TRIPOLI, Dec 23 (NNN-Xinhua) — The east-based Libyan army said that it has allowed three more days for fighters from Misurata city fighting for the UN-backed government to withdraw from Tripoli and Sirte. The east-based army on Friday gave three days for the forces of the rival UN-backed government from…

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people suspected of burning down four mosques in Ethiopia’s Amhara region have been arrested, a regional spokesman said, as rising inter-communal and ethnic violence threatens political reforms initiated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. “Five people who are suspected of leading and organising the…

YAOUNDE, Dec 23 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Armed separatist movements in Cameroon have dismissed the approval of a spacial status to Anglophone regions by the country’s parliament, insisting that only independence would satisfy them. Parliament on Friday granted special status to the North West and South West English-speaking regions to try to…

ABIDJAN, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — French forces have killed 33 militants in an operation in Mali, according to President Emmanuel Macron. Macron made the announcement on a visit to Ivory Coast, where he reiterated France’s commitment to fighting jihadists in the region. It comes weeks after 13 French troops died in…

Ex-ruler Bashir already faces a range of other charges KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Sudan has launched an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region under former President Omar al-Bashir, the state prosecutor says. A trial could take place outside the country, Tagelsir al-Heber said. Ten years ago the International Criminal Court…