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Sudan’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Haidar Badawi Sadiq

Sudan Fires Spokesman Who Confirmed Talks with Zionist Entity

Sudan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman was fired on Wednesday, a day after he sparked a diplomatic flurry by publicly disclosing normalization talks with the Zionist entity. Haidar Badawi Sadiq told Sky News Arabia on Tuesday that Khartoum was interested in establishing ties with Tel Aviv and predicted that a treaty between ...

August 19, 2020

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South Africa COVID-19 cases surpass half a million, says health ministry

South Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have crossed half a million, the health ministry said on Saturday, while cases in Africa as a whole approached a million. Africa’s most industrialised nation recorded 10,107 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, pushing the total to 503,290, the health ministry said, four months since the ...

August 1, 2020

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Migrants in dangerous sea crossing, fleeing wars

3 Migrants Shot Dead on Libya Coast: UN Agency

Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a coastal town when they tried to escape after they were returned to Libya by coast guards, the UN migration agency said Tuesday. Over 6,500 migrants have reportedly been intercepted and brought back to Libya this year. Three Sudanese migrants were killed ...

July 28, 2020

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Ethiopia Begins Filling Controversial Nile Dam after Deadlock with Egypt

Ethiopia began filling the controversial Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile on Wednesday, after negotiations with Sudan and Egypt failed to reach an agreement, the country’s water minister said on Wednesday. The hydroelectric dam would transform Ethiopia into the biggest power exporter in Africa, but the Nile waters serve ...

July 15, 2020

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Libya Parliament Authorizes Egypt Intervention in Principle

Libya’s parliament has passed a motion authorizing Egypt to intervene militarily if needed to safeguard the “national security” of both countries in light of what it termed a Turkish “occupation”. The eastern-based legislature backs military commander Khalifa Haftar, who fought a year-long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to seize the western ...

July 14, 2020

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French Forces ‘Kill al-Qaeda Commander in North Africa’

French military forces based in North Africa have reportedly killed a senior militant linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist group. French government officials said the country’s special forces killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, along with several members of his inner circle, in a joint military operation in northern Mali on Wednesday. Droukdel, who ...

June 7, 2020

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Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar

Haftar Accepts Egypt’s Initiative to End Libya’s Crisis

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar accepted an Egyptian-sponsored cease-fire and a political initiative to end the war he launched more than a year ago to seize the capital, Tripoli. The step was announced Saturday at a ceremony in Cairo attended by Haftar, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Libyan parliament speaker ...

June 6, 2020

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leader of the so-called Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel

France Says Kills Leader Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

France’s defense minister said French forces have killed the leader of the so-called Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of Westerners in ...

June 6, 2020

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Libya’s Nation Accord Government Says Forces Entered Haftar Stronghold Tarhouna

Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government said on Friday they had entered Tarhouna, the last major stronghold of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli, capping the sudden collapse of his 14-month offensive. There was no immediate comment from Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) on whether its forces remained in ...

June 5, 2020

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Libya’s UN-recognized Govt Claims Full Control of Tripoli, Suburbs

Libya’s UN-recognised government said Thursday it was back in full control of Tripoli and its suburbs, capping a string of victories against eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar and vowing to take the whole country. “Our heroic forces have full control of Greater Tripoli right up to the city limits,” Mohamad Gnounou, ...

June 4, 2020