Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Mozambican security forces may have killed the leaders of the Islamist militants who have terrorised communities in the central and northern districts of Cabo Delgado, President Filipe Nyusi said. In an interview late Saturday on state television channel TVM, Nyusi...
Monday, June 1, 2020
Athens, June 1, 2020 – Greece on Monday attacked Turkey’s plan to carry out oil drilling in the eastern Mediterranean, describing it as “a new provocation”. It is the latest in a series of rows that has caused tensions to rise between the two...
Monday, June 1, 2020
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Nigeria’s government on Monday said it was easing restrictions on places of worship as it cautiously rolled back more measures aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The authorities however warned that Africa’s most populous nation has “not...
Monday, June 1, 2020
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Friday, May 29, 2020
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Friday, May 29, 2020
In this latest brief podcast, MEA Risk’s Arezki Daoud addresses the issues of instability and security in the Sahel, focusing on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic, the insurgency and how government forces are magnifying the crisis in the sub-region. This podcast...
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Xai-Xai, Mozambique, May 28, 2020 – Mozambique’s public prosecutor on Thursday called for an “exemplary conviction” of six elite officers accused of murdering a poll observer ahead of national elections last year, but denied any state...
Thursday, May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020- Islamist militants terrorising remote communities in Mozambique’s Muslim-majority north mounted a fresh attack on Thursday, police sources said, striking Macomia district in an early morning assault. Gunmen forced the population of several...
Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
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Monday, May 25, 2020
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Monday, May 25, 2020
Tunisia will reopen places of worship, restaurants and hotels from June 4, authorities announced Thursday, more than two months after closing them over the coronavirus pandemic.The reopening could be delayed if there is a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, the ministers of...
Monday, May 25, 2020
By Hager Harabech: Three months after Egypt reported its first novel coronavirus case, medical experts warn the strained healthcare system of the Arab world’s most populous nation is nearing a “critical threshold”. Hospitals have been hit by a ...
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Rome, May 24, 2020 – Italian police on Sunday corrected a report that a record 400 migrants had landed on a beach in Sicily, saying the number was only around 70, the ANSA news agency reported. A single wooden fishing boat some 10 metres (35 feet) long was found...
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Tunis, May 23, 2020 – A boat carrying illegal migrants from Tunisia to Italy capsized on Saturday leaving one person dead, Tunisian authorities said, adding that six other people were missing at sea. The boat sank off the coast of Thyna near the port of Sfax in...
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Dapaong, Togo, May 21, 2020 (By Célia Lebur) – In a makeshift bunker of sacks of rice beneath a tree, heavily-armed Togolese soldiers keep watch over villagers coming and going on foot or bike across the border with Burkina Faso. Just a dried-out river bed...
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Geneva, May 21, 2020 – The United Nations called on the EU on Thursday to reach a deal to take in 160 migrants who have been stranded in the Mediterranean for two weeks. UNHCR refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), urged...
Thursday, May 21, 2020
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Rabat, May 20, 2020 – Almost half of Moroccans are “anxious” under the mandatory lockdown enforced in mid-March to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, an official survey published Wednesday found. “Being confined and the health threat of COVID-19...
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Algiers, May 20, 2020 – Algeria has sentenced three opposition activists to jail over Facebook posts, in what rights groups said Wednesday was the latest sign of increased repression after the coronavirus lockdown stifled a popular protest movement. Soheib...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 – Human Rights Watch called Wednesday on the Burkina Faso authorities to hold an independent investigation into the jail cell deaths of 12 men whose relatives say were executed by the security forces. The 12 men, among 25 arrested for...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 – Two Burkina Faso soldiers and five civilian defence volunteers have been killed during an ambush on a military patrol in the restive north of the country, security sources said Tuesday. The attack occurred on Monday as soldiers from...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Bamako, May 20, 2020 – Twenty people have been killed and 11 seriously injured after a minibus and a lorry collided in the south of Mali, the country’s transport ministry said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on Tuesday at 8 pm on a major road linking...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Ouagadougou, May 20, 2020 – Two Burkina Faso police and 47 “terrorists” died during a major operation in northwestern Burkina Faso on the border with Mali, the West African country’s army chief of staff said Wednesday. “Following an...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Algiers, May 20, 2020 – Naturalists in Algeria have filmed a Saharan cheetah, a subspecies listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List, for the first time in a decade, the national parks authority said. The animal was spotted in the Hoggar Mountains...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Kano, Nigeria, May 19, 2020 – Jihadists have carried out a rare attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Dapchi, where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, military sources and residents said Tuesday. One soldier was killed and three wounded as...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Lagos, May 19, 2020 (By Sophie Bouillon) – African nations grappling to contain coronavirus are scrambling to stop the outbreak worsening the impact of other killer diseases. Across the continent, countries regularly face surges from a raft of diseases that...
