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Feb

2024

France expels ‘radical’ Tunisian imam

FRANCE has expelled a Tunisian Muslim cleric for "radicalism" and "unacceptable remarks", Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement on Twitter. "The radical Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi has just been expelled from the national territory, less than 12 hours after his arrest. We will not let people get away with anything," Darmanin said in a statement on X. In an earlier statement, Darmanin said he had given instructions to issue a ministerial deportation order against "this radical 'imam' with unacceptable remarks". "Firmness is the rule," he added. In a post that went viral on social media and was widely reported…

Jan

2024

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Masked gunmen kill one person in Istanbul Catholic church

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TWO masked gunmen shot one person dead during Sunday service at a church in Istanbul, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding that authorities were working to capture the assailants. Yerlikaya said the attack, which Ankara condemned, took place around 0840 GMT at the Italian Santa Maria Catholic Church in the Sariyer district, and that one person - who was targeted by the gunmen - was killed while attending the service. "A comprehensive investigation was launched on the matter and work has been started to capture the attackers," Yerlikaya said on social media platform X. Speaking to reporters outside the church,…

Nov

2023

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Spain offers drones, reinforcement to help Senegal tackle migration crisis

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SPAIN has delivered six new multi-copter drones to Senegal and plans to reinforce its deployed security personnel to help the West African nation tackle a migration crisis, Spain's acting Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said. Grande-Marlaska is in Senegal where he met his Senegalese counterpart, Sidiki Kaba, as the number of would-be migrants from West Africa, especially Senegal, to reach Spain's Canary Islands this year is near a record high. Grande-Marlaska said the drones delivered to the Senegal Police are designed to detect vessel departures so that they could be intercepted. He added that Spain had also deployed a civil guard aircraft…

Mar

2023

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Tunisian president names one of his staunchest supporters as interior minister

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TUNISIAN President Kais Saied named Kamal Feki, the former governor of Tunis, as his new interior minister on Friday, just hours after Taoufik Charfeddine resigned from the post, amid a crackdown on prominent opposition figures that has prompted international ire. Feki, one of Saied's staunchest supporters, refused to grant a protest permit to the opposition Salvation Front coalition, saying that its leaders were involved in plotting against state security. But the Interior Ministry allowed them to protest. He criticized the opposition several times, describing them as "immoral and weightless". Charfeddine said earlier he resigned due to family reasons. Charfeddine at…

Mar

2023

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South Sudan president fires two ministers

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SOUTH Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked two top security ministers, violating the terms of a peace agreement with opposition party leader First Vice President Riek Machar. Kiir fired the country's defence minister Angelina Teny, who is also Machar's wife, and interior minister Mahmoud Solomon in a presidential order read on state TV late on Friday, Lily Martin Manyiel, the President's spokesperson said on Saturday. "There is no reason I can give you right now" for their sacking but "it's a normal procedure usually," Manyiel said, adding that no decision had yet been made on their replacements. Kiir and Machar's…

Sep

2021

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Taliban name new Afghan government, interior minister on U.S. sanctions list

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THE Taliban has named Mullah Hasan Akhund, an associate of the movement's late founder Mullah Omar, as the head of Afghanistan's new government, with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the movement's political office, as deputy. Sarajuddin Haqqani, son of the founder of the Haqqani network, designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, will be the new interior minister, the Taliban's main spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference in Kabul. Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, son of Mullah Omar, has been named as defence minister. All the appointments are in an acting capacity, Mujahid told a news conference in…