World’s oldest sitting president dies in Tunisia
The world’s oldest sitting president, 92-year-old Bejii Caid Essebsi of Tunisia has died. The Parliamentary speaker from the North African country, Mohammed Ennaceur, has been sworn in as interim president until elections in October. Bejii Caid Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically-elected president. He became Prime Minister after Beni Ali was deposed in the Arab Spring […]
French-based charity confirms abduction of six aid workers in Nigeria
The Paris-based charity Action Against Hunger has called on militants to free its aid workers abducted in Nigeria last week. Footage of the victims released by the terror groups show a woman begging for her life. The organization that goes by its French acronym ACF confirmed that a Nigerian staff member, two health workers and […]