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US grants temporary protected status for Sudanese, extension for SSudanese

Washington, March 2 (AFP/APP):The United States on Wednesday granted “temporary protected status” for Sudanese nationals in the country and extended the same designation for South Sudanese citizens, as the two countries face political upheaval and conflict. “Sudan is currently experiencing political instability and unrest, and […]

Nigeria to airlift hundreds stranded by Ukraine crisis

Lagos, March 2 (AFP/APP): Nigeria’s government on Wednesday planned to start airlifting more than 1,000 citizens stranded in countries neighbouring Ukraine after they fled the Russian invasion. African countries have been scrambling to help citizens living in Ukraine who crossed over borders into Poland, Romania […]

Saudi Arabia says cracking down on illegal Captagon drug

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2 (AFP/APP):On a table covered in a green sheet, two Saudi officers pour out thousands of white amphetamine pills they have just seized from a neighbourhood in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. An AFP crew accompanied the anti-narcotics agents […]

Baidoa: Crossroads of despair in drought-ravaged Somalia

Baidoa, Somalia, March 2 (AFP/APP):Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and fragments of discarded cloth. She has just arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa, the last refuge for people fleeing […]

Scrounging for food in ‘hunger hotspot’ Colombia

Bogota, March 2 (AFP/APP): While the Colombian government fumes over being listed as a “hunger hotspot” by UN agencies, Heidy Garzon — a single mother of nine — worries where her family’s next meal will come from. “We don’t know what we’re going to eat […]

Ghana, Nigeria to fly home citizens stranded by Ukraine crisis

Accra, March 1 (AFP/APP):A first group of Ghanaian students evacuated from Ukraine arrived home on Tuesday as African governments stepped up efforts to extract stranded citizens following the Russian invasion. Nigeria plans to start using chartered planes to evacuate hundreds of its […]

US calls for departure of Russian at UN accused of spying

United Nations, United States, March 1 (AFP/APP):The United States has called for the United Nations to expel an employee allegedly working as a “Russian intelligence operative,” the US mission told AFP on Tuesday. The United States “initiated the process to require the departure of […]

Taliban row back comments saying Afghans barred from leaving

Kabul, March 1 (AFP/APP): The Taliban’s chief spokesman on Tuesday rowed back comments he made suggesting Afghans would be barred from leaving the country, saying he had been misunderstood. Zabihullah Mujahid sparked alarm at the weekend when he told a press conference that Afghans would […]

YouTube blocks Russian channels RT, Sputnik in Europe

Paris, March 1 (AFP/APP):YouTube has blocked Russian channels RT and Sputnik in Europe “taking into account the ongoing war in Ukraine”, the video-sharing platform said on Tuesday. “We are blocking the YouTube channels of RT and Sputnik in the whole of Europe with immediate effect. […]

Nine migrants drown off Tunisia: ministry

Tunis, Feb 28 (AFP/APP): Nine migrants drowned on Monday after their boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said. The bodies of the migrants, “citizens of various African countries”, were recovered by navy and coast guard […]

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