RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco rejected on Saturday remarks by French Foreign Minister Catherina Colonna who said President Emmanuel Macron will visit Morocco. A government official said Macron has neither an agenda nor a visit planned to Morocco, according to the Moroccan official news agency, MAP. “I am surprised that the French f...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s military leaders announced a defense pact Saturday committing to cooperate against armed insurgency. The three West African countries in the Sahel region are struggling to fight insurgents linked to the al-Qaeda and ISIS. They have recently stepped up cooperation in the face of heavy s...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali army killed at least 30 al-Shabaab fighters during a military operation on Saturday and liberated two villages from the al-Qaeda-affiliated group with the help of locals in the central state of Galgadud, the Information Ministry said. “The National Army and the brave local people have liberated the areas of...
Cairo, Egypt – – AFP An Egyptian court has sentenced liberal opposition figure Hisham Kassem to six months in prison, his lawyer said. The move bars him from running in next year’s presidential election. Kassem was also slapped with a 20,000 pound (about $650) fine after being found guilty of defaming a former minister and [&...
TRIPOLI, Libya- AA About 5,000 homes have been damaged by devastating floods caused by Storm Daniel in Libya’s northeastern Jabal Akhdar region, according to the country’s unity government. “The region needs maintenance and rebuilding of about 35 km of damaged roads, and 20 km of main rainwater drainage lines,” the Housing and Util...
ATHENS (AA) – Under Niger’s new military administration, the French ambassador has effectively been “taken hostage,” French President Emmanuel Macron, has claimed. “In Niger, as I speak to you, we have an ambassador and diplomatic members who are literally taken hostage at the French Embassy,” Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to the northwe...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – In yet another tragic twist, at least 55 children have been poisoned by polluted water in the devastated Libyan coastal city of Derna. The city has been hit especially hard by floods caused by Storm Daniel when it struck the country last weekend. “We detected 55 cases of contamination (poisoning) with […]
Derna, Libya – AFP Shipments of international aid began to arrive in Libya on Saturday, offering a lifeline to thousands despite dwindling hopes of finding more survivors days after deadly flash floods. Sunday’s floods submerged the port city of Derna, washing thousands of people and homes out to sea after two upstream dams burst u...
Ardouz, Morocco – AFP About eight hours passed after Morocco’s earthquake before help reached the hamlet of Ardouz, one of many tiny mountain villages whose remoteness is both appealing and cruelly risky. Some of the settlements perched in the High Atlas are still not accessible by road nearly a week after the nation’s deadli...
Derna, Libya — AFP Rescuers sifted through mud and rubble in their search for people missing from the tsunami-sized flash flood that swept the Libyan port city of Derna, killing more than 3,000. The surge of water burst two upstream dams on Sunday, turning Derna into an apocalyptic wasteland with entire city blocks and untold […]
