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...
Sahel: US appoints new Sahel representative
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Algeria: Police prevent Saturday protest rally in Algiers
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Egypt: New coronavirus cases detected in Egypt
Cairo, March 6, 2020 – Egypt detected 12 new cases Friday of the novel coronavirus among workers aboard a Nile cruise boat heading from Aswan to Luxor, a health ministry statement said. “Twelve new cases tested positive for the coronavirus among Egyptian...
Tunisia: Terror attack in Tunis, one dead, five wounded
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Mauritania: Italy denies tourists knowingly evaded Mauritania virus containment
Nouakchott, March 6, 2020 – A group of Italian tourists that travelled in Mauritania without undergoing a recently-imposed period in coronavirus confinement did not deliberately break any rules, Italy’s embassy said Friday. The 15 tourists from...
Coronavirus exposes the deep divisions in the Arab world
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Sahel: Mauritania expels Italian tourists over coronavirus
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Sahel: US mulling more engagement in the Sahel
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Sahel: IED hits army vehicle in Burkina Faso, kills four soldiers
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Egypt executes insurgent leader Hisham Ashmawy
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Sahel: Central Mali riven by communal violence
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Morocco confirms first coronavirus case from Moroccan national residing in northern Italy
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Tunisia announces first case of coronavirus, joins four other African nations affected
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Algeria: Soldier and insurgent killed in clash in Tafassour
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