Morocco shows no interest in joining new BRICS
A source at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Morocco has not made a formal request to join...
Antoine Guiat
Libya: PM warns militias following deadly clashes in Tripoli
One of Libya’s rival Prime Ministers stressed on August 17 that the Tripoli-based government would not allow further clashes to...
Gunmen kill 21 civilians in central Mali
An attack on a village in central Mali saw the killing of 21 people by gunmen on August 18. A...
Morocco smugglers now using jet skis to ferry migrants to EU
Networks of people smugglers in Morocco are now using jet skis to send migrants to Europe. This is despite a tightening...
US approves F16s to Ukraine from EU countries
A US official said on August 17 that the United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from...
UN Chief Criticizes Niger President’s Treason Case
The United Nations human rights chief said on August 18 that there was no legal basis for Niger's military junta...
Saied sends message to Tebboune clarifying stance on Israel
A former Tunisian diplomat said on August 15 that Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sent a message to his Algerian counterpart,...
ECOWAS defence chiefs hold meeting on Niger coup response
West African bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is ready to intervene militarily in Niger should their peaceful attempts...
Tunisia: Boat capsizes in Sfax, killing 5
Five died and seven are missing whilst 23 migrants were rescued following the capsizing of a boat in Tunisia. 5...
BRICS talks tackle expansion but what about a currency?
Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) will meet in South Africa on August 22 to 24,...
60 dead as migrant boat sinks in Cape Verde
More than 60 migrants are presumed to have died on board a boat that left the coast of Senegal at the...
Truce holds but 55 dead in Tripoli clashes
Tripoli's worst armed clashes in a year have resulted in the death of 55 people and wounded 146 as a truce...
Putin calls for peaceful resolutions to crisis in Niger
Niger’s junta on August 15 said that it was open to talks to solve a crisis caused by a military...
Moroccan beach paedo shocks nation
A 57-year-old man was arrested this week after a video circulating online showed him making sexual advancements to a minor...
Tensions in Libya escalate as clashes break out
Clashes broke out in Libya as seizure of a powerful armed faction commander was reported. Tensions in the country’s capital city,...
