Nearly 90 percent of referendum voters approve constitutional amendments that could see president in power until 2030. #Egypt #AbdelFattahel-Sisi #MiddleEast #Africa

Tunisia's presidency denies report that group with diplomatic passports who attempted to enter was French intelligence. #Libya #KhalifaHaftar #Tunisia #Africa

Libya: EU officials hoping Trump will pull support for warlord
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/23/libya-eu-officials-hoping-donald-trump-pull-support-warlord
#Libya #Africa #MiddleEastandNorthAfrica #Worldnews #DonaldTrump #USforeignpolicy #USnews #EuropeanUnion #Europe

Female activists call for a 'new Sudan' as demonstrators at Khartoum sit-in keep up pressure on ruling military council. #Sudan #Omaral-Bashir #Africa #MiddleEast

At least 21 civilians killed and 69 wounded since fighting erupted this month between rival factions, UN agency says. #Libya #KhalifaHaftar #MiddleEast #Africa #War&Conflict

Torrential downpours have flooded southern and eastern parts of the country since the start of the Easter weekend. #SouthAfrica #Africa #Weather #Environment #Floods

A new prime minister takes charge in Mali, where people are growing impatient with violence and an economic crisis. #Africa #Mali #Al-Qaeda

WHO hopes the vaccine, which in trials prevented about four in 10 cases, will cut number of child deaths in Africa. #Malawi #Malaria #Africa #Health

Residents say the building in the UNESCO-listed Casbah district should have been 'renovated or destroyed'. #Algeria #Africa #MiddleEast

Around 32,000 people displaced, as UN deputy envoy warns hostilities likely to continue 'for some time'. #Libya #KhalifaHaftar #Africa #MiddleEast

Former finance minister Boubou Cisse appointed prime minister, tasked with forming a 'broad government'. #Mali #Africa

#AFRICOM Calls for My “Elimination”
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176554/tomgram%3A_nick_turse%2C_no_need_to_whisper%2C_africom_isn%27t_listening_in/#more #us #imperialism in #africa

The move comes as the army chief announced that members of the ruling elite would soon be prosecuted for corruption. #Algeria #MiddleEast #Africa #Corruption

Weary that the Gulf countries may be vying for influence, protesters reject aid offers made by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. #MiddleEast #Africa #Sudan #SaudiArabia #UnitedArabEmirates

After much bloodshed, rallies continue as prominent Shia leader Ibrahim El Zakzaky languishes in prison. #Africa #Nigeria #HumanRightsWatch #Religion #AmnestyInternational

#Africa #Sudan Protesters form committee that they wish to be next civilian government.
Sudan protesters cut ties with military #Africa

Sudan's interim leader says military council is waiting for the opposition to submit proposal for a civilian government. #Sudan #MiddleEast #Africa

Local resident in Guire says there was heavy gunfire and the military was 'taken by surprise' in the attack. #Mali #Africa

The opposition rejects any possibility for a unity government, and is asking the president to also step down. #Africa #Mali #Politics

Officials say at least 227 people have been killed and 1,125 wounded in the weeks-long violence in Libya. #MiddleEast #Libya #Africa #KhalifaHaftar

The doctors were heading to a government hospital where they had been working for close to a year treating patients from Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. #Africa #Kenya #Politics #Somalia

Al-Bashir charged with money laundering and possession of large sums of currency without legal grounds, Reuters reports. #Sudan #Omaral-Bashir #MiddleEast #Africa

We reveal how 10 years of US strategy on the continent have failed to make its countries safer. #Africa #UnitedStates #Military #Niger #Somalia #War&Conflict

Egyptians vote in referendum on constitutional amendments that could extend President Sisi's rule until 2030. #Egypt #AbdelFattahel-Sisi #MiddleEast #Africa

Move by court of appeal 'opens the way' for opposition politician's return from exile in Belgium, says lawyer. #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Africa

At least 13 people were killed after a boat capsized in the country's eastern Lake Kivu, with 114 others still missing. #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Africa

Activists and rights groups have recorded thousands of cases of Sudanese killed during al-Bashir's decades-long rule. #Sudan #MiddleEast #Africa

Demonstrators gather for ninth successive Friday in cities across Algeria to call for root-and-branch political reform. #Algeria #Africa #MiddleEast

In the aftermath of this tragedy, important questions about Western corporate profiteering and regulation must be asked.
Justice must be done for the victims of the Ethiopia plane crash
#Africa #Ethiopia #US&Canada #UnitedStates

Main protest group says it will announce members of the new council on Sunday to pressure the army to hand over power. #MiddleEast #Sudan #Africa

At least 13 people are killed and 16 injured when a church in Dlangubo collapses during a pre-Easter service. #Africa #SouthAfrica

We debate the obstacles and solutions to climate change and speak with Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam. #Environment #GlobalWarming #PressFreedom #Journalism #Bangladesh #Africa #UnitedStates

Three killed in shoot-out near the town of Beni as ISIL declares Congo the 'Central Africa Province' of the 'caliphate'. #Africa #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #ISISISIL

Protesters demanded action after massacre of almost 160 Fulani herders by an ethnic vigilante group four weeks ago. #Mali #Africa

Ethics court orders any cash found in Walter Onnoghen's foreign bank accounts be taken by the treasury. #Nigeria #Africa #MuhammaduBuhari

Journalists around the world are facing increasing hostility, new report by Reporters Without Borders shows. #PressFreedom #Media #US&Canada #LatinAmerica #MiddleEast #Africa

Political parties say changes, which could extend Sisi's rule to 2030, are an 'assault on democracy'. #MiddleEast #Egypt #AbdelFattahel-Sisi #Africa

UN says arrest and detention of Moncef Kartas violates diplomatic immunity

A UN-appointed expert on breaches of the Libyan arms embargo has been arrested and kept in a Tunisian jail for nearly a month.

Moncef Kartas, a Tunisian-German dual national, was arrested on 26 March. He is one of six UN experts appointed to investigate breaches of the UN-imposed embargo on arms to Libya first introduced in 2011. The UN says his detention is a violation of his diplomatic immunity.
Tunisia holds UN Libya arms trafficking expert in jail
#Tunisia #Africa #MiddleEastandNorthAfrica #Worldnews #Libya #UnitedNations #Germany #Europe

After a building collapsed killing 20 children, questions are raised about building safety standards in Nigeria. #Africa #Nigeria #Politics

Hundreds of police filled the streets in Managua hours before the march was set to begin. #Africa #Nicaragua #Politics

Opposition leader Machar will not return to Juba without security arrangements, according to an official from his party. #War&Conflict #SouthSudan #Africa

From recycling to up-cycling, entrepreneurial women lead the fight to reduce waste in Nigeria's densely populated city.
The women trying to solve Lagos' waste problem
#Environment #Africa #Nigeria

Military arrests two of deposed ruler's brothers as hundreds of doctors march in Khartoum for civilian-led transition. #Sudan #Africa #MiddleEast

France supports the unrecognised government in Tripoli but also maintained ties with the other government led by Haftar. #Africa #Libya #Politics #MiddleEast

Sudan secret police 'worked with UK' to arrest suspected human trafficker
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/17/sudan-secret-police-arrest-suspected-human-trafficker-medhanie-yehdego-mered-italy
#Italy #Sudan #Humantrafficking #UKnews #Africa #Europe #MiddleEastandNorthAfrica #Worldnews

Ballot on proposed constitutional amendments scheduled for the weekend, head of Egypt's election commission announces. #Egypt #AbdelFattahel-Sisi #MiddleEast #Africa

Pointe des Almadies 2 by Nikolas Meitanis
https://500px.com/photo/301281583/pointe-des-almadies-2-by-nikolas-meitanis
#bikini #liberty #vacations #midsummer #vitality #Africa #Fashion #Seascape #Sea #Lighthouse #Model #Waves #Seaside #Senegal #Wave #Seagull #Modeling #Fashionmodel #standingononeleg #NikolasMeitanis #NikolasMeitanis #500px

Where the magic happens. by Mariss Balodis
https://500px.com/photo/299051351/where-the-magic-happens-by-mariss-balodis
#sunrise #sunset #water #travel #blue #ocean #colors #calm #horizon #surfing #surfer #pink #wave #africa #hightide #morocco #perfect #atlantic #serenity #adventure #dramaticsky #set #longboard #horizonoverwater #surfboard #moodysky #glassy #imsouane #MarissBalodis #marissbalodis #500px

New president closed it several months ago as part of reforms.
Ethiopia: Former jail to become museum
#Africa #Ethiopia #Politics

Deposed leader Omar al-Bashir held under tight security in solitary confinement, family and prison sources tell Reuters. #Sudan #Africa #Omaral-Bashir #MiddleEast