South Africa’s authorities Sunday said the death toll of a tanker explosion near Johannesburg climbed to 15. A truck containing 60,000 liters of LPG gas got Saturday stuck under a bridge in the residential area of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. The top of the truck scraped a low-lying bridge, sparking flames that caused the explosion. […]
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has issued orders to crackdown on the ethnic unrest that has shaken to southern city of Ghardaia following violent clashes between Arabs and Berbers that left at least 22 people dead and many injured. Bouteflika, who convened an emergency high-level security meeting with the Prime Minister, defense officials, the army chief of staff […]
Libya’s nominal Prime Minister, backed by the international community, has accused the West of abandoning Libya alone after toppling former ruler Muammar Gaddafi. In a column published Sunday by the Telegraph, Faiez Serraj called on western countries to help finish the job by filling the vacuum created as the country fell into abyss, following the […]
