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700 people dead after a boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast

700 people dead after a boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast

As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight in what officials said may be the Mediterranean’s worst disaster as thousands flee poverty and war to Europe. Top officials in Europe, whose recently-downsized border protection program has been criticized by international aid groups, […]

Violence escalates in South Africa…(Viewer discretion is advised)

Violence escalates in South Africa…(Viewer discretion is advised)

Johannesburg-South African police fired rubber bullets Friday to disperse crowds setting immigrant businesses ablaze as attacks against foreigners spread to Johannesburg.Chanting and singing, machete-armed residents burned down shops owned by foreigners, including a Nigerian dealership in the nation’s largest city. Immigrants carrying bricks accused police of not doing enough to protect them as businesses smoldered. […]

Egypt’s dangerous stalemate

Egypt’s dangerous stalemate

CAIRO — Despite his all-out effort to defeat Islamic terrorism and insurgency, President Sisi has yet to achieve the results needed to prevent the country slipping back into anarchy and chaos. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is fighting for his country’s survival – and his own. Islamic terrorism is not abating, hampering vital efforts to […]

Elections Extended By One Day In Sudan as Police Are Ordered to Vote For The Rulling Party

Elections Extended By One Day In Sudan as Police Are Ordered to Vote For The Rulling Party

Sudan-The National Election Commission (NEC) announced the extension of the official three-day voting process with one day. Two presidential candidates announced their withdrawal. The police in Khartoum was pressured to vote.Because of the very poor voters’ turnout throughout the country, the NEC on Tuesday had already extended the voting time for Wednesday, the third and […]

Algiers Defends Order at Home—But Not Abroad

Algiers Defends Order at Home—But Not Abroad

The upheavals of the Arab Spring seemed to pass one country by: Algeria. To its east, Libya collapsed into civil war, and Tunisia suffered an upsurge of terrorism that imperiled its democratic transition and economic recovery. To the south, Mali is holding together, if barely, thanks to a French-led stabilization force. But all the while, […]

Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Badie, sentenced to death by hanging

Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Badie, sentenced to death by hanging

An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, on Saturday to death by hanging, along with 13 members of his group. The sentences will be appealed.The criminal court sentenced 36 other defendants to life in prison on charges of plotting terrorist attacks against state facilities. They faced charges that include “funding […]

AU gives approval to elections

AU gives approval to elections

KHARTOUM — African Union observers have given tacit approval to elections in Sudan, while noting concerns about the suppression of human rights and low voter turnout. President Omar al-Bashir is widely expected to win the vote, which the opposition boycotted. In a statement released at the end of voting Thursday, the AU electoral observation mission […]

Muslims threw 12 Christians into the sea after a fight broke out on a boat carrying migrants

Muslims threw 12 Christians into the sea after a fight broke out on a boat carrying migrants

A group of Muslim migrants have been arrested for ‘aggravated murder’ after allegedly throwing 12 Christians into the Mediterranean sea during a recent crossing from Libya, Italian police reports.Witnesses say a fight broke out on a rubber dinghy carrying more than 100 African migrants from Libya to Sicily, after which the men were thrown to […]

Turkish Airlines plane make an emergency landing in Morocco due to a bomb threat

Turkish Airlines plane make an emergency landing in Morocco due to a bomb threat

A Turkish Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Morocco on Monday after a bomb threat, Turkish television reported.The Boeing 777-300ER plane bound for Sao Paulo from Istanbul landed safely at Casablanca airport after a note was found warning that there was a “bomb” in one of the aircraft toilets, the NTV and CNN-Turk channels […]

34 people die in a bus crash in Morocco

34 people die in a bus crash in Morocco

A 12-year-old girl who suffered third-degree burns in a bus crash in Morocco last week has died, medical officials said on Monday, bringing the accident’s death toll to 34.The crash, which saw the bus catch fire after a head-on collision with a trailer truck, was one of the worst in the North African country’s history.Most […]

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