Sahel: Chad facing humanitarian disasterF

Sahel: Chad facing humanitarian disasterF

Friday, June 4, 2021

The United Nations on Friday launched an appeal for $617.5 million dollars to help the central African state of Chad meet an escalating humanitarian emergency. Around 5.5 million people — a third of the  population — need support for food, health, shelter,...
Algerians shun subdued campaigning ahead of legislative electionsF

Algerians shun subdued campaigning ahead of legislative electionsF

Friday, June 4, 2021

Algeria Political Outlook Algeria is organizing its third elections since late 2019 with the population continuing to reject the political roadmap of President Tebboune and the military establishment. With most secular parties rejecting and boycotting the elections,...
US offers cash rewards to locate Al-Qaeda’s Al-AnnabiF

US offers cash rewards to locate Al-Qaeda’s Al-AnnabiF

Thursday, June 3, 2021

The US State Department posted a $7 million reward Wednesday for information leading to the location or identification of Abu Ubaydah Youssef Al-Annabi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The department said Anabi was declared the emir of the...
Libya: In sign of reconciliation, Tripoli and Tobruk resume air linkF

Libya: In sign of reconciliation, Tripoli and Tobruk resume air linkF

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Flights have resumed between Libya’s capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Tobruk after a break of several years, as the division-plagued country takes a further step towards normalcy. A flight from Tripoli of Libya’s Buraq Air landed late Wednesday in...
Sahel: Mali sinks into a deeper political crisisF

Sahel: Mali sinks into a deeper political crisisF

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

By Marion Douet The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The putsch has sparked deep concerns over stability in the volatile Sahel...
Tunisia: Two migrants drown, others missingF

Tunisia: Two migrants drown, others missingF

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

At least 23 migrants were missing and two bodies recovered from the sea off Tunisia, the Red Crescent reported Wednesday, after the military said more than 100 migrants were intercepted. The Tunisian navy said a boat headed for Europe from Zuwara in Libya was...
Western Sahara: Polisario chief leaves Spain to AlgeriaF

Western Sahara: Polisario chief leaves Spain to AlgeriaF

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The leader of Western Sahara’s independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic row with Rabat, left Spain overnight and flew to Algeria, a government source said Wednesday. He’s “in Algeria,” the source told...
Morocco: Israir to link Tel Aviv to Marrakesh in JulyF

Morocco: Israir to link Tel Aviv to Marrakesh in JulyF

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

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NGO highlights harmful exports of fish from west Africa / SahelF

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Rising exports of fish meal and fish oil from West Africa to Europe and Asia are depriving millions of Africans of food, Greenpeace said Tuesday. In a report, the environmental group said that over half a million tonnes of fish used to produce fish meal and fish oil...
Climate experts predict hottest year coming within the next five yearsF

Climate experts predict hottest year coming within the next five yearsF

Friday, May 28, 2021

By Patrick Galey The world may temporarily breach the 1.5-Celsius warming mark within the next five years, according to an updated assessment of global climate trends released Thursday. The World Meterological Organization and Britain’s Met Office said there was...
Tunisia Islamists demand probe into ‘coup plot paper’F

Tunisia Islamists demand probe into ‘coup plot paper’F

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Tunisia’s main Islamist party Ennahdha demanded Tuesday a probe into a document purportedly drafted by advisers to President Kais Saied that details how he could perpetrate a constitutional coup. The unverified paper, dismissed as a fake by the presidency, was...
Economy: IMF to pump $5 billion more into EgyptF

Economy: IMF to pump $5 billion more into EgyptF

Thursday, May 27, 2021

IMF staff on Tuesday announced they had reached an agreement with Egypt over an economic program that would release the final tranche of a $5.2 billion loan approved last year. Once approved by the board of the International Monetary Fund, the second performance...
Western Sahara: Spanish court will not detain Polisario chief despite pressure from MoroccoF

Polisario leader to testify remotely in Spanish court probeF

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Western Sahara independence leader, whose presence at a hospital in Spain has angered Rabat, will testify by video conference at a Spanish court hearing next week, judicial sources said Wednesday. Brahim Ghali, who leads the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, has...
Mali president, PM resign after arrest by military juntaF

Mali president, PM resign after arrest by military juntaF

Thursday, May 27, 2021

By Serge Daniel and Malick Konate Mali’s interim president and prime minister resigned on Wednesday, a top junta aide said, two days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to amount to the country’s second coup in nine...
Nigeria: Reports of Boko Haram chief wounded in attack by rival groupF

Nigeria: Reports of Boko Haram chief wounded in attack by rival groupF

Friday, May 21, 2021

By Camille Malplat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano In the 12 years since Nigeria’s jihadist insurgency erupted in the northeast, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been reported dead several times, only to reappear. On Wednesday, intelligence sources say, rival...