Tunisia rescues 163 migrants off coast of SfaxF

The Tunisian navy has rescued 163 would-be migrants, including women and children, off the country’s east coast, the defence ministry said on Sunday. “As part of a joint operation with the coastguard, a naval unit rescued Saturday 163 illegal...

Egypt charges five after another teen suicides over blackmailF

Prosecutors in Egypt charged five people after a teenager committed suicide over alleged blackmail using doctored images — the second such incident within weeks. Heidi, 15, took her own life earlier in February, local media reported. Her case echoes that of...
Tragedy in Morocco with death of young boy Rayan after failed rescueF

Tragedy in Morocco with death of young boy Rayan after failed rescueF

By Hicham Rafih and Fadel Senna, with Ismail Bellaouali in Rabat Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and the world. The ordeal...

Turkish President Erdogan tests positive for Covid-19F

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

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Energy: Morocco secures gas supply from SpainF

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

 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

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

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

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Turkey says 12 migrants blocked by Greece die at borderF

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

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

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Migration: Migrants rescued off the coast of MoroccoF

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Libya: Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for new governmentF

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

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

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

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Egypt: Two killed after truck falls into NileF

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

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Morocco businessman jailed over 29 deaths in factory floodF

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Libya: Rival central banks reach deal to reuniteF

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