Turkish President Erdogan tests positive for Covid-19F

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday he had tested positive for Covid-19 but was not experiencing severe symptoms.  “After experiencing light symptoms, my wife and I tested positive for Covid-19. We have a mild infection thankfully, which we...

Sahel: Mali leaders want more powerF

Saturday, February 5, 2022

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Energy: Morocco secures gas supply from SpainF

Saturday, February 5, 2022

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Morocco bid to free boy from well reaches nerve-wracking final stagesF

Friday, February 4, 2022

 By Hicham Rafih and Fadel Senna with Kaouthar Oudrhiri in Rabat Moroccan rescuers were in the nerve-wracking final stages Friday of a marathon effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well for a fourth night.  The complex and risky earth-moving...

Security: General sees gains in Mozambique’s conflict ‘puzzle’F

Friday, February 4, 2022

By Marc Hoogsteyns Many people are deserting the ranks of the Islamic insurgency in Mozambique as the military presses gains, according to the deputy chief of a multinational African force who admits the conflict remains a “puzzle”.  In an interview with...

Nigeria says oil ship fire extinguishedF

Friday, February 4, 2022

A blaze caused by an explosion on an oil ship that sparked fears of an environmental disaster off southern Nigeria has been brought under control, the government said Friday. Despite being Africa’s largest crude producer, accidents are frequent in...

International: Europe getting angry at Mali leadersF

Friday, February 4, 2022

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Turkey says 12 migrants blocked by Greece die at borderF

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

By Dmitry Zaks Turkey on Wednesday accused neighbouring Greece of allowing 12 migrants to die in the winter cold after stripping them of their clothes and then pushing them back across the border.  The charges from Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu —...

Sahel: Burkina junta lifts nationwide curfewF

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Burkina Faso’s junta lifted Wednesday a nationwide curfew they imposed after seizing power in a coup last month, the military announced. The restrictions were imposed on January 24 after mutinous soldiers arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore following a...

Turkey: Armenia and Turkey resume first flights in two yearsF

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

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Migration: Migrants rescued off the coast of MoroccoF

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

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Libya: Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for new governmentF

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Libya’s parliamentary speaker called Monday for a new interim government to be established in the capital Tripoli, noting that the current executive has outlived its mandate. A presidential election was due to take place on December 24, followed by legislative...

Morocco: 43 drowned as migrant boat capsizes off MoroccoF

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Forty-three migrants including three infants died after their boat capsized off the coast of Tarfaya in southern Morocco, Spanish organisation Caminando Fronteras said Monday. Ten people were rescued from the shipwreck, the organisation’s spokesperson told AFP....
Podcast: Sahel in Turmoil and how Bamako and Paris lost MaliF

Podcast: Sahel in Turmoil and how Bamako and Paris lost MaliF

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

The year 2021 was a horrendous period for the region. All the problems that one can imagine were there, from the massacre of civilians to two military coups in Mali and of course, an aggressive expansion of the jihadist groups. Early last year saw the massacre of more...

Business: Production in four Libyan oil fields resumesF

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

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Egypt: Two killed after truck falls into NileF

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Two people died and eight others are missing in Egypt after a truck carrying 24 people plunged off a ferry while crossing the Nile, the public prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. The accident took place in the Nile Delta north of the capital Cairo on Monday...

Tunisia: Army helicopter crashes in Bizerte, two killedF

Monday, January 3, 2022

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Morocco businessman jailed over 29 deaths in factory floodF

Friday, December 10, 2021

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Libya: Rival central banks reach deal to reuniteF

Monday, December 6, 2021

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Algeria pledges $100 million to PalestiniansF

Monday, December 6, 2021

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Sahel: Gunmen kill seven former rebels in northern MaliF

Monday, December 6, 2021

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Covid-19: First case of Omicron in Tunisia comes from TurkeyF

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Tunisia recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a Congolese man who arrived from Istanbul, the health minister said Friday. Ali Mrabet said the 23-year-old man tested positive and all fellow travellers on his flight from Turkey...

Sahel: Attack on bus in Mopti, Mali claims dozens of civilian livesF

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Suspected jihadists in Mali killed at least 30 civilians in an attack on a passenger vehicle in the volatile central town of Mopti, local officials said Saturday. “The passengers were sprayed with bullets and the vehicle was torched,” during an attack by...