Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Monday, May 18, 2020
By Hamza Mekouaz – Deprived of work and access to aid, thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Morocco are struggling to make ends meet under COVID-19 restrictions. “The misery is across the board,” said Ousmane Ba, head of the...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Cairo, May 17, 2020 – Egypt on Sunday announced a lengthening of its night-time curfew and other measures to prevent large gatherings during Eid al-Fitr holidays marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “All shops, malls, restaurants,...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Algiers, May 17, 2020 – The death of a pregnant Algerian doctor from the COVID-19 disease after she was denied maternity leave has sparked an uproar and prompted the dismissal Sunday of a hospital director. Health Minister Abderrahman Benbouzid sacked the...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Tunis, May 18, 2020 – As the novel coronavirus pandemic wipes out a recovery from jihadist attacks in 2015, Tunisia’s vital tourism sector is trying to find ways to avoid going under. “Normally, the season starts now. But there is nobody,” said...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Egyptian security services on Sunday detained the editor-in-chief of prominent independent news outlet Mada Masr, its lawyer said, the latest in a crackdown against journalists. Lina Attallah was arrested outside Cairo’s Tora prison as she was interviewing...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Lagos, May 17, 2020 – Nigeria has seized a British plane for flouting a travel ban imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the aviation minister said Sunday. Flair Aviation, the airline involved, was authorised to conduct...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Lagos, May 17, 2020 – Nigerian jihadist groups are gaining sway in the restive northwest and the region could become a “land bridge” to Islamists across the Sahel, the International Crisis Group warned Monday. Northwestern Nigeria has been wracked by...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Kano, Nigeria, May 18, 2020 – Boko Haram jihadists killed 20 civilians in an attack on a village in restive northeastern Nigeria as inhabitants prepared to break their Ramadan fast, residents and local security personnel said Monday. Insurgents in several pickup...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Addis Ababa, May 18, 2020 – Ethiopia sees no reason to delay filling its controversial mega-dam despite warnings from Egypt that such a move could destabilise the region, according to a letter from Ethiopia’s foreign minister to the UN Security Council....
Monday, May 18, 2020
Abuja, May 18, 2020 – Nigeria’s government on Monday extended a coronavirus lockdown on the northern region of Kano after it became a hotspot for new infections. The head of the country’s coronavirus taskforce, Boss Mustapha, said the lockdown on...
Monday, May 18, 2020
Warlord Khalifa Haftar and his patrons of the United Arab Emirates, France, Russia and many others don’t seem to be able to take control of the situation in Libya. Billions of dollars already spent and months of a disorganized offensive against Tripoli that...
Monday, May 18, 2020
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Monday, May 18, 2020
Algiers, May 18, 2020 – A leading figure in Algeria’s “Hirak” anti-government protest movement has been released from jail after a court late Sunday cut his prison sentence, one of his lawyers told AFP. Abdelouahab Fersaoui, who heads the civic...
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Mozambique’s army said it has killed 50 suspected jihadists in the northern Cabo Delgado province after another spate of insurgent attacks in the gas-rich region this week. A shadowy Islamist group has terrorised remote communities in the Mozambique’s...
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Abuja, May 16, 2020 – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received samples of a herbal concoction that Madagascar claims can cure people infected with the new coronavirus, his office said. Buhari who collected the potion from President Umaro Sissoco...
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Kano, Nigeria, May 16, 2020 – Six people were killed in ethnic violence in northern Nigeria’s Adamawa state, police said Saturday, but locals put the toll higher. “Six dead bodies have been recovered from the violence which erupted on Friday,”...
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Niamey, May 15, 2020 – Niger’s government on Friday lifted measures to isolate the capital Niamey to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus and also restarted passenger transport services. Niger introduced restrictions, including a night-time curfew and...
Saturday, May 16, 2020
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
Algiers, May 15, 2020 – South Korean carmaker Kia will shut down its assembly line in Algeria from Sunday due to supply chain disruptions after authorities imposed a ban on the import of spare parts. “Work will be interrupted from May 17” at the...
Friday, May 15, 2020
Addis Ababa, May 15, 2020 (By Robbie Corey-Boulet) – As the truck travelled south, Yosef Moliso and the other Ethiopian migrants trapped inside its sealed cargo container pounded on the walls for help while struggling to breathe. By the time border guards in...
Friday, May 15, 2020
By Boureima Hama – Amid clucking chickens and bleating sheep, the women of Gadbo, a small village in western Niger, gather around Zalika Issa and offer their condolences. Her nephew, shot dead in front of a crowd near the village well, was one of 20 people...
Friday, May 15, 2020
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Friday, May 15, 2020
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Friday, May 15, 2020
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Nouakchott, May 15, 2020 – Mauritania has said that it will reinstate restrictions on mosque prayers, after a recent of spike of coronavirus cases in the semi-desert West African state. The government had eased restrictions on such prayers only last week,...
Friday, May 15, 2020
Algiers, May 14, 2020 – Algeria said Thursday it had summoned Morocco’s ambassador after a video circulating on social media appeared to show a Moroccan diplomat calling Algeria an “enemy” country. Relations between the North African countries...
Friday, May 15, 2020
Tunis, May 15, 2020 – Retail shops and supermarkets reopened Friday in Tunisia after the government announced zero coronavirus cases for the fifth consecutive day. In a statement published overnight, the health ministry also said that 217 patients still carry...
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Beirut, May 13, 2020 – A Lebanese prosecutor on Wednesday pressed charges against 12 people including government officials over a delivery of suspect fuel through an Algerian oil company, state media said. The “tainted fuel” case made headlines in...
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Niamey, May 10, 2020 (By Boureima Hama) – Many Africans are managing to evade coronavirus lockdown barriers in Niger, the Sahel’s migrant crossroads, as they press on with their perilous desert trek to the Mediterranean Sea and ultimately Europe. The...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
[Updated May 13, 2020]: Protesters torched an administrative building in the central Malian city of Kayes on Wednesday, following a day of unrest after police killed a youngster. The latest violence in Kayes follows a string of anti-government protests in the city...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Nicosia, May 13, 2020 – Cyprus said Wednesday a flight it had chartered from China carrying 36 tonnes of COVID-19 medical supplies was diverted towards Moscow after Turkey denied it entry into its airspace. “The pilot changed route and is heading to Moscow...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Lesbos Island, Greece, May 13, 2020 – Two migrants who recently arrived from Turkey have tested positive for coronavirus on the Greek island of Lesbos, officials said Wednesday. Greek authorities are already trying to contain COVID-19 outbreaks in an Athens...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Tunis, May 11, 2020 – Tunisia on Monday urged continued vigilance against the novel coronavirus, a day after recording no new cases for the first time since March 2 as it eases strict lockdown measures. The country’s overall toll stood at 1,032 cases on...
Monday, May 11, 2020
Libya’s Government of National Accord said at least four civilians, including a child, were killed when rockets rained down on the capital Tripoli and its only working airport Saturday. The UN-recognised GNA blamed the attacks on eastern strongman Khalifa...
Monday, May 11, 2020
Bandits riding motorbikes killed 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger’s western region of Tillaberi, the governor there told AFP on Sunday. An unknown number of “armed bandits” attacked three villages on Sunday at around 5:30 pm local time...
Monday, May 11, 2020
Three UN troops were killed and four more wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb early Sunday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn West African state. UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the attack and called on the perpetrators to be...
Monday, May 11, 2020
The United States has approved a $2.3 billion deal on attack helicopters for Egypt, but an official insisted Friday that Washington was still pressing on human rights concerns. President Donald Trump’s administration informed Congress on Thursday that it has...
Monday, May 11, 2020
By Philippe Agret – The Algerian regime is exploiting coronavirus to defeat a protest movement that has shaken it to its core over the past year, analysts say. Despite protesters deciding to suspend their weekly gatherings since the start of the public health...
Monday, May 11, 2020
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 – UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in the Sahel area of North Africa are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to step up attacks, according to documents seen by AFP. The United...
