Authorities seek to appease population on food supply amid virus containment phase
Just as in many countries, North Africans have been flocking to their neighborhood markets, increasing their shopping in anticipation of a long Covid-19 confinement period. So far, the governments have not been so effecting in communicating their approach. There is...
Sahel: Swedish soldiers headed to Mali in yet another French operation
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Egypt to freeze flight activity, seeks complete closure
Cairo, March 16, 2020 – Egypt said on Monday all flights would be suspended until the end of the month to stem the spread of the coronavirus, in a move expected to hit the key tourism industry. “Flights will be suspended from Thursday until March...
Egypt: Six suspected insurgents killed in Sinai
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Sahel: Mauritania also shuts down
MEA Risk Brief: Several measures have been taken by the public authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Mauritania. After the suspension of flights in the middle of the week, the government decided to limit the number of access points to the territory,...Tunisia-16 March: Parliamentary Commission on Security and Defense Commission calls for immediate closure of all borders
Morocco-March 16: Morocco shuts down public places
Morocco-16 March: Government Minister tested positive for Covid-19
Algeria-Mar 16: Medical staff in Boumerdes to strike to protest lack of resources amid pandemic
Libya wants Covid-19 out, closes its borders and airspace
Tripoli, March 15, 2020 – The UN-recognised government in divided and war-torn Libya has said it will close from Monday land borders under its control in the west to keep out the coronavirus. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) said air links...
Algeria: Travel links between Algeria and Europe suspended
Algiers, March 16, 2020 – Algeria’s Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad announced Monday a suspension of all scheduled travel links with Europe in a bid to forestall the spread of coronavirus. The measure, to take effect from Thursday, will hit all “air...
European tourists find their way back home after getting stranded in Morocco
Rabat, March 15, 2020 – Several special flights departed Morocco Sunday taking thousands of stranded Europeans home as the kingdom announced it was suspending all regular air traffic due to the coronavirus, authorities and airports said. The situation at...
Tunisians turn to herbalists to thwart the coronavirus
Tunis, March 16, 2020 (By Kaouther Larbi) – There is no known cure for the new coronavirus, but in the medicinal herbs souq in Tunis, anxious Tunisians are consulting with herbalists and stocking up on traditional remedies. “I am afraid for my father, who...
Morocco: Tourism in the time of Covid-19
Fnideq, Morocco, March 14, 2020 – Tourists were stranded in Morocco on Saturday after the kingdom announced strict border restrictions in response to the coronavirus, leaving travellers stuck at borders, ports and airports. “We are lost!” said David,...
Sahel: Couple kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 regains freedom
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Sahel: The forced depopulation of central Mali
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European expat brings first COVID-19 case to Mauritania
Nouakchott, March 14, 2020 – Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country’s health minister said on Friday, adding to the growing number of cases in West Africa. In a televised statement, Health Minister Mohamed Nedhirou Ould...
Libya: While COVID19-free, Libya announces preventive measures
Tripoli, March 13, 2020 – Libya’s rival governments on Friday both announced a two-week closure of schools and universities over fears of the novel coronavirus arriving in the country. The education ministries of the Tripoli-based unity government and its...
Egypt: 20 killed in floods, as Egypt is unable to fix its crumbling infrastructure
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Egypt: Passenger trains collide in Cairo, several wounded
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Morocco suspends major travel links
MEA Risk Brief: In a drastic move aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus, Morocco announced the suspension of air and sea travel to and from France. Morocco already has seven confirmed cases of COVID-19, and one patient has already died. The Kingdom has...
Food and grocery shopping skyrockets in Tunisia
MEA Risk Brief: The average daily purchases of food products in Tunisia, including couscous, semolina, flour, pasta, etc., have skyrocketed these days, increasing tenfold in some parts, according to research from the Tunisia news agency TAP. Detergent and bleach...
Algerians maintain their anti-regime protests despite COVID-19
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Algeria reports second COVID-19 death
Algiers, March 12, 2020 – Algeria has registered two deaths from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced Thursday, as schools were closed for three weeks. The first case was a man, aged 67, who had heart disease, the ministry’s director...
Morocco closes border with Ceuta and Melilla
Madrid, March 13, 2020 – Morocco closed the border with Ceuta and Melilla, Spain’s two North African enclaves, early on Friday to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, officials said. The decision, which was taken by Rabat, shuts down the only land...
Sahel: Africom commander speaks of ineffective European strategy in the Sahel
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Algeria registers first coronavirus death
Algiers, March 12, 2020 (AFP) – Algeria has registered its first death from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Thursday. No further details on the death were provided in the ministry statement, cited by the official APS press agency. Another...
Tunisians rush to buy garlic to fight coronavirus
Tunis, March 12, 2020 – The price of garlic has shot up in Tunisia amid a buying rush as consumers hope it will help protect against the new coronavirus, despite caution from the World Health Organization. In Tunisia’s central market this week, and in...
Libya still officially coronavirus-free
Tripoli, March 11, 2020 -By Jihad Dorgham- Despite advice from health authorities to shun public gatherings, Moayed al-Missaoui and friends watched an Italian Serie A football match in a buzzing cafe in the Libyan capital Tripoli. While the novel coronavirus has...
Sahel: More killings in Mali
Bamako, March 11, 2020 – Unidentified gunmen killed 10 people and burned down a village in central Mali, local officials said Wednesday, the latest bloodshed in a region wracked by jihadist and inter-ethnic violence. The attackers raided the village of...
Egypt: Foreign tourists stranded in Nile cruise over coronavirus flown back home
Luxor, Egypt, March 11, 2020 – Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that 46 French and US tourists who had been quarantined on a coronavirus-hit Nile cruise boat have flown home. They were among dozens of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew who had been either...
Algeria: Court sentences opposition activist Karim Tabbou to one year in prison, set to be released next week
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Morocco: First coronavirus death in Casablanca
Rabat, March 10, 2020 – Morocco’s health ministry said Tuesday the country had recorded its first death linked to the new coronavirus, an 89-year-old woman who suffered from chronic health problems. The woman, a Moroccan citizen who had been living in...Chad (8 March): Five villagers killed in Sila region
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Egypt: First death in Egypt’s coronavirus outbreak
Luxor, Egypt, March 9, 2020 – Scores of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew Monday remained quarantined aboard a Nile River cruise ship from which 45 suspected coronavirus cases have been evacuated, people aboard told AFP. US, French and Indian nationals were...