Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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Monday, September 18, 2023
By Amanda Mouawad: Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya’s disaster-hit Derna on Monday, accusing the authorities of neglect after a huge flash flood devastated the coastal city and swept thousands to heir deaths. Demonstrators gathered outside the...
Monday, September 18, 2023
The European Union’s top diplomat on Monday voiced solidarity with France’s ambassador to Niger, who has faced intense pressure after refusing expulsion orders from military leaders. After sacking the elected government in late July, the military said it...
Friday, September 15, 2023
The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a “medicane”, a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world. The term is an amalgamation of the words Mediterranean and...
Friday, September 15, 2023
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Friday, September 15, 2023
The United States has resumed surveillance flights over Niger that were halted in the wake of the military takeover there but other activities remain paused, a spokeswoman said Thursday. “We can confirm that US forces in Niger commenced ISR flights to monitor...
Friday, September 15, 2023
The new military rulers of Niger have cancelled more than 990 diplomatic passports held by nationals and foreigners linked to the ousted regime. The foreign ministry has written to notify diplomatic representations in Niger that the passports are now...
Friday, September 15, 2023
By Abdullah Doma: Rescuers sifted through mud and rubble Friday in their search for people missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing more than 3,000. The surge of water burst two upstream dams on Sunday, turning...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The earthquake in #Morocco and the floods in #Libya should be an opportunity for “leaders” in the region to fix long-standing problems that turned the #Maghreb into a virtual war zone. You’d think so? But I am not holding my...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
By Rim Taher: Flash flooding in east Libya caused by Storm Daniel tore through the coastal city of Derna, leaving upwards of 2,300 dead, 10,000 missing and entire neighbourhoods in ruins. This is what we know so far about the extreme weather event that hit the...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The military junta in Mali is now confronted with the realities of war. It is battling on multiple fronts and not always winning. In the north, its policies and violent approach to problems have reignited a Tuareg rebellion. Mali’s...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Understanding North Africa’s Quakes, History and What to Expect
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke river dams and tore through an eastern coastal city, devastating entire neighbourhoods. As global concern spread, multiple nations offered to...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco’s search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,800 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. Search-and-rescue teams from the kingdom and from abroad kept digging...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
By Sahar Al Attar with Joshua Melvin in Missirat: Homeless, traumatised and in some cases feeling abandoned by the authorities, many survivors of Morocco’s powerful earthquake escaped death only to fear they are now on their own to stay alive. The deadly quake...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The Red Cross appealed on Tuesday for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 2,900 people. “We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs ($112 million) to be able to deliver on the...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday. Officials in Libya have said at least 150 people were killed in the sudden flooding on Sunday afternoon after...
Monday, September 11, 2023
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: The hospital in Amizmiz caring for Moroccans injured in the earthquake is now a tent pitched on asphalt under a blazing sun, and it has only around a dozen beds. When one bed becomes free, it is immediately filled again as the flow of victims...
Monday, September 11, 2023
At least 150 people were killed (North Africa Journal editors’ note: count likely to reach or exceed 2,000) when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey,...
Monday, September 11, 2023
Monday, September 11, 2023
By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of Friday’s devastating quake does not represent a snub, even if it comes at a time of growing tensions between Rabat and the former colonial...
Monday, September 11, 2023
Testimonies from residents By Kaouthar Oudrhihi with Anne-Sophie Labadie in Amizmiz: Moroccan rescuers supported by newly-arrived foreign teams on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages, on the...
Monday, September 11, 2023
At least 150 people were killed in freak floods in eastern Libya as a result of storm Daniel which has swept the Mediterranean, an official said on Monday. Images filmed by residents of the disaster area showed massive mudslides, collapsed buildings and entire...
Monday, September 11, 2023
Morocco earthquake: How residents are coping with the earthquake
Sunday, September 10, 2023
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Using heavy equipment and even their bare hands, rescuers in Morocco on Sunday stepped up efforts to find survivors of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people and flattened villages. The first foreign rescuers flew in to help...
Sunday, September 10, 2023
“Macron, get out of our house,” thousands of young demonstrators chant to the rhythm of reggae, making plain their demand for French soldiers to leave Niger. Rallies to protest the 1,500-strong French military presence have attracted tens of thousands of...
Sunday, September 10, 2023
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: Marrakesh’s ancient medina was nearly empty on Sunday after a deadly earthquake that hit Morocco, but it did not stop some tourists who told AFP they chose to stay on. Tourism is the lifeblood of the North African country’s economy,...
Sunday, September 10, 2023
By Olivier Thibault: Rescuers in Morocco were scrambling Sunday to reach people trapped under the rubble after a powerful earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people and decimated entire villages. Here’s what we know so far: Strongest-ever in Morocco A...
Sunday, September 10, 2023
Spain on Sunday sent 56 rescuers and four search dogs to Morocco following the powerful earthquake that killed over 2,000 people after receiving a formal request for help from Rabat. An A400 military plane took off from a base in the northeastern city of Zaragoza...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Niger’s military regime, which took power in July, accused France of deploying forces in several West African countries with a view to “military intervention”. “France continues to deploy its forces in several ECOWAS (Economic Community of...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains. He’s inconsolable after losing his wife and four children in Friday night’s earthquake. The tragedy of what happened to...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,300 people, authorities said Saturday, as troops and emergency services scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where casualties are still feared trapped. Authorities...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
By Compiled by Claire Gallen: The powerful earthquake that struck Morocco, killing more than a thousand people, didn’t hit in the most active seismological region, said one French expert. But aftershocks can be expected, he warned. Philippe Vernant — a...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains. He’s inconsolable after losing his wife and four children in Friday night’s earthquake. The tragedy of what happened to Lahcen’s family is...
Saturday, September 9, 2023
A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed, sending terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck 72 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of tourist...
Friday, September 8, 2023
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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