Algeria could take advantage of Niger crisis
As a coup broke out in Niger's capital city Niamey, Algeria has taken the moderate stance of supporting ousted Nigerien...
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ECOWAS and France unite to bolster Niger attack plan
Amidst the conflict in Niger involving France and coup attempts in the region, the Economic Community of West African States...
41 dead as migrant boat capsizes in Tunisia
Forty-one people are believed dead as a migrant boat carrying Africans capsized off Tunisia. The Italian Red Cross and...
Blinken meets with Algerian FM to discuss shared interests
Rising tension in the Sahel region is beginning to vex the Biden administration, especially given that Algeria has joined the...
Tensions rise in Lebanon over Hezbollah ammo truck shootings
Hundreds turned out for the funeral of Ahmad Ali Kassas in Beirut’s southern suburbs, an AFP photographer said, adding that...
Khaled Abou Zahr: Is France losing Africa?
France’s relations in Africa have been strained. The setback in Niger jeopardizes the country’s entire positioning in West Africa, both...
US finally evacuates embassy staff families from Niger
The United States has finally acted on the crisis in Niger by ordering a partial evacuation of its embassy in...
Ecuadorian presidential candidate assassinated
Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio Valencia, 59, was shot dead on 9th August, after a rally in Quito, the Ecuadorian capital, a...
27 African migrants found dead in desert near Tunisia-Libya border
At least 27 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have died in recent days near the border with Tunisia and Libya. The Libyan...
Tunisian Arrest Leads to Pregnant Sudanese Abandonment
Pregnant Sudanese 26 year old nurse Tafaul Omar was left stranded under the burning desert heat. She was among 14...
50 Moroccans caught in Atlantic by Navy
The Moroccan navy intercepted more than fifty migrants from sub-Saharan Africa off the southern coast of Morocco on August 8....
Hundreds of Tunisian bakeries re-open after government talks
Hundreds of bakeries were able to re-open after being forced to shut down for over a week amidst new government...
Moroccan man gets jail time for Facebook posts about King
A Moroccan internet user has been sentenced to five years in jail due to criticism of the Moroccan king. ...
Israeli Officials Reject US ‘Terrorist’ Label
An Israeli official brushed off the use of the term “terror attack” by the US in a rare condemnation of...
41 dead in migrant shipwreck off Italian island
41 migrants died in one week in the central Mediterranean as a migrant boat suffered a shipwreck. Accounts from...
