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Sahel: Fever Outbreak Overwhelms Mauritanian Hospitals$

Hospitals in Mauritania are under growing strain as an outbreak of an unidentified fever spreads through the country’s two largest cities, Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, raising alarm among residents and health professionals. Regional hospitals in both cities are...

Mauritania: Water Scarcity Sparks Protests in Chami$

Residents of Chami, a mining hub in western Mauritania, have taken to the streets to protest severe and prolonged water shortages that have left parts of the city without running water for days. Demonstrations erupted on October 15 outside the local offices of the...

Mauritania Battles Dual Outbreaks Amid Sahel’s Shifting Climate$

Mauritania is contending with concurrent outbreaks of diphtheria and Rift Valley fever that have left at least 36 people dead in recent weeks. The twin crises expose persistent gaps in public health capacity at a moment when the country is also battling the seasonal...

Sahel Displacement Hits 4 Million: UN Warns of Growing Crisis$

By MondAfrique: On October 10, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sounded the alarm: around 4 million people are currently displaced in the Sahel, an unprecedented figure. The UNHCR statement highlights the scale of the humanitarian crisis,...

Gabon: People waiting for junta to announce plan in coup aftermathF

People in the central African state of Gabon awaited a steer on their future on Thursday after rebel army officers brought the curtain down on 55 years of rule by the Bongo family. President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose father Omar had ruled for more than four decades,...

Sahel: Niger wants French ambassador outF

Niger's new military rulers have stripped France's ambassador of diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him, according to a letter seen Thursday by AFP, a move that ratchets up tensions with the country's traditional ally. The envoy "no longer enjoys the...

Algeria: Jet skiers killed by Algeria coastguard after losing way: reportsF

Two holidaymakers jet skiing in Morocco were shot dead by the Algerian coastguard when they strayed across the maritime border between two Mediterranean countries, Moroccan media reported on Thursday. Bilal Kissi and Abdelali Merchouer, both French-Moroccan dual...

Gabon: Another domino in the French sphere falls, Gabon army ousts Ali BongoF

Rebel officers in Gabon announced Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich state for more than 55 years, had been declared winner. The claimed takeover sparked condemnation...

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