Tensions in the Horn of Africa are drawing attention to the border between Sudan and Eritrea, raising new concerns – and not a little complexity – about regional instability, and the diplomatic and security touchpoints that have implications extending across the Middle East. Sudan announced a border closure in Kassala…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
A Qatari media outlet is reporting that Egyptian troops have arrived in Eritrea, in what is believed to be a response to Sudan’s decision last month to permit Turkey’s access to the Red Sea island of Suakin. Although there is no evidence of military confrontation, the al-Sharq report comes amid…
The death toll in Somalia has now reached more than 300 people following the worst bomb attack to ever happen in the Horn of Africa nation. The massive truck bomb that exploded Sunday at the KM5 junction in Soobe, one of the busiest areas of Mogadishu, also left hundreds of…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind began a state visit to Djibouti on Tuesday, his first such trip since taking office in July and the first such high-level meeting since diplomatic relations were established between the two countries. Kovind was welcomed on his arrival by Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, before making…
Turkey announced Friday that it is taking legal action against Wagdy Ghoneim, the radical Egyptian Islamist living in exile in Istanbul, because of his comments about Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi following the latter’s public call to further gender equality in Tunisia. Essebsi has urged Tunisian judicial authorities to establish…
A major earthquake that sparked a small Mediterranean Sea tsunami struck Turkey and Greece early Friday morning, with reports that the temblor was felt as far away as Egypt. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit at about 1:30 a.m. local time, 10 kilometers from the seaside town of Bodrum, according to the…
Turkey will host the foreign minister of The Gambia this week in the latest round of bilateral meetings and engagements with African countries. Ouasainou Darboe is expected to be in Turkey through June 17, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The visit comes as Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey’s foreign minister,…
The European Union’s dicey migration deal with Turkey is causing untold misery among migrants and refugees trapped on Greek islands, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. The HRW organization conducted research in May and June on the island of Lesbos that “documented the deteriorating mental health…
Government officials in Qatar say they have reviewed a list of 13 demands presented by Saudi Arabia and aligned nations earlier this week, and find them neither “reasonable nor actionable,” according to the Al Jazeera network. Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani, Qatar’s communications director, mirrored the precise language used…
The president of Benin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara Tuesday, the first state visit there for Patrice Talon since he was elected in April. Media outlets in the West African nation said that after a ceremonial greeting, Erdogan and Talon met to discuss Benin-Turkey relations. Bilateral…
This weekend’s Mediterranean Dialogues in Rome didn’t shy away from the climate of conflict and crisis that Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have known in recent years. Among the participants was Sudan, and Ibrahim Ghandour, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, was joined by colleagues from MENA states…
A dengue fever outbreak in Burkina Faso isn’t yet cause for alarm, health officials say, although it has now affected more than 1,000 people in the nation’s central region. Minister of Health Smaila Ouédraog said that as of November 13, there were 15 deaths among the 1,061 probable cases reported….
The latest round in Turkey’s internal war on Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen movement followers came late Saturday, when new decrees appeared in the nation’s Official Gazette. They extend the crackdown on Turkey’s media outlets, establish control over university administration and push Turkey’s initial state of emergency into January. Another 10,000…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel begins a trip to Africa Sunday, visiting the nations of Mali and Niger to discuss their security and counterterrorism strategies before heading to Ethiopia. She’ll arrive in Addis Ababa amid the nation’s escalating unrest and the international attention to its alleged human rights violations, issues that…