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...
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Bamako, May 9, 2020- Mali’s government said on Saturday it had lifted its nationwide curfew designed to stem coronavirus, while making mask wearing compulsory in public places in the West African state. In a televised speech, Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Cairo, May 8, 2020 – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt’s emergency law which an international rights groups says expands “repressive powers” as the country’s battles the coronavirus. Egypt has been...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Rabat, Marocco, May 8, 2020 – Moroccan authorities said Friday they would investigate a case of an attack on television journalists filming a report, as police denied any involvement in the incident. Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Thursday...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Beirut, May 7, 2020 – Amnesty International lambasted Egypt on Thursday for extending the pre-trial detention of over 1,600 detainees this week, calling for their unconditional release. The UK-based rights group said in a statement that the defendants were not...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Nouakchott, May 8, 2020 – Worshippers packed Mauritania’s largest mosque on Friday, mostly ignoring social distancing rules, after the West African state lifted restrictions on public prayers meant to curb coronavirus infections. The government said this...
Friday, May 8, 2020
Tripoli, May 8, 2020 – Rocket and shell fire on Tripoli has killed at least 13 civilians and two policemen in the last two days, Libya’s UN-recognised government said on Friday. The Government of National Accord accused forces loyal to strongman Khalifa...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Niamey, May 7, 2020 – The US military in Niger said Thursday they had lost a second drone in two months, both through technical failure rather than from hostile action in the conflict-torn country. “A… remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) was lost near...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Nouakchott, May 7, 2020 – The West African desert state of Mauritania has scaled back two-month-old restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus, notably allowing markets and prayer gatherings to resume. The government will “progressively ease...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Rome, May 7, 2020 – The European Union has launched a delayed naval mission to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Thursday. Operation IRINI, currently headquartered in Rome, aims to halt the flow of arms...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Bamako, May 7, 2020 – Two people suffered gunshot wounds Thursday after a protest in southern Mali against the outcome of legislative elections in March and April, local sources said. They said the incident took place in Sikasso, in the south of country, which...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Algiers, May 7, 2020 (By Abdelhafid Daamache) – North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as coronavirus restrictions deprive them of traditional mealtime gatherings, evening outings and beloved sweets during the Muslim holy month....
Thursday, May 7, 2020
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
N’Djamena, May 6, 2020 – Chad’s capital N’Djamena will be isolated from the rest of the country for two weeks from Friday to stem the spread of coronavirus, the government announced. The central African nation, one of the world’s...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Istanbul, May 4, 2020 – Turkey will relax confinement rules on people aged 65 and over, and those under 20, as the country moves to a “new normal”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. Since March 21, around 7.5 million senior citizens have...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Abuja, May 5, 2020 – Oil-rich Nigeria is losing more than 80 percent of its revenue due to plummeting oil prices and the coronavirus epidemic, officials said on Tuesday. Nigeria depends on crude oil sales for 70 percent of government revenue and 90 percent of...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Rabat, May 6, 2020 – Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic, deploying them for aerial surveillance, public service announcements and sanitisation. “This is a real craze. In just weeks, demand has tripled in...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Kano, Nigeria, May 6, 2020 – A group of coronavirus patients staged a protest outside an isolation centre in northern Nigeria to demand increased medical attention and food, officials and residents said Wednesday. Twenty patients on Tuesday walked out of the...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Abuja, May 6, 2020 – Nigeria on Wednesday was to start repatriating nationals stranded overseas by coronavirus travel restrictions, the foreign ministry said. A first batch of 265 Nigerians is due to fly back to Lagos from Dubai aboard an Emirates flight,...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
The Algerian government decided Sunday to reduce the state budget by half due to a financial crisis caused by the global collapse in oil prices and worldwide coronavirus lockdowns. The government has decided to reduce the budget by “50 percent” for this...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Niamey, May 4, 2020 – The novel coronavirus caused the death of Niger’s minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben Omar, public television announced Monday. The minister’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) reported Ben Omar, 55, had died on Sunday at...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Lagos, May 4, 2020 – Africa’s biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus lockdown. In the metropolis of 20 million, where exuberance and poverty live side by side, relief at being able to earn money once again was...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Lagos, May 5, 2020 – A Nigerian court sentenced a man to death in the country’s first ever virtual ruling during a five-week coronavirus lockdown. Lagos judge Mojisola Dada on Monday ordered death by hanging for Olalekan Hameed, a driver, over the 2018...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Niamey, May 5, 2020 – Boko Haram fighters clashed with government forces on Sunday in Diffa, the largest city in southwestern Niger, in what the jihadists said was a successful attack on a military camp. Conflicting versions of the outcome emerged on Tuesday,...
Monday, May 4, 2020
Kuwaiti authorities dispersed a “riot” by Egyptian workers who demonstrated on Monday to demand repatriation amid the coronavirus crisis, state media said. Such protests are rare in the tightly controlled Gulf countries, where there is a large population...
Monday, May 4, 2020
Kano, Nigeria, May 4, 2020 – Mass deaths in a northern Nigerian state were caused by coronavirus, the authorities said after a preliminary investigation into the phenomenon. Gravediggers in the state of Kano have reported burying dozens of corpses per day, in...
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Cairo, May 3, 2020 – Egypt’s interior ministry said Sunday 18 suspected militants were killed in North Sinai in a firefight with security forces, two days after a deadly blast claimed by the Islamic State group. “National security received...
