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By Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Babak Dehghanpisheh | WASHINGTON When world powers agreed in 2015 to lift sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program, the deal's supporters in the United States, Europe and Tehran hoped renewed trade and investment could...

By Farrah Fazal The bitter Minnesota cold was like Heaven for the last month for three refugees. They came from the largest refugee camp in the world in Kenya. They are celebrating their arrival here. Hasan, Basra and their son Abdirahman came to reunite with their...

Egyptian authorities have added retired football star Mohamed Aboutrika, one of the country's all-time greatest athletes, to an official "terror list". Aboutrika, dubbed The Magician, is accused of funding the banned Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt's government designated a "terrorist" organisation after the army removed democratically...

Gambia's new leader to be sworn in at Dakar embassy as incumbent refuses to go despite threat of military intervention. Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow says he will be sworn in at the country's embassy in neighbouring Senegal, as regional forces massed at the border to...

In a few hours, longtime Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh's presidential term will expire. But he is clinging to power as troops from regional powers reportedly amass at the border. International and regional powers are demanding that Jammeh step down and make way for his rival,...

Turkish social media users and officials condemned Western media outlets for falsely reporting that the ACT Airlines plane, which crashed in Kyrgyzstan early Monday belongs to Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines. Foreign outlets, including Reuters, French Press Agency and BBC World falsely reported that the...

A series of questions from Trump's team indicate skepticism about current U.S. policy in Africa. The President-elect of the United States has had precious little to say about U.S. policy toward Africa since his shock election victory in November 2016. But a four-page list of questions...

 There has been an outpouring of condolences for renowned Somali scholar Hussein Mohamed Adan known affectionately as Hussein Tanzania who passed away on Jan 14th at his home in Boston. Dr. Hussein Tanzania authored several books and was most known for being the founder of...

Bujumbura - Burundi will withdraw its 5,400 troops serving as part of an African Union contingent in Somalia because the European Union has stopped paying their salaries, according to inter-governmental correspondence seen by dpa on Monday. The presidency instructed the Defence and Foreign Ministries to...

DAKAR The Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow landed in neighbouring Senegal Sunday where he will remain until his planned inauguration this week, Senegalese sources said, following an agreement with west African leaders. The president-elect is due to take power on January 19 when President Yahya Jammeh's mandate...