Africa

Ethiopia's army chief and the president of a key region have been shot dead in a wave of violence highlighting the political instability in the country as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tries to push through reforms.

Ankara will continue providing a full scholarship for Ethiopian students to enable the next generation of capable leaders, an official said on June 22.       

The number of people who were forced to leave their homes and countries due to wars and persecutions, has reached 70.8 million.
This is the highest level since the creation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1950, United Nations said in a report released for the news agencies.

Turkey's president on June 18 condemned "the Western world and humanity" for looking on as former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi died after being toppled and tortured in prison.     

Egypt's first popularly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, was buried early on June 18 in the presence of only his family members and lawyers, said a source with his legal team.

Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offenses on June 16, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown and detained in April.

Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned terror attacks in Kenya and Somalia.

Nearly 100 people were killed in a gruesome overnight attack on a village in central Mali, in the latest violence to strike the fragile region, authorities said on June 10.

The head of Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) announced on early June 4 that elections will be held within nine months to resolve the crisis since the ouster of former President Omar Al-Bashir. 

In recent times the imperial city of Fez has been overlooked by tourists in favour of Marrakesh, but now Morocco's "spiritual" capital is bustling with visitors due to major renovations and low-cost flights.