Bamako, April 28, 2020 – A fire on Tuesday destroyed much of the main camp for displaced people in Bamako, where more than 1,000 people who fled the violence in central Mali have found refuge, an AFP journalist said. No report on casualties was immediately available but damage to the “Faladie” camp considerable with makeshift […]
Cairo, April 28, 2020 – The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of the impact coronavirus could have in Middle Eastern conflict zones and urged other countries in the region against loosening confinement measures. “This fight has become even more challenging with the appearance of the virus in countries such as the Syrian Arabic Republic, Libya […]
Cairo, April 28, 2020 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a long-running state of emergency, citing health as well as security concerns. Egypt has been under a state of emergency since April 2017 when twin church bombings claimed by an Islamic State group affiliate killed dozens […]
Tripoli, April 28, 2020 – Libya’s UN-recognised government Tuesday accused rival military strongman Khalifa Haftar of seeking to stage a new coup after he claimed to have a “mandate” from the people to govern the country. “It’s a farce and the latest in a long series of coups d’etat,” the Government of National Accord (GNA), […]
Cairo, April 28, 2020 (By Farid Farid) – Many healthcare workers in Egypt’s threadbare hospital system must provide their own protective gear, so when a digital design company started 3-D printing face shields, they gratefully accepted. Since the novel coronavirus first hit Egypt, medical doctor Yahya Diwer has been working all-night shifts as head of […]
Tunis, April 25, 2020 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) – The feared impact of coronavirus on Tunisia’s fragile public health system has provoked a flurry of innovation from robotics to digitalisation efforts to bolster the North African country’s pandemic response. The government has even turned to students for help, asking the engineering school in Sousse, south […]
Bamako, April 23, 2020 – At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali, a local official said Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the war-torn country. Gunmen on motorbikes struck several villages near the town of Bandiagara in central Mali’s Mopti region, according to a relative […]
Cairo, April 23, 2020 – Egypt extended on Thursday a night-time curfew in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic through the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, while announcing the gradual easing of other measures. “The partial curfew will remain in place starting tomorrow (Friday)from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am (1900-0400GMT)” and run until the end […]
Rabat, April 23, 2020 – More than 130 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in a southern Morocco prison on Thursday where 60 people had already tested positive days earlier, according to prison authorities. The infections were recorded at a prison in Ouarzazate after 309 inmates were tested for the virus, the country’s […]
