – the strongman’s third son, now aged 47 — was known for his playboy lifestyle… Read More

Morocco national football team made it safely home on Monday after being caught up in an attempted coup in Guinea, where they were supposed to play a World Cup qualifier match. The game has been postponed after a Guinean army colonel seized control of state television and said the government had been dissolved on Sunday. The West African nation was… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago Gazans celebrate the escape of 6 Palestinian prisoners from an Israeli prison in northern Israel through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt for the group that includes a prominent ex-militant. Six Palestinians escaped Monday from a prison in northern Israel through a tunnel dug beneath a sink, triggering a massive manhunt… Read More

Last updated: 4 hours ago The Taliban have started to work to change the face of Afghanistan and while the group insists they’re no longer the brutal force that ruled this place in the 90s, orders were given to cover the once colorful murals that spread messages of hope and peace across the capital Kabul with white paint and Islamic… Read More

China wants to expand the sale of African agricultural products across its e-commerce platforms, according to a senior Chinese foreign ministry official. Wu Peng, director general of the ministry’s department of African affairs, said at a launch ceremony of “African Products Online Promoting Season” that China has never pursued trade surplus with Africa. He said the online promotion will help… Read More

A young man wounded in Tunisia’s 2011 revolution has burned himself alive after the government failed to provide any compensation, his family told AFP on Monday. The self-immolation by 26-year-old Neji Hefiane recalls the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, the street seller whose suicide by fire on December 17, 2010 launched the Tunisian revolution, ultimately bringing down president Zine El Abidine… Read More

President Alpha Conde of Guinea spoke in an exclusive interview with Africanews Nathalie Wakam in January 2020. In that interview Mr. Conde justified the need for a review of his country’s constitution, the subsequent changes of which allowed him to run for a controversial third term in 2020. He was declared winner of the election in a landslide in October… Read More

There were scenes of celebration on the streets of Conakry Sunday after some Guineans took to the streets to congratulate soldiers who detained President Alpha Conde following hours of heavy gunfire. Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved in an apparent coup d’etat. “We are here to show our… Read More

Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late Muammar Gaddafi, has been freed from jail, a justice ministry source confirmed to AFP Sunday. Several media reports on Sunday suggested Gaddafi had already taken a flight to Turkey. Gaddafi was free to stay in the country or leave, according to the source. The 47-year-old Saadi was known for his playboy lifestyle during his… Read More

Last updated: 17 hours ago Riot police used tear gas on protesters who fired gunshots in the air and hurled bottles and stones early Sunday in Montenegro before a planned inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the country. The demonstrators set fire to car tyres at a road blockade outside Cetinje set up to prevent… Read More