ATHENS (AA) — France’s ambassador in Niger has left the West African country, French media reported on Wednesday. The plane carrying Sylvain Itte and six others left the country early in the morning, according to the daily Le Figaro, which added that the aircraft was flying in the direction of eastern neighbor Chad. Itte’s departur...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco announced on Tuesday that just weeks after the Sept. 8 devastating earthquake, contributions to a special bank account for the victims had reached about $1 billion. “Total proceeds reached 10 billion dirhams (about $1 billion), two weeks after the special account was set up,” Abdellatif Jouahri, governor of ...
Algiers, Algeria – AFP A United Nations expert on Tuesday urged Algeria to pardon people convicted or detained over their involvement in the pro-democracy protests of 2019-20 and to ease restrictions on gatherings. The Hirak protests broke out in February 2019, forcing longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down two months later...
United Nations, United States – AFP Moroccan and Algerian representatives to the United Nations sparred over the fate of Western Sahara on Tuesday, with Algiers calling for the revival of a long-stalled referendum on the fate of the former Spanish colony. “We Algerians have chosen the camp of justice, decolonization, freedom, self-...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt will hold a presidential vote from December 10-12, the election authority said Monday, with the winner to be announced by December 18. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former army chief, has ruled for nearly a decade in the Arab world’s most populous country, which is now mired in a deep […]
Paris, France – AFP President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced that France would withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military contingent in the coming months, a move welcomed by Niger’s military leaders as a “step towards sovereignty”. Macron’s announcement comes two months after a coup i...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The military junta in Mali has said that presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 for a return to civilian power will be postponed. The two rounds, set for February 4 and 18, 2024, “will be slightly postponed for technical reasons” including financial difficulties for review of voter lists, g...
KAMPALA, Uganda, (AA) – Niger’s military administration has banned French aircraft from flying over the country’s airspace, according to the regional air safety organization, ASECNA. “Niger’s airspace is open to all national and international commercial flights except for French aircraft or aircraft chartered by France ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 70 al-Shabaab men were killed Sunday in a military operation conducted by the Somali National Army backed by local militias in north-central Mudug province. The joint force raided al-Shabaab hideouts and gathering places in the town of Aad. Ringleaders of the group were among those were killed in the [&...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 10 people were killed in an attack carried out by Boko Haram militants in northeastern Nigeria, a report said Sunday. Members of the terrorist organization attacked workers in fields in the Mafa local government area of Borno state, said the Punch newspaper. Nine other people were abducted. Boko Haram, […]...
