A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters entered the outskirts

By Anadolu Agency The US is negotiating with the Taliban to prevent the group from attacking its troops during the evacuation of American personnel at the Kabul Embassy in the Afghan capital, according to the Washington Post on Saturday. A report by the newspaper covering the latest situation in Afghanistan said the US administration has

Zambia’s incumbent president Edgar Lungu casts his vote at a polling station in Lusaka on August 12, 2021, as they country holds presidential and legislative elections: Credit AFP/Patrick Meinhardt By Daily Nation Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary election “not free and fair” after incidents of violence in three provinces. President

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Reuters KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani held urgent talks with local leaders and international partners on Saturday as Taliban rebels pushed closer to Kabul, capturing a town south of the capital that is one of

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaks in Doha, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo) By AFP Thieves, one of them armed, broke into the Qatari emir’s mansion near the French Mediterranean resort of Cannes, stealing watches and other luxury items, a source close to the case said Friday. The emir, Sheikh Tamim

Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis: Credit Associated Press By Reuters The U.S. deputy national security adviser met Tunisia’s president on Friday and discussed the urgent need to appoint a prime minister designate to form a capable government, the White House said. The

Zarmina Kakar a women’s rights activist cry during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Kakar was a year old when the Taliban entered Kabul the first time in 1996, and recalled a time when her mother took her out to buy her ice cream, back when the Taliban

By Business Daily Africa Close to 20,000 northern Kenya residents, who registered as asylum seekers to benefit from services offered to refugees, have sued the government seeking to be removed from the database and given national identity cards. The Kenyans, who live near the refugee camps, were registered as refugees as children or were put

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace leaves after the service marking Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 11, 2020. Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Sarah Young and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Afghanistan is spiralling into a failed state and a civil war in which militant groups such as al

By Anadolu Agency After Kandahar, Herat, advancing insurgents claim capturing capitals of Logar, Ghor, Badhis provinces Making rapid gains over the past few days, the Taliban have now taken control of 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals, sources confirmed on Friday. Following days of heavy clashes, the insurgents captured Afghanistan’s second- and third-largest cities Kandahar